Maritime History

For more than half a century, an air of innuendo, accusation and mystery has surrounded the Battle of Savo Island, fought off the southern Solomon Islands during the early morning...

This introduction to the years of the Napoleonic wars (1793 to 1815) tells the story of one of the keys to that great conflict, the Ship of the Line -...

The author concentrates on four key conflicts, Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He aims to take readers into the heart of the fighting and also to...

It is widely believed that Japan's opening gambit in World War II was conceived by Admiral Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Japan. However, this book sets out to show that it...

The book titled Battle of the Bismarck Sea by the author Lex McAuley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingThe high seas have never been more treacherous than in the world conjured by Alexei Novikov-Priboi in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the late eighteenth century, a ragged fleet of British ships deposited a cast of convicts, marines, and administrators onto the sun-scorched shores of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThe ocean has always called to those willing to answer, and Voices from the Sea gathers the literary responses of those who answered most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew accounts of life at sea have ever matched the raw immediacy and narrative power of Two Years Before...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the dark, desperate hours of February 1942, the Sunda Strait became the grave of some of the most gallant...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the summer of 1588, the fate of Protestant Europe hung by a...

Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhen Ernest Shackleton's name is invoked, history remembers the man at the centre of the storm — but Shackleton's Forgotten Argonauts...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stretches of sea have claimed as many ships — and as many lives — as the treacherous Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of wartime voyage narratives, Reported Safe Arrival: The Journal of a Voyage to Port X chronicles a gripping seafaring journey...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen the guns of August 1914 began...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJoseph Conrad's The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' stands as one of the most viscerally powerful sea...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen the beaches of Dunkirk became a crucible of desperation in the summer of 1940, it was not...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the summer of 1942, one of the most catastrophic naval disasters of the Second World War unfolded...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew memoirs capture the intersection of sky and sea with such electrifying clarity as The Flying Sailor, the remarkable autobiography...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the darkest days of World War II, the waters surrounding Australia became a battleground as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched decks of aircraft carriers to the freezing Arctic convoys, Pictorial History of the Fleet Air Arm chronicles the dramatic story of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the crucible of the Pacific War, the Royal Australian Navy faced its most gruelling and defining years — and G. Hermon...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sun-drenched harbours of Sydney to the wild southern swells of the Bass Strait, A Log of Great Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen steam power ruled the southern seas, a golden age of maritime commerce and adventure unfolded across the vast waters surrounding Australia and New...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedLong before roads and railways stitched Australia together, a fleet of steam-powered paddleboats ruled the mighty Murray-Darling river system, and Riverboats and Rivermen chronicles this...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket, faded spine. Page Condition: Yellowed with some...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. On the night of 11 November 1940, twenty-one Swordfish torpedo bombers launched from...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges. The most decisive naval campaign of the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, some minor damage to corners. Page Condition: yellowed with sogns of ageing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. On June 6,...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed, with signs of ageing. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. In the dead of night on 28 March...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The ocean has always been humanity's greatest frontier — wild, unforgiving, and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped / torn along spine and folds. long tear at back of jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. On the morning of 24 May 1941, one of the most devastating naval...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. In June 1944, the vast expanse of the Pacific...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good. On 10 December 1941, just three days after the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition: Good. Epic Sea Battles by William Koenig...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. For sailors, powerboaters, and water enthusiasts across the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages. For generations of mariners, both amateur and seasoned,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Plastic binding protector has some tears along folds. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. To the Honour of the Fleet by Robert H. Pilpel...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded - some tears. Page Condition: yellowed with tanning. Markings: Remainder mark. **He was a pirate to his enemies and a hero to his queen...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Signed — signature of Dacre Smyth present on the title page. Binding condition: Good. The sea has always...

Edition: later repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good, fep clipped. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. A vital navigational companion for anyone venturing along one of Australia's most...

Edition: 5th ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Sticker affixed on rear endpaper. From the sun-drenched harbours of Sydney to...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded, one tear at back. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The vast, unforgiving waters of the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries chronicles the rich and often...