Commercial Papers of Sir Christopher Lowther 1611-1644
Gateshead, Northumberland Press for the Surtees Society, 1977 [first edition]. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed to Dr Heinz Kent (see p 173) and signed by the author. More
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Carteret's Voyage round the World, 1766-1769. Edited by Helen Wallis
Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1965. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Numbers 124 and 125. With the ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker. More
The Tudor Venturers. Selected from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffics and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land
London, The Folio Society, 1970 (first thus). Introduction by the editor. More
Segelschiffe Kurs Hamburg. Sailing Ships Bound for Hamburg
Munchen, Urbes, 1989. Text in German and English. More
Art and the Seafarer. A Historical Survey of the Arts and Crafts of Sailors and Shipwrights
London, Faber, 1968 [first English language edition]. Comprehensive and richly illustrated. More
Mailships of the Union-Castle Line
Sparkford, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1994 (first UK edition). Paintings by Peter Bilas. More
The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Auckland, Random House New Zealand Ltd, 1997. More
F.S. Dethridge Memorial Addresses, 1977-1988
Auckland, Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, 1989. More
Argosy of Sail. A Photographic History
Auckland, Collins, 1980. More
Merchant Fleets 15: Thos. & Jas. Harrison
Newport, The Starling Press, 1988. More
Union-Castle Line Purserette
Coltishall, Mallett & Bell Publications, 1999. More
Remarks upon the Proposed Establishment of Steam Communication with the Australian Colonies ...
Adelaide, LBSA, 1963 (facsimile)/ 1847. Peade A26: 208 copies. More
A Catalogue of Prints, Portraits and Oil Paintings in the Club House of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. With some descriptions, etc..
London, Royal Thames Yacht Club Committee, 1938 (first edition). With 25 plates. More
Unfinished Voyages. Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1851-1880
Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1988. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the half-title. More
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The American Lobster. A Study of its Habits and Development. [Contained in] 'Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission', Volume XV [15], for 1895
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1896. Francis Hobart Herrick (1858-1940) was for many decades Professor of Biology at Western Reserve University, Ohio. His 'scholarly publishing career spanned over 50 years, 1883-1937. His early research focused on the American lobster in New England. His work revealed that over-harvesting egg-producing adult lobsters was..... More
The Kon-Tiki Expedition. By Raft Across the South Seas
London, The Folio Society, 1996 (first thus). 'The anthropologist [Heyerdahl] - whose academic credentials were slim - explained that he and some colleagues proposed setting out from the South American coast aboard a balsa-wood raft and sailing westward to see if they would reach Polynesia. Their experiment was intended to..... More
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
Liverpool, Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, 'Second Edition' [1951]. The history of the Bristol City Line of Steamships; a shorter version appeared in the April 1948 issue of 'Sea Breezes'. More
A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approach to Decompression Sickness
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966. More
The Night Boat
Berkeley, Howell-North Books, [1968]. With numerous plans, and illustrations from photographs, and ornamentation from 'American Steam Vessels' (1895) by Samuel Ward Stanton. More
The Hinckley Guide to Yacht Care. How to Keep Your Boat the Hinkley Way
Camden, International Marine, 1998. More
The Search for the Sydney
Pymble, Harper Collins, 2009. HMAS Sydney. More
HMT 'Orontes'. Saturday August 10th, 1918. Final Reunion of South Australians under the auspices of the Literary and Debating Societies of 2nd General Reinforcements 'S' UK, and South Australian Reinforcements AAMC ... [cover title]
[At Sea, The Societies, as above], 10 August 1918. Not surprisingly, we can find no record of this most ephemeral item. 'Pte C. Spencer Smith' is written at the head of the first page. The service record of 55891 Cecil Spencer Smith indicates that he hailed from the Adelaide suburb..... More
The Reformed Pastor. Edited by the Reverend William Brown
London, Religious Tract Society, [circa 1900s]/ 1656. The first page of the preface is rubber-stamped 'Aust. Expeditionary Force / S.S. Ceramic / J.B. Rentoul / (Chaplain)'. Reverend James Buchan Rentoul embarked on HMAT A40 Ceramic at Melbourne on 23 November 1915. His middle name suggests he is member of the..... More