Maritime
The Man Who Sank the Titanic? The Life and Times of Captain Edward J. Smith
[Stoke-on-Trent], Witan Books, [1992]. Captain Smith died with his ship, the 'Titanic'. More
A Naval History of South Australia and Other Historical Notes
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1950. More
Marine Painting in England, 1700-1900
London, Studio Vista, 1974. More
The Sea Carriers, 1825-1925. The Aberdeen Line
London, The Aberdeen Line, 1925. More
Figureheads. Carving on ships from ancient times to twentieth century
Hampshire, Nautical Publishing, 1981. More
A Systemic List of the Pelecypoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda and Crepipoda. The bivalve mollusca, tusk-shells, nautilus, squids, octupi, and chitons of South Australia
Adelaide, Government Printer, [1941]. Malacological Society of SA publication No. 2. 'This completes a systematic list of the Mollusca of South and Central Australi, to our present state of knowledge' (preface). The first list, by the same authors, was published in 1938. More
Combat Fleets of the World 1980/81: Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament
London, Arms and Armour Press, 1980. More
A Sailing-boat Club at Port Adelaide. A History of Port Adelaide Sailing Club, 1897 to 2007
Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Sailing Club, 2008. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Bass Strait Crossing
Sandy Bay, Melanie Publications, 1986. Offered together with HOPKINS, David L.: The Shipping History of the Bass Strait Crossing. (Devonport; The Author; 2003 (fourth edition)/ 1994). Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. [2 items]. More
Bass Strait Crossing
Sandy Bay, Melanie Publications, 1986. Silver Award Certificate to the printer from the Tasmanian Printing Industry Craftsmanship Awards mounted on the verso of the half-title. More
The Wilson Line
Brimscombe Port, Tempus Publishing Limited, 2000. More
An Eventful Life. The Royal Australian Naval Reservists Go to War 1939-1945
Mount Martha, The Author, 1997. Signed, and warmly inscribed, by the author 'to my old shipmate Jack Quick'. John James 'Jack' Quick (1923-2016), sometime President of the HMAS Assault Association. More
Whyalla, S.A. '35
The scene depicted here shows iron ore from Iron Knob being loaded by conveyor belt onto a ship bound for the BHP steelworks in Newcastle. Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996), English-born Australian artist, architectural draftsman, camouflage officer, and official war artist, emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to..... More
Around Tasmania in a Whaleboat 1986. In the Wake of Captain James Kelly 1815-1816
[No Place, The Author, 1986]. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Greyhounds of the Sea. The Story of the American Clipper Ship. Third Edition with 500 Sailing Records
Wellingboroough, Patrick Stephens, 1984 (third, revised and expanded, edition)/ 1930. More
Radar Gunner
Coolalinga, David M. Welch, 2014. The author 'survived 48 missions and 500 hours flying over Japanese enemy territory during World War Two, both as a gunner and radar countermeasures operator. Most of his service was spent living and flying with US Army Air Force bomb squadrons base at Fenton airstrip..... More
Whalemen Adventurers. The Story of Whaling in Australian Waters and Other Southern Seas ...
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1934. With the ownership signature of Baron Sandford, and the loosely inserted original publisher's prospectus (folded once, and slightly torn at one corner). More
Two Years Before the Mast
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). Introduction by Mervyn Horder. More
A Voyage Round the Coast of Great Britain
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Edited and introduced by C.J. Shepherd; preface by Robert MacFarlane. More
A Voyage Round Great Britain. Sheerness to Land's End ...in the Footsteps of William Daniell R.A. (1769-1837)
Staplehurst, Spellmount, 1995. The first of four volumes. More
The Theory and Practice of Seamanship. [Revised Metric Edition (cover sub-title)]
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976 (revised sixth edition). More
Full Steam Ahead. A Golden Age of Cruises
London, Scriptum Editions, 2013. More
The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852-1861 under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
London, Miegunyah Press, 1995. More