Maritime History

A voyage of discovery, nature and untold histories - in the vein of Clare Wright, Edmund de Waal and Helen Macdonald. When the first woman to circumnavigate the world completed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the restless waters of the Malay Archipelago to the fog-laden ports of the Eastern trade routes, Joseph...

Edition: vol I - BCA. vol II - CassellCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThis nautical duology presents a sweeping work of historical fiction, charting the life of Matthew Lawe...

A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThe open sea is both refuge and battleground in Alexander Kent's Stand into Danger, the gripping second installment in the acclaimed Richard Bolitho series set...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the thunderous backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Mr. Midshipman Easy is a rollicking nautical adventure...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFor those who feel the irresistible pull of open water and salt-laden wind, Further Offshore is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodForce Nine and More is a gripping account set against the raw, unforgiving power of the open sea, where gale-force...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included. In the vast and turbulent theatre of World War II,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the spring of 1901, a freshly crowned monarchy set sail on one of the most ambitious diplomatic voyages in British imperial history —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in English history straddle the worlds of intimate private life and momentous public service quite like...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. 4 binders, 1920 pages altogether. History of Ships is a well-regarded maritime history publication produced by the...

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingLong before armchair travel was fashionable, Frank T. Bullen had already lived the stories that other...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the annals of solo seafaring, few voyages have captured the world's imagination quite like that of Sir Francis Chichester, who in 1966–67 single-handedly...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the oar-driven triremes of ancient Greece to the iron-clad behemoths of the modern age, Man-of-War: A History of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen war swept across the globe in 1914, Australia's fledgling naval force answered the call, carving out a...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew journeys in the annals of British exploration match the sheer ambition and artistry of William Daniell's epic circumnavigation of the British coastline, undertaken...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: 15 reproductions of Parkin's illustrations included. Few vessels have shaped the course of history as profoundly as the Endeavour, the humble converted...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew corners of the maritime world are as dramatically storied as the wild southern seas surrounding...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew lives read as thrillingly as that of James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who became the greatest explorer of the Age...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingThe sea has always been a domain of danger and opportunity, and Salvage From Strosa by Ray Pope plunges readers...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBefore Arthur Phillip ever set sail for Botany Bay, his formative years were shaped by a lesser-known chapter of maritime history —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the golden age of Pacific trade, few figures cut as bold a path through the islands of the South Seas as...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew stories in the annals of the sea have gripped the imagination quite like the infamous rebellion aboard...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew stretches of water have claimed as many ships, planes, and lives as the treacherous Bass Strait —...

Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy. After the American Civil War, the powerful US...

'Entertaining, authoritative, and fascinating.' - Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Oligarch's Daughter 'This book contains gold ... I highly recommend it to anyone working within the...

'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...

'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...

'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the age of steam and iron to the twilight of the great gun, The World Encyclopedia of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the smoke-wreathed torpedo boats of the 19th century to the sleek, missile-armed warships of the modern era,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the ironclad gunships of the American Civil War to the sleek missile cruisers of the modern era,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the surface of every ocean lies a world of silent steel and deadly precision — The Illustrated...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards: good with light foxingFew sporting triumphs have captured the world's imagination quite like Australia's legendary 1983...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sheltered waters of Port Phillip Bay to the windswept reaches of Australia's most celebrated sailing competitions, The Long Hard Beat charts the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the primitive flight-deck experiments of the First World War to the nuclear-powered supercarriers of the modern era, Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the bustling, gritty world of Melbourne's waterfront, generations of waterside workers endured...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor sailors who dare to push beyond the horizon, Multihulls Offshore by Rob James stands as an authoritative and indispensable guide to the thrilling...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the bustling colonial harbours of Port Phillip Bay to the sun-drenched regattas of the Victorian goldfields era, Jolly Dogs Are We: The History...

The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. The sinking...

Pepys's diary has made him a literary celebrity. In his own time he was known as the chief naval official under Charles II and James II and this aspect of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt a time when women's voices were rarely preserved in the historical record, Annie and Amy Henning took pen to...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Binding: remains tight; boards - slightly faded. At the height of British imperial dominance, the doctrine of liberalism and the...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the pitch-black waters of the South Atlantic in November 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the S.S. City of Cairo,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew oceans have captured the imagination of the world quite like the Pacific — vast, mysterious, and fiercely...