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Woodhill, NSW.: Windward Publications, 1993. 256pp, index,maps/charts, col ills.Or pictorial card covers with integral flaps. Near new. The Great Barrier Reef from Scawfell Island, the southern gateway, through over 100 islands to Bowen through the heart of the marine park by the shortest course.. Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Colfelt, Carolyn.. 4to.

Woodhill, NSW.: Windward Publications, 2016. 256pp, index,maps/charts, col ills.Or pictorial card covers. As new in publisher's original plastic cover. The Great Barrier Reef from Scawfell Island, the southern gateway, through over 100 islands to Bowen through the heart of the marine park by the shortest course.. Eleventh Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Colfelt, Carolyn.. 4to.

Sydney: Newsouth / Australian Maritime Museum, 2012. HEAVY. xiii, 258pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The museum's curators reveal the fascinating stories behind many fascinating and diverse objects in their collection.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press., 1975. 210pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Or black cloth in pictorial jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, light rubbing. History of yachting and yacht racing on Port Phillip Bay and the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1967. 2 volumes-complete. 397, 427pp; bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Both volumes with light even toning to page edges and minor foxing to endpapers. Volume I with 2cm tear at top of front jacket panel and rubbing to folds, crease to front jacket panel. Volume II 1cm tear to top of front jacket panel, jacket creased on spine, tiny hole at top of jacket spine and light rubbing. Offset toning to endpapers. Overall a very nice set. Volume I contains an introduction, Schnappering and Early Moreton Bay. Volume II, includes Discovers of the Brisbane River; Memories of Amity; Sport and Pastime in Moreton Bay and Bribie-The Basket Maker.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson., 1956. 320pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Bookseller stamp on front pastedown, toning and foxing to endpapers and edges. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed. Devoted primarily to underwater archaeology and gives detailed accounts of a number of surveys and searches in the Mediterranean.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. Introduction and Afterword by Peter Maas. xv, 326pp, 8pp b/w photos, glossary, survivors, index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. Sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese torpedo, 300 men were lost with the ship, 900 others spent 4 days and nights in the ocean, with no water but swarms of sharks, 316 crewmen survived. The book tells of their ordeal and of the controversy over the Navy's handling of the case.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

London: Chatham Publishing, 2000. This edition is a facsimile reprint of Volume XXXI of the Publications of the Navy Records Society, 1906. xx, 287pp, appendix, index. Sailors' Tales offers only the rarest and most authentic accounts, selected for their entertainment value, of life at sea in the age of sail.. Facsimile Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Trade Paperback.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. Foreword by Maurice Ewing. ix, 223pp, map showing the cruises of the Vema 1953-1961, illustrated throughout with text-figures, 19 tables, bibliography. Green cloth boards, silver spine titles, in dust-jacket. The book introduces a series presenting the findings of research vessel Vema. Thre three papers in this volume record important new discoveries relating to the orders Amphipoda, Isopoda, and Cumaca.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

London: Quercus, 2010. xxxv, 410pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw & col ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Minor silverfishing to edges of boards, very slight edge wear to jacket. The life of Admiral Benbow from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth; to service under the restores Stuart monarchyu; to the Glorious Revolution of 1688; to the French Wars of Louis XIV and finally to the bitter betrayal on the Spanish main of 1702.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Noel D. Field, 2011. x, 240pp, index, appendices, glossary, bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. The story of William Collins and the shipping company he founded in Queensland in the 19th century. Apart from wharves and coastal shipping the company had interests in coal mines and a palm plantation in the Solomon Islands. After WWII a grandson transformed the business to a public company on the way to become part of asuccessful Australian international corporation.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Potomac Books, 2006. xiv, 276pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills. or boards in jacket. Tiny chip at base of jacket spine, otherwise near new. The US Navy Africa Squadron was formed in 1842 to enforce the ban on the importation of slaves. Over 20 years they proved ineffective. Duty in the squadron was unpopular. The climate, departmental neglect and judicial indifference, which alowed intercepted slave vessels to return to the trade, all contributed to the sailors' frustration. The author looks at how this unit earned its poor reputation and whether it is deserved.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia., 2004. 109pp, bw ills, maps. Pictorial wraps with clear plastic cover overlay, blue cloth spine. Near new. Naval warfare durign the First World War in river deltas of the Cameroons and the Rufiji River in what is now Tanzania. Notable was the sinking of the Konigsberg in Rufiji.. Abridges Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. 277pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Near new. . Book Club. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Random House., 1998. xxvi, 291pp, maps, bw & col ills. Black cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket, even toning to page edges. Australia's most famous yachtswoman tells of her life after becoming the first woman to complete a solo, nonstop, unassisted sailing voyage around the world. She reflects on the journey and tells of her life in the limelight and career in public speaking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Milano: Mursia, 1977. 160pp, index, appendix, num bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half-title page, light edge wear to jacket. Text in Italian. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1998. xii, 226pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, maps. Slight edge wear to card covers. Beginning in 1786 Meares explored and charted routes in the North Pacific. His story is a fascinating glimpse into the period when the great European maritime powers and the newly-established United States vied for geographical knowledge, empire and control of the Indian fur trade.. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Boston: Sail Books, 1977. 214pp, index, bw ills, charts, diagrams. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Jacket price clipped with very slight edge wear. An account of the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race- the world's most challenging sporting event.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Hobart: Tasbook Publishers, 1997. v, 311pp, index, appendix, num bw ills, col pictorial endpapers. Or blue faux leather in pictorial jacket with integral bookmark ribon. Ribbon somewhat frayed otherwise as new. SIGNED and inscribed by Hedley Calvert at top of title page. Limited edition of unstated limitation. Biography of TAsmanian yachtsman, orchardist and raconteur. . Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton., 1952. 256pp, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket water damaged with some minor water staing to front cover of book. Jacket price clipped, chipped, edge worn with several short tears. SIGNED by author with full page witty inscription on 1/2 title page. On assignment with the 6th Fleet the author became acquainted with the Mediterranean and tells here of the men he sailed with and the sea they sailed on.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.