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An Account Of The Discovery Of Tahiti
$20.00 AUD
Author: George RobertsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London, 1955Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the discovery of Tahiti through the journal of George Robertson, who...
Bright Hopes For Tomorrow
$20.00 AUD
Author: Les HutchinsonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Les Hutchinson, np, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA mariner's life unfolds in this true story. One man's voyage through life reveals...
Tides & Eddies (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Author: Maie CaseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book immerses readers in the ebb and flow of coastal life, portraying the...
Voyaging the World's Civil Engineering Wonders
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The Golden Age Of Sail Of Australia And New Zealand
$25.00 AUD
Author: Captain John NobleBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil. Melbourne, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book transports readers to the captivating era of maritime history, specifically focusing on...
Partnerships To The World: Canada Steamship Lines; One Hundred And Fifty Years On
$40.00 AUD
Author: CslBinding: HardbackPublished: The CSL Group, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles Canada Steamship Lines across one hundred and fifty years. The pages contain...
The Summer King
$20.00 AUD
Author: Aylmer VallanceBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1956Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis historical fiction transports readers to a world of kings and conquests. A...
They Came For Sandalwood: A Study Of The Sandalwood Trade In The South-West Pacific 1830-1865
$25.00 AUD
Author: Dorothy ShinebergBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account examines the sandalwood trade within the South-West Pacific region between 1830...
Owen Stanley R.N: Captain Of The 'Rattlesnake'
$40.00 AUD
Author: Adelaide LubbockBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann Melbourne, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the life and voyages of Owen Stanley, a captain in the Royal Navy....
Twilight For The Gods
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ernest GannBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1959Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA captain makes a fateful decision to take on passengers, and the ship is old...
The Trouble With Lazy Ethel
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ernest K. GannBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, London, 1958Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA tale of maritime misadventure unfolds, chronicling the trials and tribulations aboard a...
Royal Admirals 1327-1981
$20.00 AUD
Author: David ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, London, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the lives and careers of Royal Admirals from 1327...
My Lively Lady
$20.00 AUD
Author: Sir Alec RoseBinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical Publishing Co, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsEmbark on a thrilling maritime adventure with Sir Alec Rose as he...
The Sea Journals Of Annie & Amy Henning
$15.00 AUD
Author: Joan ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, Sydney, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book contains the sea journals of Annie and Amy Henning, offering a glimpse...
The Conquest Of The Niger By Land And Sea
$20.00 AUD
Author: David HollettBinding: HardbackPublished: P M Heaton Publishing, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the conquest of the Niger River by land and sea. It details...
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopaedia Of Boating
$15.00 AUD
Author: Alan LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Horwitz, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide offers an in-depth look into the world of boating, featuring detailed illustrations and explanations....
Cree Journals: Voyages of Edward H.Cree, Surgeon R.N, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-56
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edited by Michael LevienBinding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book contains the journals of Edward H. Cree, a surgeon in...
Harpoons To Harvest
$40.00 AUD
Author: J.R. CarrollBinding: HardbackPublished: Warrnambool Institute Press, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the story of Charles and John Mills, pioneers of Port Fairy. It...
Ferry To Tasmania: A Short History
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter PlowmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: Rosenberg Publishing, 2004Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of ferries to Tasmania, detailing their impact on the region's economy,...
Legacy Of Gold
$40.00 AUD
Author: Raphael SackvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Targum/Feldheim Pub, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralia! In the 1840s it was a land of gold and convicts, of vast promise and broken...
Australian Tv: The First 25 Years
$25.00 AUD
Author: Peter BeilbyBinding: SoftbackPublished: Thomas Nelson, Australia, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of Australian television during its first 25 years. It delves...
There Was a Ship
$20.00 AUD
Author: Patsy Adam-SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson Melbourne, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis is the sequel to 'Hear the Train Blow', continuing Patsy Adam-Smith's autobiographical narrative. It recounts...
Benbow Was His Name
$35.00 AUD
Author: Caryl Brahms & Ned SherrinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, London, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA novel on the heroic life and death of Admiral John Benbow, intended...
Brownsea Silver
$25.00 AUD
Author: K.M. PeytonBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, London, 1964Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe late K.M. Peyton was a keen sailor as well as a horsewoman, and...
Reaching Beyond: The Ultimate Ocean Race
$20.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Grenville Books, 1994Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book captures the essence of competitive sailing, focusing on the high-stakes Heineken-sponsored ocean race. It delves...
Destroyer Man
$30.00 AUD
Author: John AllistonBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Melbourne, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the life and experiences of a man deeply connected to naval destroyers,...
Distant Destiny
$20.00 AUD
Author: James H BarrBinding: SoftbackPublished: Star Printing (Printer), 2015Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the story of Aitken and Lilburn’s Loch Line of...
Naval History
$20.00 AUD
Author: HmsoBinding: HardbackPublished: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive catalogue of naval history, specifically focusing on the period...
Voyaging the World's Civil Engineering Wonders
In this stunningly illustrated, detailed and deliberately entertaining book, John Laverick gives an insight into the exciting world of civil engineering, via fourteen individual case studies. Examples of enduring feats...
Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830-1930
The dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world. It revolutionized work and production, but...
Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
A "compelling" ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy-a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young...
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
From the Stone Age to the present day, no technology has had a more profound impact on mankind than watercraft. Boats and ships made possible the settlement and conquest of...
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it...
Captain Cook's Epic Voyage
The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's claim to sovereignty. In 1768 Captain James...
Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps North, south, east and west- almost all societies use...
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...
A New Voyage Round the World
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...
London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City
The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of...
Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
The enthralling history of Britain's historic rock lighthouses, exploring the enduring appeal of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, now in paperback Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea....
The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit
'gripping, engaging popular history' - Sydney Morning Herald The Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed...
The "Titanic": The Extraordinary Story of the Unsinkable Ship
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Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping
$40.00 AUD
Author: Bull, J. C.Binding: HardbackPublished: The Author, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings"Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping" by J.C. Bull is a fascinating...
The Cree Journals: The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N., As Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edward H. Cree; Michael Levien (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the voyages and experiences...
PASHS' ODYSSEY - Western Australia: From Hartog's Plate to America's Cup
$15.00 AUD
Author: Frank PashBinding: HardbackPublished: Madella Holdings, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the maritime history of Western Australia, highlighting significant events from the...
Sea Dangers: The Affair of the Somers
$20.00 AUD
Author: Philip McFarlandBinding: HardbackPublished: Schocken Books, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the historical event surrounding the naval tragedy of the USS Somers, exploring...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'Powerful reportage...awash with wonderful obscurities' The Sunday Times''A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' ObserverA vital,...
The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch
The ship was almost instantly in flames . . . Some jumped overboard immediately, and all was in indescribable confusion. The masts began to fall one after another, and it...
Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring
* The story of one of America's great naval heroes *Provides insights into life aboard ship in the war of 1812 *Explores the tragic death of this extraordinary naval officer...