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Ragamuffin Man : The World of Syd Fischer
Salter, David
Book Number: 64478
ISBN: 9781760640286
Publisher: Nero, Australia 2017.
8vo. softcover. 344pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine, large owner's inscription on fep.
Price: $12.00

Cruising Rigs and Rigging
Norgrove, Ross
Book Number: 62848
ISBN: 0229117015
Publisher: Granada UK, 1983
Large 8vo. hardcover. 322pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine. / Very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

World of Sail: v. 1
Morgan, Adrian (Editor)
Book Number: 47194
ISBN: 1898524254
Publisher: Boat International Publications 1994
4to hardcover in d/w. 232pp near fine. Index. Advertisers index. Illustrated throughout with glossy colour photos. The World of Sail magazine pays tribute to a selection of fine yachts constructed by the world's leading yards. Includes Westerly Regatta 370, Freedom 40/40, J/40, Hunter Legend 40.5, Venezia 42, Jeanneau Sun Odyssy 42.1, Dehler 43, Njad 44, X-442, Alden 43/45, Oyster 461, Concordia 46, Gib'sea Master 48, Rival Bowman 48, Alpha 50, Hinckley Rassy 53, Wauquiez 54, Van Dam Nordia 54, Baltic 58, Contest 58, Beneteau 62, Little Harbor 68, Swan 77, Jongert 2900, Scorpio 100,
Price: $25.00

The Turn Of The Road
Bartimeus
Book Number: 44782
ISBN:
Publisher: Chatto and Windus 1946
8vo. Blue cloth hard cover in D/W. Minor foxing to title pages and minor foxing to end pages. 122pp. 5 diagrams. 3 fold out maps. In this book Bartimeus presents a first-hand record of one of the most crucial half-years in the war - November 8th, 1942, when the first allied landing was made in North Africa, to May 9th, 1943, when it had become evident that, in spite of intitial misfortunes, the immensely difficult and ambitious project had been successful. The most important of the eleven sections deals with naval matters paying particular attention to the parts played by the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy, supplemented by some extremely interesting statistics. Bartimeus also describes a number of specific naval actions and exploits of individual vessals. His account includes quotations from records and signal logs which, with their staccato humour and supreme understatement, relieve the tension of the story and reveal some remarkable personalities. The naval aspect of the campaign is seen in relation to the military strategy and to the political background, with particular reference to the French, whose attitude is clearly analysed.
Price: $15.00

Eagle of the Sea - The story of Old Ironsides.
Bruce Grant, Illustrated by Gordon Grant
Book Number: 60751
ISBN: 0528876589
Publisher: Rand McNally 1974
8vo. Softcover. 176pp. Lightly toned pages, otherwise good. The story of the US frigate Constitution affectionately known for over 150 years as Old Ironsides.
Price: $12.00

Techniques of Small Boat Racing
Walker and
Book Number: 3193
ISBN:
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton 1968 4th impression
Good copy in same d/w - clipped. drawings and diagrams, bibliography, 288pp
Price: $15.00

Hunting Pirate Heaven - In Search of Lost Pirate Utopias of the Indian Ocean
Rushby, Kevin
Book Number: 58031
ISBN: 1841194883
Publisher: Constable Robinson 2002
8vo. Softcover. 294pp. Very good.
Price: $11.00

Wight Hazards
Bruce, Peter
Book Number: 57845
ISBN: 1871680018
Publisher: self published 1998
8vo. Softcover. very good. Peter Bruce's companion edition to Solent Hazards covering the south sides of the Isle of Wight. The detailed information given, such as transits to clear rock ledges and colour aerial photographs, allows racing vessels to be navigated in confidence close to the shore. It also gives details of anchorages and landing places that are likely to be of great value to cruising sailors due to scarcity of other information.
Price: $15.00

The Yachtsman's Vade Mecum
Heaton, Peter
Book Number: 56915
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Adam & Charles Black, 1961
8vo. hardcover. 308pp. Navy with gilt lettering/spine. Very good+. / Very good d/w chipped at top of spine. Heaton's 1st book. Tipped in erratium notice on page 211., Photos, Diag's & Charts etc.
Price: $18.00

Sails Full and By
Degnon, Dom
Book Number: 53299
ISBN: 0924486759
Publisher: Sheridan House January 25, 1995
8vo hardcover in d/w. 272pp very good. Yacht broker and freelance writer Degnon's breezy account of his extended voyage provides entertaining adventure and a refresher course in geography. One unidentified year, with Celia Lowe as crew mate, he set out from New England in Taku, a 41-foot ketch; first stop, the Caribbean, where they picked up additional crew before sailing throught he Panama Canal and on to Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. In everyport they met other "yachties"-long-distance, blue-water cruising has its own culture. They spent six months in New Zealand, fitting Taku and sightseeing. Next, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guines and Australia where they has a rough time finding theor way through the Great Barrier Reef in a storm. Then they headed home via Indonesia (Bali), the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
Price: $18.00

Navigation for Yachtsmen
Blewitt, Mary
Book Number: 52610
ISBN: 0540072834
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical January 26, 1984. 5th edition.
8vo hardcover 112pp near fine. Index. Illustrated with diagrams. Navigation for Yachtsmen aims to study and explain the difficulties that arise when sailing between points and to consider methods of overcoming them. It deals with technical problems of the compass and the human problem of the helmsman. Includes an introduction of strategy for Ocean-racing techniques and a concise list is also provided of the charts books and instruments necessary for a voyage and an appendix will bring joy to many who have, up to now viewed the vagaries of the compass through a fox on incomprehension.
Price: $10.00

South Coast Steamers
Andrews, Graeme
Book Number: 52050
ISBN:
Publisher: Self Published
8vo. Softcover. 32pp. Marine History Publications for Graeme K.Andrews Productions, Epping N.S.W. Contents includes Development of a way of life, Extension - Contraction, Life aboard the small steamers, River and small craft, The Pig and Whistle Fleet. Appendix - Data of major steamers of the NSW South Coast
Price: $15.00

MEN OF WAR: THE CHANGING FACE OF HEROISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY NAVY
CRANE, DAVID
Book Number: 51114
ISBN: 0007254059
Publisher: HARPERPRESS 2009
8vo hardcover in d/w. 496pp near fine. Index. Illustrtions. Through the lives of three outstanding naval officers -- each considered the most brilliant commander of his generation -- David Crane offers a unique portrait of the Royal Navy at a time when it held unchallenged dominion over the world's oceans. Although all three died young, their careers covered virtually every war of significance in which the navy was involved during the nineteenth century. They fought against French and Americans, Russians, Turks, Egyptians, Indians and Chinese, in fleet engagements and naval bombardments, on the walls of Canton and the banks of the Mississippi, against Malay pirates and sepoy mutineers. As an eleven-year-old volunteer, Frank Hastings saw action at Trafalgar, and he went on to be revered as a hero of the Greek War of Independence. Yet, as the architect and captain of the first successful steam warship and the champion of gunnery and total war, he unwittingly prepared the way for much that would be bloodiest in the century ahead. Nobody who saw him in the trenches of the Crimea would ever forget William Peel's air of inviolable self-mastery under fire, and it was the same in India, where he could ride through a landscape of decomposing corpses as if it were some mythological world conjured up to try his knightly resolve. What was it that enabled a man of his intelligence, temperament, piety and background -- the son of the Prime Minister Robert Peel -- to fight with such brilliance in defence of an Ottoman Empire that was repugnant to every tenet he held most strongly? If James Goodenough chased Glory as assiduously as Hastings and Peel had done, it was the Glory of the next world, and not this. Throughout his career he strove to reconcile the demands of his faith and his profession, but when he finally met his martyrdom at the hands of the 'savages' of the Pacific islands, a shocked nation was left to face up to the inconsistencies, hypocrisies and self-deceptions on which floated its vision of divine election. Combining thrilling scenes of battle with acute psychological insight, Men of War provides a remarkable picture of the nature of courage, command and warfare.
Price: $30.00

Blue Gum Clippers and Whale Ships of Tasmania
Lawson, Will and The Shiplovers Society of Tasmania
Book Number: 45738
ISBN:
Publisher: 1986 Facsimile
8vo. Softcover. 261pp. Very good, cover edges lightly sunned. Printed in Sepia. Contents includes 30 Illustrations. Hobart town in 1830, The First Ships of Hobart Town, Bay Whalers of Hobart Town, Whale Ships and Whaling, Traders of Tasmania, Intercolonial and Coastal, Tasmania's Shipbuilders and Their Ships, London Traders, Tasmanian and British, Strange Stories of Ships and Men, Harbour Craft, Coasters and Hulks, Wrecks on Tasmanian Coast and of Tasmanian Ships.
Price: $25.00

Steamboats Come True: American Inventors in Action
Flexner, Jamexs Thomas
Book Number: 45707
ISBN:
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co 1978
8vo. hardcover. 406pp. indexb/w illus. very good, a few small specs on bottom cover edge. / Very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

The PIRATES. True Accounts of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the World's Most Infamous Buccaneers.
Ellms, Charles
Book Number: 60720
ISBN: 0517182513
Publisher: Gramercy 1996
8vo. Hardcover with d/w. 291pp. Composed of material gathered from a variety of historical sources dating back to the mid-1700s, this extended account of piracy in ancient and modern times, and in all parts of the world, saw its first edition published in Boston in 1837. At least eight other editions of the work followed, and there was a huge demand for these tales of looted shipping and bloody adventure. Restored to print in 1924 by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts, this work is a fascinting account of the careers and exploits of pirates.
Price: $14.00

Marine Inboard Engines - Petrol and Diesel - Motorboats Monthly
Goring, Loris
Book Number: 42931
ISBN: 0229118429
Publisher: Adlard Coles 1990
sm. 4to. Laminated softcover. 190pp. Index. If you quake at the thought of looking under your engine hatch, this book is the answer to your problems. Marine Inboard Engines should enable every owner to spot problems, know when they can be remedied easily, and be able to maintain a petrol or diesel engine to maximise its life and avoid breakdown at sea.
Price: $22.00

CRUISING THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
LUCAS, Alan.
Book Number: 41368
ISBN:
Publisher: Hong Kong: Horwitz, 1976
272pp, well illus with sketch maps and photographs. fading on spine of d/w. Very good. guide to ports, anchorages, rivers and lakes for cruisers, yachts and trailer craft.,
Price: $15.00

GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD.
CHICHESTER, Francis, Sir
Book Number: 40768
ISBN:
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London 1967
with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Very good, owner's inscription on fep. / very good d/w.
Price: $20.00

Excavation of the Barque Day Dawn
McCarthy, Mike
Book Number: 23902
ISBN:
Publisher: Western Australian Museum 1980.
1980, pb, Bw ill, Excellent. The excavation and identification of the Wreck of an Ex-American Whaler in the Cockburn Sound by the Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia 1976-1977. pp58 .
Price: $12.00

THE NAVIGATOR'S ART
HUTSON, A. B. A.
Book Number: 20354
ISBN:
Publisher: London. 1974. Mills & Boon. 1st Ed.
Illustrated pictorial boards, 192pp. with b/w photos and illustrations by Alec Davis. very good copy. 8vo. Columbus, Magellan and Drake. How it all started, the northern sailors, the great canoe navigators of the pacific, the compass and the chart, Indies east and west, Time is longitude, electrical aids to navigation, navigating an aeroplane, pilotage, fixing a ships position, lighthouses, buoys, tides, errors, animals and birds navigation, Making a quadrant, astrolabe sextant, northern sky, latitude and longitude, bibliography, index.
Price: $15.00

Marine Electronic Navigation
Appleyard, S.F.
Book Number: 6994
ISBN:
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980.
VeryGood. Crisp,clean and tight. Illustrated by maps and charts. 1st Ed 1st Pr. Binding is blue cloth in unclippped d/w.
Price: $20.00

ATLANTIC ADVENTURE.
Groser John
Book Number: 6245
ISBN:
Publisher: Ward Lock & cO lTd. 1968. 1st. Edition
with a foreword by "Blondie" Hasler. A book about the single handed Trans Atlantic Race, particularly in 1968. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps, charts , plans and diagrams. Pp 160. Index and appendices. 8vo with dw. GOOD / GOOD
Price: $15.00

Open Boat Cruising
Glasspool, John - Illustrated by A. G. Milne
Book Number: 60241
ISBN: 0245518746
Publisher: Nautical Publishing 1973
8vo. Hardcover. 112pp. No d/w, otherwise very good. Illustrated. Contents includes Why Dinghies?, First Ventures, Types, Boat Sense, Sails and Rig, Cruising Grounds, Dinghy Camping, Clothes for Cruising, Some Racing, Companions, Pathfinders, Lay-up and Plan Again. Index.
Price: $18.00

Blue Rivers - A Narrative of Time in the Blue Mountains ( rafting)
Brownscombe, Ross
Book Number: 60332
ISBN: 0646322044
Publisher: Forever Wild Press 1997
8vo. Softcover. 182pp. Near fine. The Author rafts down the five wild rivers of the blue Mountains. This is an account of his personal odyssey experiencing the priceless natural heritage of the Blue Mountains Wilderness.
Price: $14.00

Tall Ships: The Golden Age of Sail
Noble, Captain John
Book Number: 44785
ISBN: 0670901067
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd August 17, 1988
4to softcover 118pp near fine. po name on half-title. Illustrated with photo's. A rare collection of maritime photographs which captures the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.
Price: $15.00

The Royal Navy Day by Day
Phillips, Lieutinant Commander FL, Captain A.B. Sainsbury - Foreword by Admiral Sir Alan West GCB, DSC, ADC First Sea Lord
Book Number: 54471
ISBN: 0750938919
Publisher: Sutton Publishing August 29, 2005
4to hardcover in d/w with small tear at front extreme. 592pp. po name on fep. The Royal Navy Day-by-Day recounts all major events during the Royal Navy's rich heritage from 1st January to 31st December throughout history. The third edition of this much-admired book is fully revised with stunning new illustrations, bringing the history of the Royal Navy up to the present day. From the battle of Trafalgar through the First and Second World Wars, the Falklands, Gulf Wars and modern conflicts, including Libya and peacekeeping missions - this is the only book to detail Britain's extraordinary maritime history. This is a must-have for anyone who is serving, has served or has a passion for the Royal Navy.
Price: $25.00

SAIL IN THE SOUTH - The Great Days of Sail around Australia and New Zealand.
PARSONS, Ronald.
Book Number: 56890
ISBN: 0851799604
Publisher: Adelaide. 1975. Rigby.
4to. hardcover. 207pp. with 214 b/w photos. Very good+. / very good+ d/w. A selection from the A.D. Edwardes collection of shipping photographs in the state library of South Australia
Price: $18.00