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Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Robertsbridge Ltd. And Fairfax Magazine, 1987. 221pp., colour photographic, plus colour and b/white historic art illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. " . . .a highly readable, well-illustrated record of a unique occasion in our national history. It also pays tribute to the courage and imagination of the men and women, in particular Dr Jonathan King, who translated the dream of the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage into a triumphant reality - because of and despite everything." Numerous contents, including an Authentic List of Australia's First Settlers. Book weight approx. 1.26 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good.

Marlborough, Wiltshire, U.K.: The Crowood Press, 2002. 192pp., unpaginated colour-plate section. Intext b/white photographic halftone plates throughout (various sources). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards nominally splayed, with a blind indentation on front board. Textblock pristine. Colour-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short closed tear plus a blind indentation (as front board). The Avro Shackleton was the final extension of a design that began with Britain's great wartime bomber - the Lancaster. Designed not for bombing but maritime reconnaissance, the Shackleton MR. 1 first flew in 1951, and despite nearly being retired in the 1970's, the craft as Shackleton MR. 2s remained in service until final retirement in 1991. This is the Avro Shackleton story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Introduction, 11 chapters. Appendices (3): Squadrons/Production/Conservation. Index. Book weight approx. 1.12 KG. *Customers outside Australia… Read More

London: Longman Cheshire, 1976. xxiv, & pages 340-624 [follows on from Vol.1], Pictorial card cover, lightly scuffed and slight bumping to top spine. This volume covers ship dynamics and design in some detail. Weight approx. 500g.. 2nd.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 15.4cm).

London: Conway Maritime Press, 2010. 448pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain red boards mildly bumped on one lower foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. "With its focus on the human aspects of carrier life and naval aviation, this wide-ranging anthology will appeal to veterans and serving personnel, naval historians and enthusiasts." Includes Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Book weight approx. 880g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hearst Marine Books, 1985. 157pp., world-map endpapers., (16 pages) unpaginated colour-plate section, plus intext, archival b/white halftone and line-drawn illustrations, throughout. Book clean. Slightly cocked spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Backstrip lightly bumped on head and heel. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with slight laminate damage on rear. ".tells the story of the sport (ocean racing) from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through to the present day." Contents include: Blow High or Low 1866-1912, The King of Sports 1923-41, Cotton Sails, Iron Men 1945-59, Fibreglass Boats and Kids 1960-67, The Pace Quickens 1968-73, Swuzzle Bubble Toil and Trouble, Around Alone, Acks., Index. Book weight approx. 1.04 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. 1st U.S.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Camden, ME, USA: International Marine /McGraw-Hill, 2001. vi, + 186pp. Book clean. Vivid silver title on lightly cocked spine. Blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket price-clipped, otherwise trivially edgeworn. " . . . chronicles the odyssey of making a major lifestyle change from land to sea, from a woman's perspective . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 11 chapters, Appendix, Biblio., Author Bio. Book weight approx. 400g.. First Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Desmond S. Williams, 1984. viii, 100pp. B/white photographic illustrations, and maps. Fold-out b/white T.S.S. Coramba general arrangement plan. Book clean, square. Spine firm, light bump to head. Author signature to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has minor edgewear, soft reading crease. This edition limited to 1000 copies. The history and disappearance of the twin screw steamer 'Coramba', which disappeared on an overnght passage from Warrnambool to Melbourne in November 1934, taking all 17 hands. Her remains were discovered a month later in deep water near Phillip Island . . . Contents include: Foreword. Preface. 8 chapters. Appendices: A. Official Marine Board Enquiry. B. Details and Specifications of T.S.S. Coramba. C. General Arrangement Plan of T.S.S. Coramba. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 190g. (This book will post as a small parcel and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover.… Read More

Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England: Images Publishing, 1996. 191pp., intext b/white halftone plate illustrations throughput. Ex-Public library copy with all expected identifiers (labels, cancelled barcode, stamps, etc.). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over cocked spine. Identifiers excepted, text-block lightly soiled and fingermarked. Illustrated, minimally edgeworn dustjacket covered with clear, library-attached, plastic. 'Defending Captain Lord' is a powerful sequel to 'A Titanic Myth', and contributes a wealth of 'new' background information to the tragedy . . . Contents include: Prelims., 11 chapters, Appendices, Index, more. Book weight approx. 510g. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Silverwater, NSW, Australia: Topmill Pty. Ltd. No publication date (2011). 96pp. Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations (archival sources) throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped, with a blind indentation and tiny puncture on rear wrap. Textblock unmarked. This interesting book is Volume 1, Revised Edition, a pictorial history of Australian Navy destroyers . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. Part 1/ The Colonial Era. 2/ The Australian Fleet. 3/ Appendices (Data Tables, Index of Ships). Book weight approx. 535g. . First Thus. Softcover. Very Good. 4to (approx. 29.5cm x 21cm).

Novato, CA., United States: Presidio Press, 1996. x, + 270pp., b/white halftone frontispiece. Book clean, square. Spine tight, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn, small crease to top edge. The third and final volume of memoirs of a highly-decorated U.S.Naval officer, a veteran of almost thirty years who joined as a Seaman recruit in 1948, and retired as a Full Commander in 1977. This final volume opens in 1968.He also authored 'Bluewater Sailor', and 'Riverine', and during his distinguished career, he earned the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, and many other citations.Book weight approx. 550g.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Conway Maritime Press, 2005. xi, + 514pp. Three unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean. Several soft reading creases over mildly canted, and lightly bumped, spine. Colour-art illustrated (adaption of a 1938 Canadian Pacific poster) card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. Meticulous research by naval historian and author Richard Woodman (b.1944) has produced 'The History of the Ship', a work generally accepted as the standard introduction to the development of this 'fascinating and influential' invention of mankind . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Introduction. 20 chapters. Epilogue. Bibliography, Glossary . . . Index. Book weight approx. 610g. . First Thus. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - (approx. 19.5cm x 13cm).

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Self Published By Author, 1967. 168pp., sketch illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated [16 page] candid and historic b/w halftone plate section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription [former owner] on verso of ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Art illustrated [Thermopylae, J.W.Hardcastle] dustjacket mildly edgeworn, abraded foredge fold, tiny area of insect damage, short closed tears, else good. "A collection of true stories of men and ships that sailed from this port [Victoria, B.C.], told by old seamen at meetings of the Thermopylae Club, Victoria, B.C., including short sketches of their narrators, articles on relevant history of the Port of Victoria, and two maps." Prelims., Numerous chapters, Skippers of the Thermopylae Club [to 1950], Ditto shipmates, Index. Book weight approx. 460g.. First Edition. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Wm. Heinemann Medical Books, 1951. xi, + 177pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plates and facsimiles throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Boards mildly bumped on corners and rear board. Corner-clipped ffep., else minor flecks on text-block edges. Printed wrapper edgeworn, with a short, closed tear, mildly soiled, U.V.affected on spine, small circular splashes on same. "The greatest name in naval medicine . . . father of naval hygiene . . . " The fascinating narrative of the man who discovered the cure for scurvy-the dread scourge of the sea, and principal killer of sailors. James Lind was born October 4, 1716 and died in 1794. Contents include: Intro., 9 chapters, Biblio., Brief Chronology, Index. Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st British.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. 242pp., plus 1 x 8 page b/white illustrated section. Blue/white map printed endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain tan boards undamaged. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge nicked, small black felt pen mark to front flap (over original price), and the previous owner has applied neat tape reinforcing to head and foot of spine on reverse (inner) surface. "The story of the German cruiser 'Emden' and her crew is one of the epics of naval history . . . At the outbreak of war the 'Emden' formed part of Germany's Far East Squadron . . . " Contents include: 30 chapters, commencing with 'Tsingtao, 1914', and closing with 'The Last Lap'. Bibliography, Notes and Acks. Index. Book weight approx. 445g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Second Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very… Read More

Aberdeen: Author (with assistance) n.d. (c.1985). 158pp.+ 36 pages, unpaginated list of Services and Index. Numerous b/white candid, historic, grim halftone illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed inscription by author on title-page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a blind indentation and negligible edgewear. Words hardly do justice to these men, working desperately to save lives and ships stranded in sometimes atrocious weather conditions. Contents include: Prelims., Early Days, The Thirties, War Years, Post-war Forties, New Life-boat, Sixties, Early Seventies, New Era, 1980-85, The Rocket Brigade, Afterword, List of Services 1925-1985, ditto Inshore 1968-84, ditto Rocket Brigade, Index. Book weight approx. 910gms. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Large Format Softcover. Very Good..

London: PRC Publishing, 1999. 127pp., colour photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss illustrated boards negligibly indented only. Contents include: Introduction, Britain and Europe, Canada and the Great Lakes, The East Coast of the United States, The Pacific Ocean, Appendix: Light Stations Remaining in the United States. Book weight approx. 885g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: PRC Publishing, 2003. 127pp., intext halftone plate illustrations throughout, mostly full colour. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Gloss, illustrated boards undamaged. Textblock clean and unmarked. Like-illustrated (as boards) dustjacket has a sunned strip adjacent to spine area of front panel, light edgewear only. This interesting book features lighthouses from various places around the world. They all have one facet in common - danger warnings to the thousands of ships that sail the world's seas . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 5 chapters - Britain and Europe - Canada - East and West Coasts of the United States - Pacific Ocean, Appendix. Book weight approx. 890g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom: Lloyd's of London Press, 1982. v, + 592pp., colour and b/w advertisements [including endpapers] throughout. Intext b/w tables, maps and illustrations. Book clean, square. Gilt titles. Backstrip firm, minor bumps on head and heel of same. A 'complimentary' copy from Dionysia Shipping Corporation, Lloyd's Nautical Year Book 1982 Annual Review/Report includes: [About Lloyd's], Salvage and Cargo Carriage, Martime Operations, Safety at sea/ General articles, Facts and figures. Book weight approx. 830g.. Blue Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Arleta, California, U.S.A.: Clymer Publications, 1980. (v) + 184pp., illustrated throughout with instructional b/white halftone plates, schematics, line-drawings and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm, a soft reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn only. First published mid 1975, this third edition was revised by the author to include 1978 models . . . Nine chapters include: General Information, ditto Tune-Up and Maintenance, Trouble-shooting, Timing-Adjustment-Testing, Fuel System, Engine Overhaul and Repair, Lower Unit, Ignition System, Specifications and Torques, 1976-1978 Service Information, Index. Book weight approx. 450g.. 3rd Edition, 3rd Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hampshire, England: Monch (UK), 1985. 148pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Item clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated soft card cover negligibly surface scuffed only. 'Naval Forces' was published six times a year, this edition #5 for 1985. Contents include: Editorial (Sir James Eberle), Three Oceans, Three Challenges: The Future of Canada's Maritime Forces, Towards a European Navy, Naval Policy in Australia and New Zealand, The Re-Emergence of the Corvette, Satellites and Naval Operations, Modernisation: Naval Fire Control, Naval Training Methods, War Gaming at the US Naval War College, RPV's At Sea, Weyers Warship Documentation. Item weight approx. 501g.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.