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The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships...

This guide is a wonderful addition to Conway's best-selling pocket book series that examines this famous ship from a refreshingly different angle. Launched in May 1911, the triple-screw steamer Titanic...

A large format, meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and fully international history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts. Royal prestige, intellectual...

2008 marks 100 years since the contract agreeing to build Titanic in Belfast was signed. This book contains over 200 photographs, ranging from publicity shots showing the decadence of the...

HMCS Swansea is the story of a ship, just one of Canada's several hundred warships. It is also the story of the men who served in her, and of other...

A celebration of a century and a quarter of refrigerated transport by sea, and some of the world's most beautiful ships -- the pure reefers and fruit carriers.

Peter Plowman describes the liners and companies that traversed the Pacific. The main North American ports were San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was the...

This book provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and all the cruise liners to have been...

In 1945 Arthur Calwell announced a new immigration policy for Australia requiring an influx of 70,000 migrants a year, and it was hoped that all of them would come from...

Containing material never before seen They W ere Never Told includes original statements from those caugh t up in the disaster, a full examination of the Board of Enq uiry''s...

This illustrated portfolio is produced upon the 50th anniversary of cessation of hostilities and as a remembrance of the ships of Task Group 96.8. Through extensive research the author has...

Begining with the artillery transport barges operated by Henry VIII's Board of Ordnance in the 16th century, for the past 500 years the British Army has been responsible for a...

Since the early 1980s, photographer Brian Wolff has travelled the world capturing images of life in the US Navy and Marine Corps. Author John Alexander has 22 years of service...

Ubiquitous in ever supermarket and corner shop, it is hard to imagine a world without bananas. But it was once so! Britain's love affair with the humble banana is as...

Author: J.G.P BissetBinding: HardbackPublished: -, 1930Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Inscribed by the author (dated 1932) aboard the...

Author: Augustus Baker PeirceBinding: HardbackPublished: Shoestring Press., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsKnocking About: Being Some Adventures Of Augustus Baker Peirce In Australia 1859-1892; An American...

Author: Frederick StonehouseBinding: PaperbackPublished: Avery Color Studios, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the tragic final voyage...

Author: Michael PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Adelaide, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight yellowing to DJ, foxed edges.This comprehensive historical account chronicles the remarkable...

Author: Oliver WarnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light wear to cover and page edges, previous owner name insideCommand At Sea: Great Fighting Admirals...

Author: Dag BakkaBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, 2004Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling corporate history, Speed & Service: Wilhelmsen's First Century In Australia Revised And Updated Edition, chronicles...

Author: Richard P De KerbrechBinding: HardbackPublished: Conway Maritime Press, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tanning to spineThis historical account, Shaw Savill &...

Author: F. J. BullockBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons , 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light wear and is price clipped,...

Author: Peter C. KohlerBinding: HardbackPublished: PM Heaton Publishing, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, Sea Safari: British India S.N.Co. African Ships & Services, chronicles the...

Author: H.W. Dick, S.A. KentwellBinding: HardbackPublished: The Nautical Association of Australia, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and some light wear...

Author: Jacques LesstrangBinding: HardbackPublished: Salisbury Press Book, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear along corners and spine edges, previous owner mark...

Author: I.G. StewartBinding: HardbackPublished: Ian Stewart Marine Publications, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION! No dust jacket cover has some light general wearIan Stewart's Liberty Ships...

Author: Fred J. Maroon, Edward L. BeachBinding: HardbackPublished: Naval Institute Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light wear and tear along corners...

Author: Stephen Rabson, Kevin O'DonoghueBinding: PaperbackPublished: World Ship Society, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spineP&O: A Fleet History by Stephen Rabson...

Author: David HammondBinding: PaperbackPublished: Southern Holdings, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, cover has some tanning along spine and topThis comprehensive historical...

Author: Ronald MckieBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Top of page edges has some foxingThe story of two security-masked attacks by...

Author: James LeasorBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1978Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing to top edges of pages, previous owner name insideThis gripping historical account,...

Author: Captain Joshua SlocumBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tear and is price clipped, pages...

Author: Dave O'MayBinding: HardbackPublished: Self Published, Hobart, 1988Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxed and faded boards with minor nick/tear....

Author: Captain Harry Grattidge, Richard CollierBinding: HardbackPublished: E.P. Dutton, New York, 1956Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some minor wear and tear...

Author: Will LawsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Shiplovers Society of Tasmania, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, pages have light yellowing and...

Author: Don FinlaysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Western Australian Maritime Museum, 2003Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Previous owner sticker inside, bump to top of spineThis volume chronicles the captivating...

Author: T.R. Frame, J.V.P. Goldrick and P. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Kangaroo Press, 1991Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has portion torn off and spine has tanningThis...

Author: Alex LarzelereBinding: HardbackPublished: Naval Institute Press, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has a few small holes along spine edge and front (see photo all concentrated...

Author: Homer HaswellBinding: HardbackPublished: Self-published, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Dust jacket has two small spots of tear/bumping to front right edge (see photo) SIGNED WITH INSCRIPTION...

Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown & Co., - Atlantic Monthly Press, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative The Two-Ocean War: A Short History Of The...

Author: Denis M. RileyBinding: HardbackPublished: BHP Transport, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and some very light general wearThe comprehensive volume...

Author: Serving Personnel Of The R.A.N.Binding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT., 1942Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards show scattered...

Author: Rex and Thea RienitsBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tearing to some corners and end pages have light...

Author: Kevin Killey, Gary LesterBinding: PaperbackPublished: Lester-Townsend Publishing, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, pages yellowedThis gripping thriller chronicles a perilous journey...