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FACE TO FACE OCEAN PORTRAITS
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Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 'An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story...
Racers of the Deep: The Yankee Clippers and Bluenose Clippers on the Australian Run 1852-1869
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Visual Encyclopedia of Ships
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Author: David RossBinding: SoftbackPublished: Amber Books, 2013, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive visual encyclopedia explores the history and technology of ships, featuring detailed illustrations and...
Memoirs of a Seafaring Life: The Narrative of William Spavens, Pensioner on the Naval Chest at Chatham
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Author: William SpavensBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2001, Second PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents the memoirs of William Spavens, a pensioner who reflects on...
Where Fate Calls: The HMAS Voyager Tragedy
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Author: T. R. FrameBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book recounts the tragic events surrounding the HMAS Voyager, exploring the...
Captain William Bligh - An Illustrated History
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Author: Philip Weate & Caroline GrahamBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis illustrated history provides an in-depth look at Captain William Bligh's life and adventures. It...
The Mystery of AE1: Australia's Lost Submarine and Crew
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Author: Kathryn SpurlingBinding: SoftbackPublished: Missing Pages Books, 2014Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book details the findings of experts examining the mystery of AE1, Australia's first submarine...
The German Navy in World War II
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Author: Edward P. Von der PortenBinding: HardbackPublished: Galahad Books, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the German Navy, known...
The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War
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Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown & Co - An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1963Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic, single-volume history draws on Morison's definitive...
The Ship That Would Not Die
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Author: F. Julian BectonBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice Hall, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Ship That Would Not Die chronicles the experiences of the commander of...
The Great Sea War
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Author: E. B. Potter and Chester W. NimitzBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice-Hall, 1960, First US Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Great Sea War chronicles the naval actions during...
Military History of Us Naval Operations in World War II: Sicily Salerno Anzio Volume 9
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Great South Land
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The Sea Hunters
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A History of the Royal Navy: World War I
World War I is one of the iconic conflicts of the modern era. For many years the war at sea has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of that...
She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
Author: Joan Druett
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Tells the stories of women sea captains, pirates, and ship owners from the sixth century B.C. to the nineteenth century.
Ship Decoration 1630-1780
This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work - figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design - carried by the ships of the major maritime states of...
Lodestone and Evening Star
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Author: Ian CameronBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLodestone and Evening Star by Ian Cameron is a captivating tale that explores themes of...
A Short Account of a Voyage Round the Globe in H.M.S. Calcutta, 1803-1804
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Author: Nicholas PateshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Queensberry Hill Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a detailed account of the voyage of H.M.S. Calcutta, which...
Byron of the Wager
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Author: Peter ShanklandBinding: HardbackPublished: Coward McCann & Geoghegan, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
Of Frigates and Fillies
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Author: Charles PoynderBinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical Publications, 1994Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed look into the history of the Royal Navy and the design of...
Mutiny!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport 'Bounty' in 1789
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Author: R.M. Bowker & Lt. William BlighBinding: HardbackPublished: Bowker and Bertram, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the infamous mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty, led by...
The Thresher Disaster
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Author: John BentleyBinding: HardbackPublished: New English Library, 1975Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Thresher Disaster recounts the tragic sinking of the USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered submarine,...
Abandon Ship!
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Author: Richard WoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Guild, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markings- A commentary of life at sea 1940-45 touching upon the human element & the author's personal...
The Navy and Its Chaplains in the Days of Sail
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Author: Waldo E. L. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Ryerson Press, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the history of the U.S. Navy's chaplains during the days of...
The Cutty Sark: Last of a Glorious Era
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Author: Alan VilliersBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1971, Seventh Impression Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the history and adventures of the Cutty Sark, one of...
Fifty Years Too Soon
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Author: Captain A. DonaldsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1948Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markings- Reminiscences of fifty-one years spent at sea. From 1894, embarking at 14 years...
Sea Bird (SIGNED)
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Author: Rozelle RaynesBinding: HardbackPublished: Springwood Books, 1979Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionSea Bird is a compelling narrative that captures the essence of adventure on the Thames, where...
Postscript to Voyager: The Melbourne - Voyager Collision
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Author: Hickling, Vice-Admiral HaroldBinding: HardbackPublished: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1969Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the harrowing details of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS...
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas
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Author: Peter FreuchenBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1957, Ninth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis vintage hardback book, titled 'Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas,' draws...
A Sea-Dog of Devon: A Life of Sir John Hawkins
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Author: R.A.J. WallingBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and company, 1907, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the life of Sir John Hawkins, a naval commander and...
Behind the Picture: HMS. Rattlesnake's Australia-New Guinea Cruise, 1846 to 1850
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Author: Marnie BassettBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book narrates the voyage of HMS Rattlesnake, commanded by Captain Owen Stanley, during the...
H. M. S. Ulysses
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Author: Alistair MacLeanBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, December 1955, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsH.M.S. Ulysses is an entertaining tale of the horrors of the Arctic convoys to...
Once Is Enough
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Author: Miles SmeetonBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsOnce Is Enough is an account of Miles Smeeton's experiences aboard the...
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth...
The Empire of Necessity
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Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18
Author: Alfred Grossmith MasonFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 224 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014In mid-1942 Alfred Grossmith Mason became navigation/ Gunnery Officer on SS Empire Baffin,...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941
Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941
Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18
Author: Alfred Grossmith MasonFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 224 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014In mid-1942 Alfred Grossmith Mason became navigation/ Gunnery Officer on SS Empire Baffin,...
The Enterprise of England: The Spanish Armada
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Poor Souls, They Perished: the Cataraqui Australia's Worst Shipwreck
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A Book of Sea Journeys
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Author: Ludovic KennedyBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Book of Sea Journeys, compiled by Ludovic Kennedy, explores various maritime adventures and tales. This...
In Search Of A Maritime Strategy: The Maritime Element In Australian Defence Planning Since 1901
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Author: David StevensBinding: SoftbackPublished: Anu Press, 1997Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the historical and theoretical foundations of Australia's maritime strategy, examining the evolution of...
PORT PHILLIP: PILOTS AND DEFENCES
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Author: Capt. John NobleBinding: HardbackPublished: Hawthorn Press, 1979, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis is the 2nd edition of the original published in 1973. The book includes...
The Fleet that Jack Built: Nine Men Who Made a Modern Navy
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Author: Jameson W.Binding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the contributions of nine influential men who played pivotal...
The Background of Eastern Sea Power
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Author: Frank Burgess EldridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, 1945Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the significance of sea power in the context of Eastern...