Search Results: Nautical from Adelaide Booksellers

Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 232 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 288 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: A.H & A.W. Reed. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 239 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1938. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations including two old-out maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 318 pages. Looks at the wrecks of the Antelope [1783], H.M.S. Alceste [1815], H.M.S. Proserpine [1799], H.M.S. St. George and Defence [1811], and H.M.S. Litchfield [1758] . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Magill: Published by Author. 1975. Oblong Octavo Size. Good condition. Staplebound with some tape residue to spine. Covers a little age-toned and marked. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 227 pages. Contents include Introduction - Steamship services before 1875; Adelaide Steamship Company Formed; Further Expansion; Queensland; A Chapter of Accidents; New Century - New Company; Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1975. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ is Lightly age-toned and edges, and especially, at the spine. Mild chipping to top of DJ spine. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Black & white illustrations. 641 pages. Includes Change I. A textbook and reference book for ratings seeking advancement and junior officers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint with Changes. Hardback.

New York: Oxford University Press. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates and maps. Endpaper maps. 192 pages. A history of the fur and sandalwood traders who sailed the oceans, including the China sea to Canton, in the late 1700s early 1800s. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Peter Owen Limited. 1995[1889]. Octavo Size. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black and white drawings by E. Riou from the original 1889 edition. Translated and with an Introduction by Marlo Johnston. 144 pages. This is the story of Maupassant's voyage around the Mediterranean coast aboard his yacht, the Bel-Ami. Not only a record of the voyage but also a portrait of life at sea and of late 19th century French provincial life on land. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: William Hodge and Co. 1950. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Boards lightly rubbed. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Endpaper maps. 273 pages. The voyage of the second Santa Maria that followed Columbus' course exactly. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Abelard-Schuman. 1966. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. . Hardback.

London: Conway Maritime Press. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Introduction by Professor Séan McGrail. 288 pages. Brings together all the archaeological knowledge on the world's boats and ships. It is an evaluation of all of the evidence on the evolution of boat and shipbuilding through the ages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1987. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine very slightly age-toned. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Illustrated with black & white maps and maps to endpapers - all by Mary Hutchinson. 320 pages. The book tells us more about Arthur Phillip's voyaging than any other previous study and looks behind the facade to reveal Phillip's passion, imagination & humanity. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Harper Press. 2011. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. 498 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

London: Ward Lock & Co. Ltd. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/Diagrams/Maps. Top edge lightly foxed. 160 pages. The story of the controversial third race of the series, held in1968. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Bison Books Ltd.. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 256 pages. An invaluable reference work. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1995. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket (now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve). Previous owner's bookplate to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations. 247 pages. Examines the potential for Australia to participate in the maritime developments in the Asia-Pacific region. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Richards Press Limited. 1928. Small Quarto Size. Overall Very Good condition. Spine and upper edge very slightly sunned, with gilt to face and spine. Gilt top edge. Page edges and preliminary pages lightly foxed and some scattered foxing to interior - although plates are clean. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with six full-page colour plates (all present) and 276 black & white illustrations. Overall a very nice copy of this hard to find title. Foreword by Brig. Gen. Sir Granville Ryrie. 260 pages.. Short life-history of almost every vessel that had been engaged in the Australian S.S. service.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Phillip Mathews/Hutchinson. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ edges very light creased. Colour and black & white illustrations. 136 pages. Looks at the significant wrecks and events from the earliest Dutch losses on the Western Australian coast to such recent tragedies as the foundering of the Wahine, the Tasman Bridge disaster and the havoc wrought by Cyclone Tracey. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Somerset, UK: Hydrographer of the Navy. 1973. Folio Size [21x30cm approx]. Very Good condition - Navy Blue Cloth Covers. Several light marks to the covers . Black & white illustrations and several coloured charts. 136 pages. . 6th Edition. Hardback.

Magill: Published by the Author. 1994. Oblong Octavo Size [approx 22.8 x 15.3cm]. Very Good condition. Limp covers with colth spine. Some faint marking to covers. Numbers neatly inked to top of title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.