No Binding. A large, panoramic aquatint of the city and harbour of Sebastopol on the Crimea. The image shows the fortifications on the shore with the crowded city behind, sailing and steam ships underway in the foreground, and numerous ships at anchor behind a chain barrier in the inner harbour..... More
Dublin: Napper, 1824. 12mo. Hardcover. pp175, original roan binding, re-cased. Woodcut frontispiece. A rare popular edition, the frontispiece showing a "dangerous situation', Bligh and his men in mountainous seas. More
Auckland: Brett, 1924. 8vo. Cloth. Vol I. pp. 368. Illustrations (including portraits). Important record of early shipping in New Zealand. More
1873. No Binding. ALS, Hand-written letter, dated 14 August, 73, from Cooke, headed Groombridge, Sussex. 4 pages with small pen illustrations of flints from Norfolk, with descriptions. Cooke, (1811-1880) was a notable marine artist, son of the well-known engraver George Cooke (who engraved some of the plates for early New..... More
No Binding. A collection of 100+ items of correspondence sent to Kenneth Wynn regarding his research into U-boats ("U-boat Operations of the Second World War"). The lot includes photographs, loose signatures of U-boat personnel, signed letters. Some 20 signatures on a pad were collected by KW on a trip to..... More
London: Phillips, 1823. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 43. Half mottled calf. Rubbed. First edition of a good but minor work on New South Wales. More
1991. No Binding. Original oil painting on canvas 39 x 50 cm, in frame 48 x 60 cm. Painting showing the conning tower of a submarine, the tower decorated with paintings of devils and garlanded with greenery an flowers, with 6 sailors, two in officer's uniforms. From the collection of..... More
London: J D Potter, 1861. Revised. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 228. Original cloth. Copy belonging to Admiral Stokes. Inscribed from the author to Capt. J L Stokes. RN. 'With the authors kind regards, August 9, 61.' Written in pencil: 'John Lort Stokes served with Darwin in the voyage of the Beagle..... More
London: Murray, 1903. 1st Edition. 8vo. Decorated Cloth. pp xvi, 373. Plates. Original illustrated cloth, minor damage to inset picture on front-board. Neat gilt stamp on front board. Foxing on prelims. A very good complete copy. More
1832. No Binding. Signature of Lord Gambier, on slip: 'Uxbridge twenty-five April 1832, The Revd F Cunningham, Vicarage, Lowestoft. Gambier'. Includes a clear red postmark dated 25 April 1832. Lord Gambier (1756-1833) served in the Royal Navy, first becoming a captain in 1778, was active through the Napoleonic Wars, Commander-in-Chief..... More
1929. No Binding. Autographs of Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere and officers of the cruiser Emden, 1929. de la Periere was commander of U35 in WWI, and is regarded as the greatest U-boat ace of all time, sinking some 200 ships, 450,000 tons. de la Periere was commander..... More
1936. No Binding. Signed portrait photograph, "Graf Luckner. Felix Vount Luckner. Halle 21/III. 36. with a signed slip: Its men that fight not ships. Felix Count Luckner. Halle. Germany, 21/3. 36". Photograph Postcard size 14 x 9 cm; slip 13 x 9 cm. Luckner 91881-1966) was German war hero famous..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1930. Large 8vo. Hardcover. pp.119, complete with frontispiece of the ship 'The Wanderer', many illustrations and folding plans. Buckram with gilt illustration on front board . Uncut, numbered edition signed by the author. More
P & O. Unbound. c1930s. Stunning original coloured poster for the P & O passenger line advertising "First Saloon & Tourist Class'. Image shows the liner Strathnaver in full steam, with an inset of the P & O emblem with the motto"Quis Separabit". Some loss to margins outside of the..... More
1910. No Binding. Panorama 50.5 x 25 cm, showing a photographic print with a view of Timaru Harbour and the new wharf, with ships at dock and rail tracks in the foreground. Text under the image gives the names of the ships docked at each of the three wharves, and..... More
No Binding. A signed paper portrait photograph of Parry in dress uniform. Parry was commander of H.M.S Achilles in the famous action against the German battleship Graf Spee, early in 1940, in the battle of the River Plate, in Uruguay. Also includes a press cutting of the welcome back to..... More
London: De Brett, 1801. Folio. Hardcover. pp 6 prelims including a lists of subscribers, 144, index[5]. Complete with 20 coloured aquatint plates coastline views such as Gibraltar, Barbary Coast, several on each page, plus 12 leaves showing coloured plans of 24 ports. Full original marbled calf, original spine intact, not..... More
London: 1926. No Binding. 8 pp, coloured booklet containing the passenger list, information on meals, baggage, etc, hand-written log, coloured maps of the details of the route through the Panama Canal, and the New Zealand - England route. Published for the Wellington to Southampton voyage of the R.M.S Tainui, sailing..... More
London: Admiralty, 1938. No Binding. A fine large map from surveys by Capt. J L Stokes, B Dury, J H Richards.... from the HM Ships Acheron and Pandora. A fine survey map documenting numerous updates, the final series conveyed by red dots dated 1938. The updates from the 1920s show..... More
1814. No Binding. Hand-written letter, on three sides, with address with postal mark (10 August, 1814) and two wax seals on the fourth side. The letter is from Lady Louisa Strachan, wife of the Naval hero Admiral Sir Richard (Mad Dick, famous for his violent tempers and bad language) Strachan..... More
Wellington: Maritime Historical Productions, 1966. Berry, H. C. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. pp.x,230. Plates. Signed with inscription, by author. good D/w. Scarce. More
1832. No Binding. Signature of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson and Duke of Bronte: 'London July twenty first 1832, Miss Gervaise, Cecil, Aughnocloy, Ireland. Nelson & Bronte.' Includes a postmark "Free, 21 JY 21 1832" William Nelson was the elder brother and heir of Lord Horatio Nelson, who had inherited..... More
London: Chatham, 1997. 4to. Cloth. Volume 1: Career histories, U1 - U510. Diagrams, indices. As new. More
