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Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology
$15.00 AUD
The book titled Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology by the author Rupert Prior. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
In Broken Water: Being The Adventures Of A Big-Tonner Through Holland And Among The Frisian And Danish Islands
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA gripping work of nautical adventure and seamanship, In Broken Water chronicles the remarkable sailing experiences of...
A Voyage In The 'sunbeam': Our Home On The Ocean For Eleven Months
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: FEP missing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Binding shows signs of foxing on block - otherwise intact and firmly keeping pages in place. Image page before...
H.M. Bark Endeavour
$350.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Two volumes in matching slipcase - all 15 folding maps intact. A monumental work of Australian maritime history,...
The Story Of The Pacific: Explorers Of The Earth's Mightiest Ocean
$15.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsThe Story Of The Pacific chronicles the vast and complex history of the world's largest ocean, presenting...
Dutch Light In The "Norwegian Night": Marine Relations And Migration Across The North Sea In Early Modern Times
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic volume, Dutch Light In The Norwegian Night: Marine Relations And Migration Across...
An Historical Journal of Events at Sydney and at Sea: 1787-1792
$100.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fold-out maps intact. Boards with minor marks and specks. Binding remains tight. Clean and sound copy. "An Historical...
Journeys of Discovery: Momentous expeditions that expanded the world
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives a human being to step into the complete unknown? In "Journeys of...
1788: Comprising A Narrative Of The Expedition To Botany Bay And A Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: SignedThis historical narrative chronicles the pivotal 1788 expedition to Botany Bay, detailing the arduous journey and the subsequent establishment of the first...
American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development, And Construction
$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slightly faded on spine. Small stains on top of block, pages otherwise crisp and whiteThis authoritative...
The Cruise Of The Kate
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA spirited work of Victorian adventure and nautical memoir, The Cruise of the Kate...
Captain Bligh And Mr Christian: The Men And The Mutiny
$25.00 AUD
Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, Captain Bligh and Mister Christian: The Men and the Mutiny chronicles one...
The Voyages Of Matthew Flinders
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account chronicles the extraordinary expeditions of Matthew Flinders, the intrepid navigator who meticulously charted the Australian coastline....
Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markings"Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World" is a history that chronicles the audacious and brutal 1519 expedition that first...
Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic
The legendary explorer of Titanic and Lusitania looks back on his life behind his famous exploits and unveils a major new discovery on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of...
Sir Francis Drake
Four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the most legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most...
Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory
The gripping account of the U.S. Navy's fast carrier force-and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy Task Force 58 was World War...
Francis Drake: The Lives of a Hero
This biography presents Drake through the accounts of friends and enemies on both the national and personal level. From his family's fierce love of Protestantism, and their early poverty which...
Ship Models: Illustrated With 48 Pages Of Photographs
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsShip Models presents a comprehensive guide to the intricate world of miniature seafaring vessels. This authoritative volume details the historical...
The Defeat Of John Hawkins: A Biography Of His Third Slaving Voyage
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, The Defeat Of John Hawkins, chronicles the...
Desperate Voyage
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small rip on jacket spine, foxing on jacketThis gripping memoir recounts a young man's audacious solo...
Out Of Halifax: A Collection Of Sea Pictures
$200.00 AUD
Edition: Limited Numbered & Signed EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: No. 332-c of 950 copies. Foxed boards. Light bumping on corners. Binding remains tight. Clean photographs....
Navigators And Shipwrecks: Australia's Heritage In Stamps
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Stamps included. Christine Hogarth’s Navigators and Shipwrecks: Australia’s Heritage in Stamps presents a...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER 'A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' Observer 'A vital, fascinating, deeply researched exploration of...
Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023 "Will surely become the definitive account."-Stephen...
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy,...
Out Of The Smoke: The Story Of A Sail (SIGNED
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Spine worn and discoloured. Mild bumping on corners...
The South Sea Shilling: Voyages Of Captain Cook, R.N.
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Stain on top of block, does not bleed into pagesThis historical account chronicles the extraordinary...
The Wreck Of The Amsterdam
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the dramatic loss of the Dutch East Indiaman The Amsterdam off the English coast in...
A Voyage To Terra Australis; Undertaken For The Purpose Of Completing The Discovery Of That Vast Country, And Prosecuted In The Years 1801, 1802, And 1803... (Three-Volume Set)
$600.00 AUD
Edition: Libraries Board of South Australia facsimile editionCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Complete set with 20 b/w...
Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global
Whether it's pumping oil, mining resources or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era,...
Volume 1 Of Russia And The South Pacific, 1696-1840: The Russians And Australia
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account, Volume One Of Russia And The South Pacific 1696-1840: The Russians And Australia, chronicles the often-overlooked...
Company Of Heaven: Early Missionaries In The South Seas
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCompany Of Heaven: Early Missionaries In The South Seas chronicles the compelling and often challenging journeys of religious figures who...
No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World
How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars,...
An Island to Oneself: Six Years Alone on a Desert Island
A South Seas classic since 1966, this is the story of one New Zealander brave enough to do what we have all now and then dreamed of doing - live...
From Colac To Cambridge: A 1938 Sea Journal
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsFrom Colac To Cambridge: A 1938 Sea Journal chronicles a fascinating maritime journey undertaken in the pivotal year of 1938. This...
Samuel Pepys: The Saviour Of The Navy
$30.00 AUD
Edition: new ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable career of Samuel Pepys, focusing on his pivotal role in...
The Russians And Australia: Volume 1 Of Russia And The South Pacific, 1696-1840
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe historical volume The Russians And Australia: Volume One Of Russia And The South Pacific 1696-1840 chronicles the intricate connections...
Come In, Swanee Leader: The Thirty-Three-Month Odyssey Of An Lst In The 1950S
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCome In, Swanee Leader: The Thirty-Three-Month Odyssey Of An Lst In The 1950S by Jim Staley chronicles a compelling historical account of...
From High Arctic To Antarctica: Ships Of Thom Companies On The Seven Seas
$200.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the remarkable voyages of Thom Companies' vessels, tracing their paths from the icy expanses of the High...
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II "When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages,...
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
"Overflowing with surprises."-William Dalrymple, The Spectator "Essential reading."-Dan Jones, Times (UK) "Fascinating and authoritative."-Jerry Brotton The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior...
Nelson's Pathfinders: A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Sea
The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British...
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
The East India Company was the most powerful commercial enterprise in British history. Yet its speculative, highly risky origins are now all but forgotten. A revolution in commerce during the...
Bligh: Master Mariner
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRob Mundle's Bligh: Master Mariner presents a compelling biographical account of William Bligh, a...
Let The Sea Make A Noise...: A History Of The North Pacific From Magellan To Macarthur
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis monumental historical work chronicles the intricate saga of the North Pacific, tracing its profound influence on global events from...
The World Of Sailing
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe authoritative volume The World Of Sailing presents a comprehensive guide to the art and science of navigating the seas....
The Seafarers: The Windjammers
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe Windjammers presents a vivid historical account of the majestic sailing ships that once commanded...