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Maritime History

124194
ANGELL, BARBARA.: Voyage to Port Phillip 1803.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 64; several b/w illustrations, key to references, bound in original stiff stapled wrapper, very good copy.
Sorrento; The Nepean Historical Society; 1984. Click here to Order

AUD$30

123960
BULL, J. C.: Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and other Gippsland Shipping.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 230; portrait frontispiece, b/w. photographs, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered on spine in gilt, dustjacket a little marked, institution stamp on front and rear endpaper, number on spine, good copy.
Metung; J.C. Bull; 1974. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124105
BULL, J.C.: Small Ships and Adze Chips.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 198; map endpaper, 28 pages of b/w. photographic illustrations, several b/w text illustrations, bound in original blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front board, dustjacket, previous owner's name on front endpaper otherwise a fine copy.
J.C. Bull; (1978). Click here to Order

AUD$75

124270
CALDER, ALEX; LAMB, JONATHAN, ORR, BRIDGET.: Voyages and Beaches: Pacific Encounters, 1769-1840.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 344; text with numerous b/w. illustrations, index, bound in original fawn cloth, title lettered in brown on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Honolulu; University of Hawai'i Press; 1999. Click here to Order

AUD$40

124286
CHAPMAN, ROGER G; DUVAL, CLEVELAND T.: Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882. A Centennial Commemorative.
First Limited Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. xii, 376, (1); marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, 27 coloured tipped-in plates (1 folding), numerous b/w. text illustrations and maps, references, index, bound in original half black calf with blue cloth boards, raised bands, title labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, on spine and upper board, housed in original blue cloth slipcase, with title label laid down on front of slipcase, very good copy.
Wellington, New Zealand; Nova Pacifica; 1982.
This special edition limited to 750 numbered this copy being number 394. Click here to Order

AUD$450

124070
DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER.: An Account Of The Discoveries Made In The South Pacifick Ocean.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; 1 large folding map; 6 folding illustrations at rear quarter leather binding with marbled boards, fine copy.
Sydney; Hordern House; 1996.
An account of voyages and discoveries with nice large folding map including parts of New Holland and New Zealand. Limited edition of 900 hundred copies. Click here to Order

AUD$85

124183
DENING, GREG.: Beach Crossings: Voyaging across times, cultures and self.
Limited First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 376, (1); illustrated endpapers, text with 6 illustrations, 6 maps, notes on selected issues, index of places, index of persons and peoples, index of subjects, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton, Vic.; The Miegunyah Press; 2004.
Edition Limited to 750 copies. The Author revisits the bloody history of Fenua'enata, the Marquesas islands, to craft an extended essay on human change and transition. Click here to Order

AUD$195

124029
DUMONT D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN (later Rear-Admiral) JULES S-C.: An Account in Two Volumes of Two Voyages To The South Seas. To Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee. Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman.
Two Volumes; First Edition; 4to; Vol.1. pp. lv, 312; frontispiece; 27 plates eight of which are in colour; 13 maps one of which is double page; appendices; notes. Vol.11. pp. xiv, 319; frontispiece; 29 plates, two of which are coloured; 16 maps including one double page map; appendices; notes biographical index; bibliography; index; original full canvas binding; title lettered in gilt on red leather label on spine, original slip case with a few marks, very good set.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1987.
Excellent illustrations including sealers hut in Westernport, Sydney Cove, horse races, racial types in New Guinea and everyday life amongst the sailors. Also unique insights into the feelings of the French as colonists who only wish to return to France after making their fortune compared to the English who will happily live in a colony and develop farms and businesses in the colony never returning to their homeland. Click here to Order

AUD$175

124010
DUNMORE, JOHN.: Storms and Dreams: Louis De Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 296; 8 pages of b/w. illustrations, 6 maps, notes, select bibliography, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Stroud, Gloucestershire; Nonsuch Publishing Limited; 2005. Click here to Order

AUD$35

124207
DUYKER, EDWARD.: Nature's Argonaut. Daniel Solander 1733-1782. Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 380; numerous b/w and colour illustrations, glossary of scientific terms, glossary of Swedish terms, appendix, notes, bibliography, botanical index, zoological index, general index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, minor spotting on top edge otherwise a fine copy.
Carlton South; Melbourne University Press/ The Miegunyah Press; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$65

123922
FIDLON, PAUL G; RYAN R.J; Editors.: The First Fleeters. A comprehensive listing of convicts, marines, seamen, officers, wives, children and ships.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. x, 86; index, bound in original illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Sydney; Australian Documents Library; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$35

123972
FINNIS, BILL.: Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 252; illustrated endpapers, portrait frontispiece, text with numerous illustrations many in colour, glossary, bibliography, index, bound in original illustrated slick boards, dustjacket, fine copy.
London; Chaucer press; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124178
FLEMING, JAMES.: A Journal of Grimes' Survey. The Cumberland in Port Phillip January - February 1803. Edited by John Currey.
Demy 8vo; pp. 93, (7); frontispiece, 5 text illustrations, 5 maps, inside back cover a folding facsimile of Grimes' chart of Port Phillip, appendix (Grimes' field book), bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy.
Malvern, Vic; Banks Society Publication/The Colony Press; 2013. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123968
GALL, JENNIFER.: In Bligh's Hand: Surviving The Mutiny On The Bounty.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. [vii], 234; endpaper maps, text with numerous illustrations mostly in colour, list of mutineers, sources, index, bound in original illustrated stiff wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra, ACT; National Library of Australia; 2010. Click here to Order

AUD$35

123919
GUNSON, NIEL; Editor.: The Dalton Journal. Two Whaling Voyages To The South Seas 1823-1829.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 140; illustrated endpapers, 12 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index, bound in original maroon cloth with title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, inlay of scrimshaw on front board, a fine copy.
Canberra; National Library Of Australia; 1990.
"The Journal has several claims for attention: it is a rare British account of whaling activities in the South Seas, a field much dominated by the preponderance of American journals; it provides an interesting eyewitness account of the death of the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook R.N. recalled by a group of elderly Hawaiians; it records the discoveries of Phoenix Island and Canton Island, the last pieces of the jigsaw for the record of 19th century discoveries; and finally, and most importantly, the Journal throws new light on the opening up of the Pacific to missionary activity, to European settlement and to commercial exploration." Click here to Order

AUD$26

124303
HODGKINSON, R.: Eber Bunker of Liverpool. "The Father of Australian Whaling" Roebuck Society Publication, No. 15.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. viii, 64; 3 maps, 12 pages of b/w plates, bibliography, index, errata to front endpaper, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little marked and worn, good copy.
Canberra; Roebuck Publication; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$55

123910
HOYLE, ARTHUR.: The Life of John Hunter: Navigator, Governor, Admiral.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (viii) 189; portrait frontispiece; 7 colour illustrations, 4 maps; footnotes, bibliography, index, bound in original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy.
Canberra; Mulini Press; 2001.
First Fleet Series No.6. Click here to Order

AUD$45

124212
JACKSON, JOE.: A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300 mile Voyage of its Survivors.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 269, (1); 8 pages of b/w. photographic plates, daily position of the longboat, crew list, notes, bibliography, sources, index, bound in original quarter red cloth with grey papered boards, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
New York; Free Press; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124114
McINTYRE, DENNETH GORDON.: The Secret Discovery of Australia. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years Before Captain Cook.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 427; endpaper maps, 8 pages of plates, 55 line-drawings (of which many are sketch maps), appendix, chapter notes, bibliography, index of places and subjects, index of persons, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Medindie, S.A.; Souvenir Press; 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124202
MELTON, JIM.: Ships' Deserters 1852-1900. including Stragglers, Strays and Absentees from H.M. Ships.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [viii], 535; bibliography, list ships' deserters, index to names, index to ships, ethnic table, loosely inserted a two-page sheet of errors and omissions, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1986. Click here to Order

AUD$75

123921
NICHOLSON, IAN.: Log of Logs. A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and All Forms of Voyage Narratives, 1788 to 1988, for Australia and New Zealand and Surrounding Oceans.
Cr. 4to; pp. x, 630; bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Queensland; Roebuck Society; nd. (c. 1999). Click here to Order

AUD$75

123920
NICHOLSON, IAN.: Log of Logs Volume Two A Catalogue Of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, And All Forms Of Voyage Narratives, 1788 To 1993, for Australia And New Zealand And Surrounding Oceans.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 608; illustrated end papers, stiff illustrated wrapper, minor chipping to spine of wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.
Published by the author, A Roebuck Book; 1993.
A detailed listing of various accounts and logs of maritime voyages. Vol. 2 in the Log of Logs series. A Roebuck Society Publication No. 47. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124006
PIGAFETTA, ANTONIO.: The Voyage of Magellan: The Journal of Antonio Pigafetta; A Translation by Paula Spurlin Paige from the edition in the William l. Clements Library,.
First English Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxx, 149 numbered double pages facsimile pages of the extremely rare 1525 edition face each page of the translation, (4) native words used, (5) maps; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, otherwise a very good copy.
Prentice-Hall; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$185

124040
QUILLEY, GEOFF.: Empire To Nation: Art, History and the Visualization of Maritime Britain 1768-1829.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 294; illustrated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with numerous illustrations many in colour, notes index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
New Haven; The Paul Mellon Centre/Yale University Press; 2011. Click here to Order

AUD$75

124066
RIGBY, NIGEL; MERWE, PIETER VAN DER.: Captain Cook In The Pacific.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 138, (60; text with numerous illustrations and maps many in colour, sources, further reading, chronologies, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Greenwich; National Maritime Museum; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$26

124018
ROSS, JOHN O.C.: William Stewart. Sealing captain, trader and speculator.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 220; map endpapers, sketch illustrations, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, a very good copy.
Canberra; Roebuck Society; 1987. Click here to Order

AUD$26

123923
RYAN R. J; Editor.: The Second Fleet Convicts. A comprehensive listing of convicts who sailed in HMS Guardian, Lady Juliana, Neptune, Scarborough and Surprise.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 95; index; original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Sydney; Australian Documents Library; (1982). Click here to Order

AUD$35

124026
SALE, KIRPATRICK.: The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 453; notes, sources, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
London; Hodder and Stoughton; 1991. Click here to Order

AUD$30

124030
SPATE, O. H. K.: The Spanish Lake. The Pacific since Magellan, Volume 1. 'Let Observation with Extensive View, Survey Mankind, from China to Peru...'.
Limited First Edition; 4to; pp. xxiv, 372, (1); map endpapers, 25 maps, 20 b/w plates, notes, index; original blue cloth, spine blocked in red, title lettered on spine in gilt, large coloured pictorial onlay on upper board, with the original blue cloth slipcase with printed label on spine of slipcase, a little wear to slipcase otherwise a fine copy.
Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1979.
Limited edition of 500 copies signed by the author this copy being number 23. Click here to Order

AUD$95

124035
SPATE, O.H.K.: Monopolists And Freebooters. The Pacific since Magellan, Volume 2.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxi, 426; endpaper maps, 28 maps, 19 pages of b/w plates; notes, index; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, minor rubbing to bottom edge of cloth spine, otherwise a fine copy.
Canberra; Australian University Press; 1983. Click here to Order

AUD$50

123948
STARBUCK, ALEXANDER.: History Of The American Whale Fishery.
Thick Med. 8vo; pp. (iv), 768, (6) plates; illustrated title page, several text illustrations, 6 full page plates, numerous tables, index to voyages by vessel's name, general index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Secaucus, NJ; Castle Books; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$50

124028
STARBUCK, ALEXANDER.: History Of The American Whale Fishery: From its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. With a new preface by Stuart C. Sherman. (Two Volume set in slipcase).
Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; Vol. I. pp. [viii], x, 407; Vol. II. pp. [v], 408-767, (6) plates; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece in Vol. I, 6 full page plates, numerous tables, index to voyages by vessel's names, general index, both volumes uniformly bound in original grey cloth, blue title labels on spine, titles lettered in gilt, blue stamped decoration on upper boards, housed in original card slipcase, bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on the endpapers of each volume, slip case worn, both volumes in very good condition.
New York; Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd.; 1964.
Edition limited to 750 copies. Click here to Order

AUD$175

124069
THOMAS, NICHOLAS.: Discoveries - The Voyages of Captain Cook.
First Edition; Thick Med. 8vo; pp. xxxvii, 468; text with numerous b/w. illustrations, 9 maps, sources, further reading, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
London; Allen Lane/Penguin Books; 2003. Click here to Order

AUD$30