'Attunga', 20 foot sailing Catamaran. Sheet No. 1
Victoria, Australia: A.R.A.I.A, 1959. Unbound. Sheet 1 (of 4). Original blueprint of a sailing catamaran, named "ATTUNGA", made in Australia, 1959. Copywrighted by A.R.A.I.A. More
Maritime
A Catalogue of Select Books from the Ingelton Collection. Part 5
Sydney: Swain, 1977. 8vo. Soft cover. pp 712-942. Part 5 of the catalogue, covering nautical history and biography, literature of the sea, ships and shipping, piracy and slavery, shipwrecks, smuggling, oceanography, cartography, discovery, navigation, surveying, addenda to all other subjects. Includes afterword from Geoffrey Ingleton. Illustrated soft covers in very..... More
History Of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Limited 1875-1940
Wellington: Union Steam Ship Company, 1940. 4to. Boards. pp 55. Frontis (portrait), illustrations. Blue boards with gilt titles and design. Some edgewear to spine. The story of a Company of world-wide scope which was founded and is managed in New Zealand. Issued by the Company in Commemoration of the Centenary..... More
JANE'S Fighting Ships of World War I
London: Studio Editions, 1990. Revised and Enlarged. 12" x 10" Cloth. pp.320, fully illustrated, photographs and diagrams. Originally published in 1919, revised and expanded, with foreword by Captain John Moore RN. This heavy volume will require additional postage. More
LAWS GOVERNING THE STEAMBOAT INSPECTION Service. Revised Statutes of the United States as Amended By Various Acts of Congress, December 18, 1900.
Washington, DC: Govt. Print. (for) Historical Publications Branch, Dept. Of Internal Affairs. 1900. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Disbound. pp.60. Form 2100. Rare. More
Perils and Captivity; Comprising The Sufferings of the Picard Family after the Shipwreck of the Medusa, in the Year 1816. Narrative of the Captivity of M. De Brisson, in the Year 1785. Voyage of Mme Godin Along the River of the Amazons, in the Year 1770
Edinburgh: Constable and Company, 1827. 16mo. Half Morocco. pp xii, 334. Vol XI of Constable's Miscellany. Half morocco binding. Slight edgewear to spine, else veyr good. More
Port of London Authority Docks
London: Waterlow & Sons Limited. No Binding. Folding coloured map of London docklands from Katherine Docks to Tilbury. Showing dockland development. c. 1920s. Scale 3 inches to 1 mile. 1m x 17 cm. Thin paper with some creasing, and minor tear, otherwise good condition. No covers. More
Register of Ships 1975-76. 2 Vols
London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1975. 4to. Full-Leather. 2 vols, A-L and M-Z. Full leather-like with gilt titles. Heavy volumes will require additional postage. More
SEA BREEZES : The P.S.N.C. Magazine.
Liverpool: 1929. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Disbound. December 1929 (No. 121, Vol XIII) - September 1930 (No. 130, Vol XIII). Photographs and illustrations throughout. More
SEA BREEZES : The Ship Lovers' Digest.
Birchall, 1948. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. 66 issues. New series volume 5, January-June, 1948 - new series volume 34, July-December, 1962. Coloured plates, black and white Illustrations. Rare set which has excellent information on shipping history. More
The Theory and Practice of Hydro-Mechanics. A Series of Lectures Delivered At The Institution of Civil Engineers
London: 1885. 8vo. Half Morcco. pp vi, 228. 6 folding plates (including linen backed maps showing inland seaways and the forms of ships), illustrations in text. Contemporary half morocco with neat gilt stamp on spine and front board. A very good copy. More
The Mayflower and Other Colonial Vessels
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1983. 8vo. Cloth. pp xii, 180. Plates, illustrations, diagrams. Very good in good d/w. Some fading to d/w spine. More
Return to Midway
Sydney. Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Cloth. pp.191,(1). Colour illustrations, maps. The quest to find the Yorktown and the other lost ships from the greatest battle of the Pacific War. A fine copy. More
Marine Propellers
London: E & F Spon, 1885. First Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp.65,17.) Diagrams (some folded).newspaper pictures & article glued to front pages, owners name on fly, booksellers plate. Blue cloth binding with gilt titles, hinges weakened. Rare. More
Ships and Shipwrecks of The Americas. A History Based on Underwater Archaeology
London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. 4to. Cloth. pp 272. Numerous plates and illustrations, many colour. Very good in good d/w - some slight fading to spine of d/w. More
The Ben Line : The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. Of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships Owned and Managed By Them 1825-1955.
Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. pp.ix,222. Plates, maps on end papers. Small section torn from lower front of dustwrapper, otherwise d/w good and now protected. Very good internally. More
White Wings : Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade 1840 to 1900.
Auckland: Brett, 1924. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. 2 volumes. Illustrations (including portraits). Volume one published 1924, volume two 1928. Rare. Nice set. NZNB B1366 and B1367.. Extremely rare with both dust wrappers in fine condition, More
White Wings : Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1840-1902 ; Edited By Cyril R. Bradwell
Wellington: Reed, 1984. Condensed and Edited Eddition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. pp.xii,235. Illustrations. Condensed edition of: White wings : fifty years of sail in the New Zealand trade, first published in 1924, and White wings : founding of the provinces and old-time shipping, first published in..... More
A Century of Style : Great Ships of the Union Line, 1875-1976.
Wellington: Reed, 1982. 4to. Cloth. pp.x,238. Illustrations, maps (including on end papers). A nice copy in very good, protected dustwrapper. More
The Trial of Captain Kidd
London: Willam Hodge & Co, 1920. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. vi, 223 pp, frontispiece, 8 plates, folding map, original red cloth. An edition of the Notable British Trials series. Details of the trial including charges and indictments, evidence, sentence and execution, of one of the most famous pirates in history..... More
Sir Walter Raleigh
London: Thomas Nelson, 1916. 8vo. Full Calf. pp. 236 [1]. c.1916. Frontis [portrait], fine colour illustrations. Fine prize binding, Hamilton High School gilt crest on front boards, gilt spine titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. Prize certificate on front pastedown. Minor discolouring to front boards. A handsome copy in a fine..... More
A Hundred Year History of the P. & O. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 1837-1937..
London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1937. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. pp.x,289. Coloured frontispiece, plates (including portraits)(some coloured), maps on end papers, diagrams. Bright blue cloth with gilt crest to front board. More
Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893
New York: Bonanza, 1979. Revised Edition. 22cm x 28cm. Cloth. pp.226. Illustrations. First published in 1972 under title " North Atlantic passenger liners since 1900" 22 x 28 cm. Bookplate on ffep. More
Canterbury. Report of the Commission Appointed By His Honor the Superintendent to Inquire Into the Wharfage Accommodation Necessary for the Port of Lyttelton. Appointed This 18th Day of February 1863.
Christchurch: Printed By Ward and Reeves (for) Provincial Government of Canterbury. 1863. 8vo. Original Boards. pp.66. Frontispiece (fine litho folded)., 7 folded maps. Excellent folding map showing section of Lyttelton. At head of title: Province of Canterbury, New Zealand. Rare. NZNB 957. More
Voyage to South Seas
Cleveland: Arthur H Clark Company, 1930. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. xxv, 280 pp, frontispiece, 8 plates of facsimiles. Original cloth with dust jacket. A translation of de Lussan's Journal of a Voyage into the South Seas in 1684 and the following years with the Filibusters. Includes an Introduction by Wilbur..... More