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Batavia's Graveyard
by Mike Dash
From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia's Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival.It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's flagship, was loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the Company's fleet, a tangible symbol of the world's richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold...
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The Brendan Voyage
by Tim Severin
An orchestral suite for uilleann pipes played by Liam O'Flynn, depicting Tim Severin’s adventure in reconstructing Saint Brendan’s 6th century Atlantic crossing to America. Featuring guest musicians Paul MacAteer (drums), Garvan Gallagher (electric bass) and Tommy Hayes (bodhran). The album title is also the title of Severin's book.
Nautical History Books & Ephemera
Lost At Sea: True Stories of Disaster
by Harris, John
London: Guild Publishing. 1990. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. vii, 244 pages. Will appeal to al those with a fascination for the sea and its powers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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$13.24
The Archaeology of Boats & Ships An Introduction
by Greenhill, Dr Basil with Morrison, Professor John
London: Conway Maritime Press. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Introduction by Professor Séan McGrail. 288 pages. Brings together all the archaeological knowledge on the world's boats and ships. It is an evaluation of all of the evidence on the evolution of boat and shipbuilding...
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$26.48
Royal Yachts of the World
by Madge, Tim
East Moseley, Surrey: Thomas Reed Publications. 1997. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 193 pages. A chronicle of royal, state and presidential yachts from the 17th century to the time of publication. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$16.55
The Farfarers
by Mowat, Farley
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1998. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with a blind embossing of the author's signature on the front board. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author takes an unusual departure from the norm by suggesting with this account that a forgotten race of early Brits by the name of the Albans may have first settled in North America well before the Vikings first appeared in the area. 377 pages.
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$25.00
Westward Ho with the Albatross
by Pettersson Hans
NY: Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. This vintage volume of nautical history is in very good collectible condition with light edge wear, light wear to spine ends, dust soiling to page edges, in price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and soiling, light chipping. The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable Mylar cover. The Albatross Expedition - 15 months circumnavigation of the globe. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages .
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$10.00
Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks : Being the historical and authentic account of Shipwrecks along the Victorian Coast from Cape Otway to Discovery Bay 1835-1914
by MacKenzie, Margaret E
Peterborough, Victoria: Mackenzie. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 190 pages. . 4th Edition. Hardback.
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$13.24
Sydney Harbour of Yesteryear. The Glass Plate Photography Of William James Hall
by Toghill, Jeff
Sydney: A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1982. Oblong Small Quarto Size [30x22cm approx]. Very Good copy in Good dustjacket. Dustjacket has a closed tear to rear panel & is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 127 pages. Hall had a keen interest in sailing and in sailing craft, and between the late 1890s and early 1930s compiled one of the most valuable marine photographic collections in Australia. The 3000 glass plates, now in the...
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$11.91
Victorian and Edwardian Merchant Steamships from Old Photographs
by Greenhill, Basil and Giffard, Ann (introductions andcommentaries by)
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1982. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . Reprint. Hardback.
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$13.24
East by West: The New Navigation of Ferdinand Magellan
by Mawer, Granville Allen
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2022. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. MINT - a NEW book. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiii, 230 pages. This book tells the story of a nobody who persuaded the ultimate somebody - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - to give him an armada with which to claim half the globe for Spain. Some at court held that sailing west to reach the East was an impossible dream but...
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$29.12
Industrious, Innovative, Altruistic: The 20th Century Boat Builders of Battery Point (Signed by Author)
by Mays, Nicole
Hobart: Navarine Publishing. 2018. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. No DJ as issued. As new condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Signed by the author. 367 pages. Foreword by John Lucas. Profiles the 20th century boat builders of Battery Point, their yards and the vessels they built at Battery Point, Tasmania. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Like New. 1st thus. Hardback.
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$49.64
Browns Flags And Funnels Of British And Foreign Steamship Companies
by Wedge F J N
Glasgow: Brown Son and Ferguson, 1934. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 135x225x10mm. Contains, Illustrations. 135x225x10mm+289g . . Brown Son and Ferguson. Glasgow. 1934. 3rd Edition. . . Pp37 Blue hard cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Corners knocked. Spine a little worn. Name on front free endpaper. two of the blank note pages are neatly filled in. Tape marks to endpapers: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks....
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$56.39
Citizen Sailors. The Royal Navy In The Second World War
by Prysor Glyn
London: Viking Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 240x160x40mm. Contains, Illustrations. 240x160x40mm+790g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Viking Press. London. 2011. First Edition. 1st Printing. . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$28.20 ....
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$33.76
The Rutters Of The Sea The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie A study of the first English and French printed sailing directions.
by Waters, D. W
New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed compass rose on the front board. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 9 inches. In very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 3 1/2 long rent to the rear panel and with a dampness stain to the spine edge of the rear panel which did not migrate to the rear board. 478 pages including an index, glossary and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and facsimile...
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$50.00
The Lighthouse Stevensons : The extraordinary story of the building of Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Bathurst, Bella
New York: Harpercollins [Harper Collins Publisher]. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 278 pages. How a single family virtually defined the Scottish coast by designing and building lighthouses in the 18th and 19th centuries. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Like New. 1st US...
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$18.53
The Commanding Sea
by Francis, Clare and Tute, Warren
London: BBC & Pelham Books. 1981. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and plates. 280 pages. Six Voyages of Discovery. Includes essays by experts on specific aspects of the sea. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$10.92
The Big Barges The Story of the Boomie and Ketch Barges
by Benham, Hervey and Finch, Roger in collaboration withe PeterFerguson
London: Harrap. 1983. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine a little sunned. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 168 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$23.17
Ship's Doctor
by Kerry, Stephen Seamus
New York, New York: Taplinger Pub Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0800871790 . A very good copy with light wear in like dust jacket with creasing and small closed tear to bottom edge rear panel, very light chipping at head of spine. See photo; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .Ref 40 B
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$14.00
Fighting Ships
by Hough, Richard
London: Michael Joseph. 1969. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's neat stamp to title page. Mild age-toning to DJ edges. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 304 pages. A history from the early originsin the primitive Nile craft of 3000 B.C. to modern nuclear powered aircraft carriers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels....
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$15.89
Sir Richard Grenville of the "Revenge"
by Rowse, A.L
London: Jonathan Cape. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 367 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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$11.91
Pacific Steamers
by Lawson, Will
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson. 1975. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve Price clipped DJ is a little rubbed. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Includes an Index. 244 pages. History of the passenger and mail line steamers which sailed across the Pacific in the pioneering days of the Pacific service. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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$26.48
The Unlucky Viking : A Saga of Sealing & Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean
by Harboe-Ree, Cathrine
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 241 pages. Early in the twentieth century, adventurous Norwegians were drawn to the southern hemisphere, seeking their fortune from sealing and whaling. This book tells the extraordinary tale of a young captain, Anders Harboe-Ree, who far from making his fortune was...
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$33.06
King of the Australian Coast: The Work of Phillip Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst 1817-1822
by Hordern, Marsden
Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little sunned. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Black and white maps including nine fold-out maps in rear pocket. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xx, 441 pages. The Miegunyah Press Series 2; No. 16. Winner of the 1998 NSW Premier's Literary...
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$29.79
The World's Greatest Sea Disasters
by Allen, Kenneth S
London: Odhams Books. 1969. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 254 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$9.93
![Traders Under Sail. The Cutters, Ketches and Schooners of South Australia [Signed Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/730/761/1547761730.0.b.jpg)
Traders Under Sail. The Cutters, Ketches and Schooners of South Australia [Signed Copy]
by Gillespie, James Captain
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1994. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by author on the Title Page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Endpaper maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 311 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$145.62
Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch
by Howarth, David
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First Edition. Fine with 1/4 navy blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. . This English author draws on a host of contemporary sources, paintings and sketches to provide a thorough account of the Battle of Trafalgar. 254 pages with illustrations from earlier works of art throughout.
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$30.00
