Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
London, Routledge, 1932 (second impression)/ 1922. Rare with the dustwrapper. More
London, Routledge, 1932 (second impression)/ 1922. Rare with the dustwrapper. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, July 1932 (first thus, cheaper edition) / November 1931. With a colour frontispiece by Charles Pears. Captain Henry Taprell Dorling (1883-1968). More
[Amsterdam, Nederland Royal Mail Line Amsterdam, after 1932]. The maps include: Batavia, Singapore, Belawan, Sabang, Colombo, and Ceylon; the sky charts depict the constellations (Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and Equatorial). More
London, Amalgamated Press, circa 1933. More
London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Limited, 1933. More
Sydney, Thwaites, (1934 and 1936). More
London, Lloyd's, 1934. More
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
New Plymouth, Thomas Avery and Sons Ltd. [for the Society], [1935]. An extract from Volume 44 of the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society'. More
Hobart, J. Walch and Sons, [1936]. More
Adelaide, Lenroc's, July 1936. More
London, OUP, 1937. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937 (fifth impression)/ 1937. 'In this man of the Merchant Service you will find the true successors to the Cabots and the Frobishers, the Grenvilles and the Drakes'. Frontispiece by Stanley Rogers. More
London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, [1937]. More
Melbourne, J.W. Ward ('with the approval and support of the Australian Naval Board for the Nautical Societies Council of Australia'), [1938]. More
London, Royal Thames Yacht Club Committee, 1938 (first edition). With 25 plates. More
London, Lloyd's, 1939. Includes four pages of colour plates. Gilt-stamped 'With the compliments of Lambert Brothers (Insurance) Limited, Cunard House...'. Fascinating period piece, including advertisements for undersea salvage and Marconi radio. More
London, Lloyd's, 1939. Includes four pages of colour plates. Gilt-stamped 'With the compliments of George Wills and Co'. Fascinating period piece, including advertisements for undersea salvage and Marconi radio. More
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
New York, Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. With the pictorial bookplate of the University of Durham, King's College, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Welding Library. More
[At Sea], USAT 'Sea Barb', 1945. USAT [US Army Troop Transport] 'Sea Barb' was commissioned in December 1943; she was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre until October 1946. Between May and July 1945, she made trips from Townsville to Morotai, and from Brisbane to Balikpapan. The 14 April issue carries..... More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1946. Inscribed (in part, 'In a weak moment I promised you a copy of this little book - now I apologise for the infliction') and signed by the author under his real name, John L. Preece (of the Adelaide bookselling family). The 'story of the little ships..... More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1946. The author was John L. Preece, one of the eponymous Adelaide bookselling family. The 'story of the little ships of the Royal Australian Navy - the Naval Auxiliary Patrol (one-time luxury yachts) and the Fairmiles' in northern Australian waters during WW2. More
London, Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, [July 1946] (date of preface). More
London, Robert Hale, 1946. With the contemporary initials of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf, and his inscription indicating the book was a Christmas gift from a member of the pioneering Hubbe family. A companion volume to 'Surgeon's Mate'. More
London, Lloyd's, 1947. Gilt-stamped 'SS Hazelbank'; presumably the so-called 'Ghost Ship'. More
[New York], T.J. Maloney ('A U.S. Camera Book'), 1947. This copy is signed in ink by the photographer at the foot of the frontispiece. This is possibly one of a deluxe issue; the standard edition (unsigned) is bound in blue cloth with white lettering. More
London, Longmans & Green, 1947 (3rd impression)/ 1938. With the ownership signature and details of local maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. A 'purely personal account of life in the Antarctic, among whalers in South Georgia, and on board the Royal Research Ship 'Discovery II''. More
London, George G. Harrap, 1949. Peter Duff was the editor of 'The Shipping World'. An 'up-to-date survey, in considerable richness of detail, of a complex subject [the British Mercantile Marine] which is naturally, to me, one of the most fascinating of all subjects'. More
London, Collins, 1949. Number 12 in the New Naturalist Library. More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1950 (facsimile edition)/ 1789. The first volume in the publisher's Australiana Facsimiles series; number 257 of 1000 copies. At first, the books in this edition were bound in full morocco, but this soon gave way to much less expensive papered boards. Provenance: R.B. Lewis, with his signature..... More
[Tokyo, Fuji Shogo, early 1950s]. Text in Japanese. Not least, the innumerable illustrations, many colour illustrations, with others from Official US Navy and US Marine Corps sources. More
Southampton/ London, Robert Ross & Co/ George G. Harrap & Co, [c.1950] (second impression)/ [1950]. The endpaper maps show 'The Voyage of the 5-tonner 'Vertue XXXV' Westward across the Atlantic' from Lymington to New York. More
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1950. More
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
London, Faber and Faber, 1952. Not least, the Battle of Jutland. More
London, Iliffe and Sons, Ltd. for Yachting World, 1952-1961. Ten consecutive issues from the first under this title; with the occasional ownership details of yachting enthusiast Peter McBride. [10 items]. More
Baden, Buchdruckerei A. Reiff, 1955. 12 issues bound in one volume. Text entirely in German. More
[Liverpool, Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.], 1956. More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1957 (first edition). Dustwrapper bright and clear. More
London, Hutchinson Scientific & Technical, 1957. More
Melbourne, Georgian House, by arrangement with The Heritage Press, 1958. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for The Hakluyt Society, 1959 [and] 1968. With the ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker in each volume. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volumes 112 and 132. Signed Crocker copy. More
Townsville, The Townsville Harbour Board, 1959. More
Seattle, Superior Publishing Company, 1959. More
Adelaide, The South Australian Harbors Board, [1959]. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from the Minister of the Marine, G.G. Pearson. Number-stamped 738 of an unspecified run. More
Rothesay, Bute Newspapers, [circa 1960]. More
Honolulu, Rare Books Ltd, [1960s]. More
[London, Lloyd's, 1960]. With the ownership signature of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. Illustrated by David Knight. More
Portland, Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1960 (second printing)/ 1951. With the ownership details of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. More