Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1930. With the two-colour bookplate (by George Perrottet, dated 1942) of horticulturalist, naturalist and author Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954). Loosely inserted are a postcard-format photograph of an orchid (inscribed on the verso 'Dendrobium? H. Overall, NSW 1927. Rupp form or var of Speciosum'), and two copies..... More
Lymington, Nautical Publishing House, 1970. With the ownership signature and details of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. More
Annandale, The Federation Press, 2001. 'The story of Australia's nationhood as the story of Australian Liberalism. It is a story of great and continuing debates about how best to meet the material needs of the nation, how to care for those who must look to the community for aid and..... More
New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. The motor yacht was the millionaire's Lear jet of its day. More
Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. With the contemporary ownership signature and details of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. More
London, Peter Davies, 1950 [fourth printing]/ 1935. More
The Hill, Amberley Publishing, 2014. 'Originally built for service on the Firth of Clyde, the 'Waverley' is the most travelled paddle steamer in the world and one of the most successful of all the restored tourist ships that still survive... she is still a common sight on the Clyde, Bristol..... More
New York, ShowBoats International Magazine for Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, 1999. More
Scoresby, The Five Mile Press/ Australian Photographic Gallery, 2014. The halls, churches, chambers, temples, theatres, sheds and lean-tos of rural Australia in vivid colour. All states (save one) are represented. More
Dural, Rosenberg Publishing, 2007. More
Stuttgart, Editions Medicina Rara, [c. 1975]/ 1714. Copy number 2016 of 2300 copies bound in quarter-leather (with a further 500 copies bound in full leather). Facsimile reprint of the original 1714 edition. Together with the 20-page publisher's introductory pamphlet (front cover lightly creased). Bartolomeo Eustachius (circa 1510/20-1574) completed the plates..... More
Seattle, Waine Research Publications, 1959. Extensively illustrated by the author (with several full-page colour plates). More
Seattle, Superior Publishing Company, 1959. More
Wellington, Wellington Progress Association, 1977. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1997 [facsimile edition]/ 1853. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 212; limited to 500 copies. More
Adelaide, The Author, 1982. Number 981 of 1000 copies. More
Stuttgart, Editions Medicina Rara, 1980 (facsimile)/ 1822. Jacques Pierre Maygrier (1771-1835) practiced at the Cochin hospital, and at the Hôtel Dieu. He lectured on physiology, anatomy and child-birth, trying to simplify study of the foetal position and methods of delivery (Dezeimeris: 'Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Medicine', 1837). More
Fort Lauderdale, Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc, 2000. Richard 'Dick' Bertram (1916-2000), 'champion sailor on powerboats and racing yachts and a leading boat builder and broker ... When Bertram raced, he always looked for other boats to sell. In a 1961 profile, The Saturday Evening Post said he sold $5 million..... More
New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. More
New York, Blue Riband Publications, Inc, 1995 and 1997. Reproduces 'the text of [94] passenger vessels of various size and importance that were originally published in 'The Shipbuilder' prior to 1915'. Not least, the 'Titanic', 'Olympic', 'Ceramic', 'Lusitania', 'Mauretania', 'California', 'Bismarck', 'Franconia' 'Laconia', 'Oceania', 'Hesperian', 'Aquitania', 'Britannic', 'Imperator' and 'Vaterland'..... More
London, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1956. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver (1865-1965) sometime Director of Naval Intelligence and Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy (during the First World War). Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. More
[Surrey], Maritime Publishing Concepts, 2006. 'France Afloat. From Construction to Scrap' [Cover subtitle]. Three of the five volumes of a superb biography of a ship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (or CGT, but commonly called 'Transat' or 'the French Line'). More
New York, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1949. With the ownership details of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. More
New York, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1955. With the ownership details of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1956. With the ownership details of naval architect Peter McBride. More
