Maritime History

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the golden age of sail, one man dared to do what no one had ever done before — Captain...

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: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the grandest maritime undertaking of the eighteenth century, eleven vessels departed Portsmouth in May 1787, carrying over a thousand souls —...

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...

Edition: 6th repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew figures in the history of exploration command the seas of the imagination quite like Captain James Cook, and Captain Cook's Voyages:...

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: GoodAt the dawn of the nineteenth century, French captain Nicolas Baudin led one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions ever mounted in the Southern...

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 —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the golden age of maritime discovery, one Dutch navigator charted the unknown edges...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the darkest months of 1942, as Allied forces struggled to hold the Pacific, the war came directly...

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...

'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...

Edition: leather bound ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew novels capture the savage beauty and moral complexity of life at...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew figures in British history command the enduring fascination of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, and Richard Hough's Nelson: A Biography stands as a masterful...

The Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBDs) of the 1890s - the first destroyers - were among the most glamourous naval vessels ever built. With their remarkable speed, their connotations of David...

By the end of the sailing era, the 50-gun ship had come to be regarded as a hybrid - too small to stand in the line of battle, but lacking...

In these murky tales of grisly ingenuity and quick-witted opportunism, The Wreckers opens a beguiling vista of life at the rough edges of our land and legality.

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: 4th ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the dying days of the Second World War, one German submarine slipped beneath...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: moderate glue residue on endpapers. From the sun-drenched harbours of Sydney to the storm-swept waters of the Pacific...

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: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerOn the freezing night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the smoldering wreckage of Pearl Harbor to the thunderous naval clashes across thousands of miles of open ocean, The...