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Maritime History, Australia 12 and Other Continents 23.

128646
BAUDIN, NICOLAS.: The Journal Of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin - 1800-1803, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage Of Discovery. Translated from French by Christine Cornell, B.A. With forward by Jean-Paul Faivre.
Deluxe Limited Edition; Med. 4to; pp. xxii, 610; frontispiece, 2 maps, appendices, index, large folding map of New Holland in pocket on inside back board, bound in quarter leather with blue cloth boards, raised bands, title labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, embossed decoration to upper board, silk page marker, fine copy.
Adelaide; The Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 2004.
Edition limited to 300 copies of which 99 are numbered and bound in quarter leather. This copy being No. 51. Click here to Order

AUD$475

128516
EISLER, WILLIAM: SMITH, BERNARD.: Terra Australis The Furthest Shore.
Demy 4to; pp. 240; portrait frontispiece, numerous text illustrations in colour and b/w, text maps, bibliography, notes on the contributors, photographic credits, lenders to the exhibition, selected index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Published by The Australian Bicentennial Authority, to accompany the exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 27 July - 9 October 1988.
The exhibition which this book was produced for offered a fascinating panorama of three centuries of daring voyaging, acute observation, and vivid reporting, in words and images, of newly discovered seas, lands, and peoples. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128505
FITZGERALD, LAWRENCE.: Java La Grande. The Portuguese Discovery of Australia. The Story of The Portuguese Discovery of Australia Circa 1521.
First Edition; 4to; pp, 140; illustrated endpapers, 13 full page maps, 7 pages plates, profusely illustrated with text, index; original slick illustrated boards, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Hobart; The Publishers Pty Ltd; n.d. (C 1984). Click here to Order

AUD$30

128421
HARDSTAFF, R. J.: Leadline to Laser. The Hydrographic Service, Royal Australian Navy 1920-1995.
First Limited Edition; Lge. 4to; pp. xvi, 274; numerous b/w illustrations, appendices, conversions, abbreviations and acronyms, indices, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. Together with the 12 page Errata slip.
Northwood, NSW; R. J. Hardstaff; 1995
Limited edition of 900 copies, this copy being No. 233, signed by the author. Click here to Order

AUD$95

128705
IDRIESS, ION L.: Coral Sea Calling. Illustrated by Frank Norton.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 239; illustrated endpapers, sketches throughout; original maroon cloth, title in silver on spine, illustration in silver on front, minor marks to unclipped dustjacket, good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1957. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128453
JONES, PHYLLIS MANDER.: The Tasman Map of 1644 Historical Note and Description of the Manuscript Map in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 31; tipped-in full page coloured map, double page map with two other b/w. maps on the verso, selected bibliography, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, good copy
Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales; 1948. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128424
McINTYRE, KENNETH 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 chipped and worn on edges, very good copy.
Medindie, S.A.; Souvenir Press; 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128508
PEARSON, MICHAEL.: Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. iv, 155; text with numerous illustrations and maps many in colour, endnotes, bibliography, glossary, index, bound in original illustrated boards, dustjacket, fine copy.
Canberra; The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage; 2005. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128417
RICHARDSON, W. A. R.: The Portuguese Discovery of Australia Fact or Fiction? - A lecture delivered at the National Library of Australia. (Occasional Lecture Series, No. 3).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 32; text illustrated with 6 maps, notes, bound in original stiff printed stapled wrapper, fine copy.
Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128645
ROBERTS, MORLEY.: Land-Travel and Sea-Faring. Illustrated by A.D. McCormick.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 260; numerous b/w illustrations throughout text; bound in original quarter leather with blue cloth boards, raised bands, contrasting title labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, small number stamp on title page and rear endpaper, good copy.
London; Lawrence and Bullen; 1891.
Ferguson 14957. Click here to Order

AUD$100

128502
TERRY, MARTIN.: Maritime Paintings of Early Australia. 1788-1900.
First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. xiv, 111; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with numerous colour illustrations, bibliography, bound in beige original cloth, title lettered in brown on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press; 1998. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128426
TRICKETT, PETER.: Beyond Capricorn. How Portuguese Adventurers Secretly Discovered and Mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 Years before Captain Cook.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 386; text illustrated with 16 pages of photographic plates some in colour, list of maps and illustrations, chapter notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Adelaide; East Street Publications; 2007. Click here to Order

AUD$125

Other Continents

128590
BLAKE, JOHN.: The Sea Chart: The Illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 160; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text illustrated with numerous coloured maps, bibliography, index, bound in original navy cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
London; Conway Maritime Press; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128623
BLIGH, CAPTAIN W.: The Log Of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1793.
Facsimile Copy of the original log now preserved in The Public Record Office in London; Small folio; pp. 951; coloured frontispiece, 5 folding maps, numerous illustrations and reproductions in the text, original half calf, raised bands, gilt decorated boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate (S. A. Hicks) on front endpaper, fine copy in original slipcase.
Guildford; Genesis Publications Ltd.; 1976.
Edition limited to five hundred copies of which this is copy number 440. This voyage of Bligh's to deliver the breadfruit plant to the West Indies was an unqualified success in contrast to his earlier ill-fated voyage in the Bounty. Click here to Order

AUD$900

128619
BURDEN, PHILIP D.: The Mapping of North America, A List of printed maps 1511-1670.
First Limited Edition; Cr. Folio; xxxiv, 568; text with 11 coloured and 418 b/w. plates, index bibliography, bound in full maroon morocco, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration on front board, all edges gilt, housed in original cloth slipcase, fine copy.
Rickmansworth; Raleigh Publications; 1996.
Edition Limited to 25 numbered and signed copies. This copy being Number 7. Click here to Order

AUD$600

128604
CAVALLO, GUGLIELMO.: Cristoforo Colombo e l'apertura degli spazi (Christopher Columbus and the opening of Spaces), (Two Volume Set). Italian Language.
First Edition; Demy 4to; Vol. I. pp. xx, 529; Vol. II. pp. [v], 530-1113; texts illustrated with numerous maps mostly in colour some folding, bibliografia, indice dei nomi di persona, each volume bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copies.
Rome; Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Statp; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$60

128616
COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES.: The Journal Of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775.
Facsimile Edition; Thick Super Royal 8vo; pp. 807; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, coloured frontispiece, illustrated title page, 12 full page plates 5 of which are in colour, 19 text illustrations, half calf binding, and buckram with hand tooling in gold leaf, gilt decoration of the Endeavour on front board, raised bands ruled in gilt, title lettered in gilt on spine, in original slip case, edition limited to 500 numbered copies this being number 45, bookplate on half title page (S. A. Hicks), a fine copy.
Guilford; Genesis Publications Limited; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$700

128392
DAVID, ANDREW C. F; Compiler.: A Catalogue of Charts, Plans, & Views, printed at The Admiralty Office, for the use of His Majesty's Navy in 1814. (Based mainly on a manuscript list presented to The British Museum 12th November 1814.).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. vii, 33; bound in green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, fine copy.
Andrew David Taunton; 1991.
The first Admiralty Chart Catalogue was not issued until 1821, though copies of this particular catalogue do not appear to have survived. The 1825 Catalogue which is held in the Hydrographic Office, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, is the earliest known catalogue to have survived. It has now been possible to construct an earlier catalogue based on a manuscript, listing 103 items presented to the British Museum on the 12th November 1814 by Captain Thomas Hurd, Hydrographer to the Admiralty. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128461
DAWSON, COMMANDER L. S.: Memoirs of Hydrography including Brief Biographies of the Principal Officers who have Served in H. M. Naval Surveying Service Between The Years 1750 and 1885. (In Two Parts Bound as One).
Med. 8vo; Part I, pp. [xvi], 143 (2); Part II, pp. [iv], 209, (4); text illustrated with 2 b/w. portraits, 1 full page scale plan, bound in original quarter beige cloth, with blue cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, good copy.
London; Cornmarket Press Limited; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$90

128401
DILLE, GLEN F; Editor.: Spanish and Portuguese Conflict in the Spice islands: The Loaysa Expedition to the Molussas 1525-1535. From Book XX of The General and Natural History of the Indies by Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo Y Valdes. (Hakluyt Society Series III. Volume 38).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xx, 194; 6 maps, appendices, bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on upper board, dustjackets, fine copy.
London; The Hakluyt Society; 2021. Click here to Order

AUD$115

128403
ELLIOTT, DEREK; Editor.: The Voyages and Manifesto of William Fergusson, A Surgeon of The East India Company (Hakluyt Society Series III. Volume 37).
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xviii, 185; illustrated frontispiece, 8 maps, 4 coloured plates, 9 b/w. text illustrations, bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on upper board, dustjackets, fine copy.
London; The Hakluyt Society; 2021. Click here to Order

AUD$110

128432
ERICSSON, CHRISTOFFER H; MIEKKAVAARA, LEENA; NURMINEN, JUHA; RAURALA, NILS-ERIK.: The Routes Of The Sea: Sea Charts from the 16th Century to Present Times.
First Edition; Oblong Cr. 4to; pp. 160; 6 pages of coloured maps, numerous b/w. maps and illustrations in text, catalogue of sea charts and maps, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket very good copy.
Helsinki; John Nurminen; 1988. Click here to Order

AUD$125

128457
FISHER, SUSANNA.: The Makers of the Blueback Charts.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 158; family tree frontispiece, text with numerous illustrations a few in colour, sources & notes, glossary, list of staff, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Cambridgeshire, England; Imary Laurie Norie & Wilson; 2001. Click here to Order

AUD$55

128411
HOWSE, DEREK; SANDERSON, MICHAEL.: The Sea Chart: An Historical Survey based on the Collections in the National Maritime Museum.
First Australian Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 144; 7 full page coloured maps, text with numerous b/w. maps and charts, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, some minor browning to first and last few pages, good copy.
Melbourne; Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd.; 1973. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128584
HOYT, NORRIS D.: The Twelve Metre Challenges For The America's Cup. Text by Norris D. Hoyt Paintings and Drawings by Admiral Joseph W. Golinkin.
First US Edition; Oblong Demy 4to; pp. 252; 36 f/p. coloured plates, numerous b/w. drawings, appendices, bound in original beige cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket a little browned and chipped on edges, good copy.
New York; A Brandywire Press Book; 1977. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128625
KERR, ROBERT.: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. 18 Volumes (Complete).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. more than 9500; plus engraved maps (some folding) and plates, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, uniformly bound in contemporary diced calf, gilt stamped decoration to spines, some splitting on spines, titles lettered in gilt on spines, occasional browning, calf a little rubbed, the spines mellowed, bookplate on front endpapers, good set.
William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, MDCCCXXIV. (1824).
Truly comprehensive account of sea and land voyages, from the time of Alfred the Great in the ninth century to the great voyages of Captain Cook at the end of the eighteenth century. The eighteen volumes cover Europe, Africa, Asia, America, Polynesia and Australia. The voyages to the Pacific, from Magellan to Cook, are covered in volumes ten to seventeen. The final volume includes a "Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce." by William Stevenson along with a bibliography of nearly a thousand titles. Ferguson 971. Click here to Order

AUD$1800

128600
KINAHAN, JILL.: By Command of their Lordships.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [viii], 216; text with numerous b/w. illustrations and maps, references, index of African place names, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, good copy.
Windhoek; Namibia Archaeological Trust; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128549
LA PEROUSE, J. F. G. DE.: A Voyage Round the World, performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe. Under the Command of J. F. G. de la Perouse: Published by Order of the National Assembly Under the Superintendence of L. A. Milet-Mureau. (In Three Volumes).
Third Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp. xlviii, 426; Vol. II. pp. x, 543; Vol. III. pp. viii, 433, (15) index; all half titles present, bound in modern brown quarter leather with brown cloth boards, titles lettered in gilt on spines, all edges marbled, (lacks the folio Atlas volume), very good copies.
London; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; 1807.
The work providing valuable insights into the Pacific region during the late 18th century. La Pérouse’s writing reflects both the challenges of maritime exploration and the sense of wonder sparked by new discoveries. The book remains an important historical document, offering a window into an era of scientific discovery and international exploration. Click here to Order

AUD$300

128481
PRESCOTT, J. V. R.: The Political Geography of the Oceans. (Problems in Modern Geography).
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 247; text with numerous maps and charts, numerous tables, references, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Vancouver; David & Charles ltd.; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128414
RICHARDSON, MATTHEW.: The West & The Map Of The World : A Reappraisal of the Past.
First Edition; Roy. 4to; pp. (viii), 278; decorated endpapers, illustrated coloured frontispiece and title page, text lavishly illustrated with more than 100 outstanding maps from the State Library of Victoria, sources, chronological index, general index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Carlton; The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University; 2010. Click here to Order

AUD$60

128637
ROSS, SIR JOHN.: Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage and of a Residence in The Artic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833: Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain James Clark Ross and The Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. [ With ] Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage.
First Editions; Roy. 4to; Vol. I. pp. [x], xxxi, [1], 740 (with the added leaf 688-699); Vol. II. pp. xii,120, cxliv, cii, [1] errata; engraved frontispieces in each volume, in total 50 engraved and lithographed plates, charts, and plans (9 hand-coloured in volume one and 12 hand-coloured in volume two, one large folding coloured map at rear of volume I.) both uniformly bound in publishers original blue patterned cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, loosely inserted binders advertisement, bindings are worn and damaged, hinges starting to split, some light spotting, fair set only would reward rebinding.
London; A. W. Webster, 156, Regent Street; 1835. Click here to Order

AUD$1250

128412
SMITH, BERNARD.: Imagining the Pacific: In the Wake of the Cook Voyages.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xiv, 262; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with numerous illustrations many in colour, notes, select bibliography, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, signed by author on title page, very good copy.
Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128358
STEINBECK, JOHN.: The Log from the Sea of Cortez.
First UK Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. lxx, 282; endpaper maps, glossary, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, unclipped dustjacket showing the price as 18s net., dustjacket a little chipped and worn, a few minor spots to page edges, good copy.
London; William Heinemann Ltd.; 1958.
The day-to-day story of a many faceted maritime expedition. The Log has more than a touch of Kon-Tiki about it combining as it does science and high spirited adventure. Click here to Order

AUD$85

128589
WHITFIELD, PETER.: The Charting of the Oceans: Ten Centuries of Maritime Maps.
First Edition; Square Demy 4to; pp. [vi], 136; illustrated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece and title page, text illustrated with numerous maps mostly in colour, bibliography, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket very good copy.
London; The British Library; 1996. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128462
WITT, MARIO M.: A Bibliography of the Works Written and Published by David Steel and his Successors. with Notes on the Lives of David Steel and his Heirs. (Greenwich Maritime Monographs).
First Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 156; family tree, 2 full page illustrations, 266 fully catalogued items, geographical index for maps & pilots, chronological index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little worn and marked, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, good copy.
Greenwich, London; Anthony & Setitia Simmonds; 1991.
Edition Limited to 525 copies of which numbers 1-500 are for sale. This copy is No. 61. Click here to Order

AUD$100