Turbine Excursion Steamers. A History
The Hill, Amberley Publishing, 2013. With numerous illustrations. More
The Hill, Amberley Publishing, 2013. With numerous illustrations. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2013. The most comprehensive story of the Darwin raid. More
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
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
Glasgow, The Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association, 2014. More
Barnsley, Seaforth Publishing, 2015 [first thus]. More
Canberra, NLA Publishing, 2015. More
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2015. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 13 June to 30 August 2015. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2016 (first edition). Able Seaman Edward Sheean was serving on the newly-commissioned HMAS 'Armidale' when she was returning to Darwin from Timor after performing escort duties. 'Shortly before 14:00 on 1 December 1942 "Armidale" ... was attacked by no less than thirteen aircraft. The corvette manoeuvred..... More
Stroud, Amberley Publishing, 2016. More
London, Hakluyt Society, 2016. Hakluyt Society Series 3, Volume 31. 'The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores De Valdes ... came at a crucial juncture in global politics ... Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained..... More
Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2018. Number 127 of a total edition of only 215 copies (and only 100 thus). Includes 'Journal of a Voyage from Gravesend to Adelaide on board the barque 'Minerva', 1849'; 'Brief account of a Sealing Expedition ... on board the Cutter 'Jane and Emma' from Port Adelaide';..... More
Amsterdam, Schelterns and Giltay, (n.d.). Dutch text. More
Sydney, Howard Smith Industries, [No date, presumably 1970s]. More
A superb catalogue from this company specialising in 'plant for harbour works, dredging and excavating. Coaling vessels, floating cranes, tugboats'. The main sections are dredgers and hoppers (91 plates), tugboats (16 plates), elevators (11 plates), excavators (17 plates), and floating docks (5 plates). Each plate contains a description of the..... More
The South Australian 'Register' (Thursday, 16 November 1882) contains an advertisement for the sale of 'the whole of his superior stock-in-trade ... of his well-known photographic establishment ... in consequence of his relinquishing the profession'. Accordingly, this photograph cannot be later than 1882, but it is probably circa 1880. The..... More
The photograph is on the original mount, with the title, a fancy border, and the photographer's details printed in silver ('F.C. Gould & Son, Photos. 10, Harmer Street, Gravesend'). The high-gloss sepia-toned plate is in fine condition; the mount has a few minor surface blemishes and some discolouration; the overall..... More
The gelatin silver print is behind a circular mat (visible image size approximately 135 mm in diameter), behind slightly convex glass. The wooden frame is fashioned from timber with a half-round profile (depth 35 mm, inner diameter 200 mm, outer diameter 315 mm), thick with white paint; rope is attached..... More
Maps of the four main islands of Japan and the Korean Peninsula are surrounded by borders of cherry blossom and bamboo, with scenes of Mt Fuji, a pagoda, and birds on the wing. Major cities are shown on the maps; Korea has Pyongyang, Seoul and Pusan, with '38° LINE' in..... More
On this day, HMT 'Ivernia', formerly SS 'Ivernia' (a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line until August 1914 when she was hired by HM Government), was en route from Alexandria to Marseille. Less than seven months later, travelling from Marseille to Alexandria on New Years Day 1917 with..... More
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
[Canada, The Author, No Dates]. Each volume is signed and inscribed in ink on the front flyleaf by the author (to 'the Robertsons'). The second volume appears to have been published first, followed by the first, then the third volume. The wartime memoir, edited by Anthony Cumming, was published in..... More