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Maritime History

128299
ADMIRALTY FLEET ORDERS.: Medical and Surgical Handbook for The Guidance of Officers in Command of H. M. Vessels not Carrying a Medical Officer.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [vi], 173; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, numerous drawings, directions for the use of medicines, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on upper board, cloth a little worn, previous owner's name on front endpaper, good copy.
London; His Majesty's Stationery Office; 1946. Click here to Order

AUD$90

128306
BATESON, CHARLES.: The Convict Ships 1788-1868.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 355; illustrated frontispiece, 19 full page illustrations in text, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, chipped and damaged dustjacket, fair copy only.
Glasgow; Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Publisher; 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$75

128316
BROWNING, COLIN ARROTT.: The Convict Ship, and England's Exiles in two parts.
Second Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 415; original yellow endpapers, appendix "On preservation of the health of the prisoners during the voyage", bound in original green blind stamped boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration on front board, good sound copy.
London; Hamilton, Adams, & Co., Paternoster-Row; 1847.
The author served as Surgeon Superintendent of Convict Ships to Australia from 1831 to 1848. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the voyage of the convict ship Hashemy, The second part deals with the issue of Management "pursued in eight successive voyages from England and two from Norfolk Island to the Penal Colony of Australia". Click here to Order

AUD$275

128321
FLINDERS, MATTHEW. (Edited and with an introduction by Anthony J. Brown and Gillian Dooley).: Matthew Flinders Private Journal. From 17 December 1803 at Isle of France to 10 July 1814 at London. Foreword by Witgar Hitchcock, Preface by Paul Brunton.
Deluxe Limited Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. xxxiv, 566; decorated endpapers, coloured frontispiece portrait of Flinders, 12 full page coloured plates, 26 b/w. text illustrations including folding plan of London, chart in pocket at rear of book, glossary, notes, index, original quarter leather binding, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on spine and boards, blind stamped decoration of sextant on front board, silk page marker, fine copy.
Adelaide; The Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2005.
Limited edition of 150 numbered copies bound in quarter leather. This copy being number 51. This Deluxe edition was sold out long before publication and has become a scarce collectors item. Click here to Order

AUD$550

128328
FORSTER, JONNES REINOLDUS; FORSTER, GEORGIUS.: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis MDCCLXXII (1772) - MDCCLXXV (1775).
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xd, [ii], vii, [ii], 150, [2], with 78 engraved plates; modern period style full leather binding, the spine with raised bands, with blue gilt lettered labels, occasional pale spots, small piece lost at one plate margin, text in Latin, good copy. The Ivo Hammet copy with his name stamp on front endpaper.
London; B. White, T. Cadell, & P. Elmsly; 1776.
The First Botanical Work Relating To Australia. When Sir Joseph Banks withdrew from Cook's second voyage, the Admiralty appointed a German scientist of English descent, Johann Reinhold Forster, as naturalist. He took with him his son, Georg Adam Forster, as assistant and later engaged the Swedish naturalist, Anders Sparrman, at the Cape. The Forsters were difficult and unpopular members of the expedition and on their return a dispute arose concerning the publication of the official account of the voyage. J.R. Forster claimed that he had been promised the writing of the account, whereas Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, determined that Cook should write it. Despite Sandwich's attempts at compromise, Forster was eventually barred from any part in the official account and there ensured a series of books and publications from and against Forster, over all of which hung the angry shadow of that dispute. Although the "Characteres.." has not been highly regarded for its science, it is "Important to the history and science of botany, as it contains a large number of new generic and specific names relating to the plants of Australia and Polynesia vegetation" (Hill). Despite the considerable scientific achievements of Cook's three voyages, the Forsters' work is one of very few scientific publications resulting from them. Click here to Order

AUD$5500

128183
FROST, ALAN.: Arthur Phillip 1738-1814 His Voyaging.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 320; endpaper maps, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliographies and notes, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket with minor chips, very good copy.
Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1987.
Not only the achievement of bringing the First Fleet safely to New South Wales and establishing the Settlement, Governor Phillip who lived to 76 did much more including exploration of the Arctic Ocean 1754; European Coasting Trade, 1754-55; The Seven Years War Europe, 1755 - 60; The Seven Years War, West Indies, 1760 - 63; and voyaging in The Secret Expeditions and stories of espionage. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128146
GARDINER - GARDEN, C. W.: The Port of Wollongong.
Limited Second Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 24; 4 illustrations, bound in original illustrated stiff stapled wrapper; wrapper lightly flecked; otherwise very good copy.
Wollongong; Illawarra Historical Society; 1959.
The Port of Wollongong was originally read to the Illawarra Historical Society, at Wollongong, N.S.W., on 5th December, 1951, the author at that time being the Honorary Research Secretary of the Society. In November 1953 the author published a duplicated edition of 50 copies. This second illustrated edition of 1500 copies was published in February 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128185
GREGORY, DICKSON.: Australian Steamships Past And Present. With a Foreword by Brig.-Gen. Sir Granville Ryrie, K.C.M.G. High Commissioner For Australia.
First Edition; Thick 4to; pp. 260; coloured frontispiece with tissue paper, 5 other full page coloured plates, 138 pages of b/w plates (276 b/w. illustrations in all), illustrations in book are reproduced from photographs and drawings by the author, appendix, index, bound in original blue cloth, decoration of ship in gilt on front board, title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, page edges a little foxed, cloth faded on spine and a little worn, some light foxing, still a good sound copy.
London; The Richards Press Ltd.; 1928.
A valuable contribution to the history of Steam Navigation in general, not withstanding that its special object is to trace its development in Australian waters from earliest beginnings to the present time. Includes a short life history and ultimate fate of almost every Australian vessel. Click here to Order

AUD$125

128025
HAMILTON, GEORGE.: A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. First printed in 1793 reissued with a foreword by Alex Allan, British High Commissioner and an essay by Peter Gesner, Curator of Maritime Archaeology Queensland Museum. Australian Maritime Series Number Four.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 37, 164; map, portrait frontispiece, hand bound in original quarter cherry Scottish calf over marbled boards; minor fading of spine and top edge, otherwise a fine copy.
Sydney; Hordern House; 1998. (Originally published by W. Phorson, Berwick, MDCCXCIII. [1793].).
Limited Edition of 950 copies. Hand bound in quarter cherry Scottish calf. Includes shipwreck, famine, Society Islands, cannibals, human sacrifice, Tahiti, tattoo's, death by drinking saltwater and many more adventures. Click here to Order

AUD$75

128113
JACKSON, ROBERT; CRAWFORD, STEVE.: Fighting Ships of the World. Over 600 Carriers, Submarines and Destroyers.
First Edition; Thick Demy 8vo; pp. 608; colour illustrations, index, bound in original slick illustrated boards, dustjacket, fine copy (as new condition).
London; Amber Books; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128000
JEPPESEN, J. C.: Constant Care. The Royal Australian Navy Health Services 1915-2002.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xiv, 336; honour roll, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and drawings, appendices, index of units and ships, general index, index of names, bound in original illustrated slick boards, a fine copy.
Loftus, NSW; Australian Military History Publications; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128346
JUKES, J. BEETE.: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R. N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. Two Volumes.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp.[ii], xiv, 423; frontispiece, 24 b/w plates, 1 b/w folding map of Great Barrier Reef. Vol. II. pp. [ii], viii, 362; frontispiece, 11 illustrations, 1 folding map of island of Java, appendices; both volumes in contemporary half blue calf, marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spines, raised bands, marbled page edges, marble endpapers, boards a little scuffed and worn at edges, light foxing to early pages, bookplate of William F Ross on front endpapers, good sound copies.
London; T. & W. Boone, New Bond Street; 1847.
Blackwood was commissioned to make a detailed scientific survey of the north-east coast of Australia, with particular attention to the Great Barrier Reef - the first expedition to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission. Attached to the expedition were the marine geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, the zoologist John Macillivray, and the artist Harden Melville. From 1842 to 1846 they made a careful survey of the coast between Snady Cape and Torres Strait and explored the southern coasts of New Guinea, discovering most notably the Fly River. These surveys of Torres Strait and of the Great Barrier Reef were all of great importance, as were the discoveries made in new Guinea and the surrounding islands. Joseph Beete Jukes, the chronicler of the expedition, is remembered for both his scientific understanding of the reef and for his first charting of the reef. Wantrup. 92a, Ferguson, 4569. Click here to Order

AUD$3000

128042
LEVIEN, MICHAEL; Editor.: The Cree Journals: The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R. N. as Related in His private Journals, 1837-1856.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 276; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, illustrated title page, text illustrated with numerous coloured plates, several maps, one large folding panorama, selected biographies, bound in original decorated cloth, dustjacket, very good copy.
East Exter, Devon; Webb & Bower; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128218
REED, A.W.: The Wreck Of The Osprey.
First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. 24; 2 full page b/w illustrations, 1 full page map, bound in original stiff stapled wrapper, illustration pasted on wrapper, wrappers bumped, bookplates of G & N. Ingleton and Nancye Kent Perry on front endpaper, good copy.
Wellington; A.H. and A.W. Reed, n.d. (1937).
On 9th March 1846 Her Majesty's Sloop Osprey, a beautifully modeled vessel of 12 guns, commanded by Captain Frederick pattern, sailed from the port of Whangaroa, in the North Island of New Zealand. On the 11th march the ship was lost about 18 miles to the northward of Hhokianga. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128049
RICKARD, SUZANNE; Editor.: George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay: Retelling a Convict's Travel Narrative of the 1790s (The Literature of Travel, Exploration and Empire).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxiv, 181; illustrated with 31 b/w. plates, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, signed by the editor on title page, fine copy.
London; Leicester University Press; 2001. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128019
STEVENS, PETER F.: The Voyage Of The Catalpa. A Perilous Journey And Six Irish Rebels' Escape To Freedom.
First UK Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 328; illustrated with 8 pages of b/w. photographic plates, acknowledgements, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a fine copy.
London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$35