Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books P.O. Box 424 Cygnet, ABN 50 378 355 979 Tasmania 7112, Phone: +61 (0)3 6203 0101 Australia [email protected] Catalogue 94 ~ November 2020 1. ABERCROMBIE, Captain L. A. & PRATT, Fletcher 4. ALLISTON, Eleanor MY LIFE TO THE DESTROYERS ISLAND AFFAIR Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1944. 1st printing. XI, Greenhouse Publications. (3), 157 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed. VI, Dust jacket with repaired tears and chips. War economy paper 176 PP, plus 8 pages with 15 with light foxing. Signature of previous owner on front colour photos. Eps: Map of endpaper and at top margin of page 100. A very good clean Three Hummock Island, Bass copy. Scarce. 21 x 14. From Pearl Harbour to Guadalcanal, Strait. Hard cover, dj. Dust on board destroyers of the Mahan or Drayton class of the US jacket with a lightly sunned Navy. 52518 $20 spine. Slight ageing, foxing of paper. Eleanor Alliston’s own copy, dated 18/04/86 and signed on title page. A very good clean copy. Scarce.22 x 15. 0909104670 Escape from naval life and the war at sea... Settlement on Three Hummock Island, N.E. coast of Tasmania. 71468 $45 5. AMBROSE, A. J. (editor) JANE’S MERCHANT SHIPPING REVIEW - Second Year of Issue Jane’s Publishing Company. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710603029 Shipping and Shipbuilding, an overview. A Maritime Chronology of 1983. Passenger Shipping, 1983... The development of Modern Salvage Vessel, by Captain David Hancox... In South African Waters, by David Hughes... The Grey Funnel Line, by Thomas A. Adams. 40107 $25 2. ADAMS, Orville ELEMENTS OF DIESEL ENGINEERING, with Questions and Answers The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co. New York. 1937. 2nd Ed. XVIII, 478, (16 publications) PP with over 250 engravings (including b/w photos, graphic charts and engine design drawings), printed on superior glossy paper. Fp: A modern streamlined diesel powered railroad train. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. A few faint old watermarks on the inside part of some pages. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP and signature on inside front cover. A very good plus copy. 23.3 x 16. An easily understood introductory manual for the student, mechanic, operator and practical engineer... 38891 $20 3. ALLAN, Ruth. THE HISTORY OF PORT NELSON Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Wellington. 1954. 1st Ed. Foreword by A. R. Kingsford, Chairman Nelson Harbour Board. XVI, 154 PP with 1 plan, 1 drawing by P.S. Scaife, plus 24 pages with 6 engravings/paintings, 7 portraits and 26 photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket chipped and with repaired tears and small piece missing on rear, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14. 64714 $45 https://maritimebooks.com.au 1 [email protected] Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books P.O. Box 424, Cygnet, Tasmania. 7112, Australia 6. ANNIS, P. G. W. 9. ARMS, Myron NAVAL SWORDS, British and American Naval Edged RIDDLE OF THE ICE: A Scientific Adventure into the Weapons 1660-1815 Arctic Arms and Armour Press. London . 1970. 1st Ed. 80 PP with Anchor Book. New York. 1998. 2nd printing of the 1998 57 b/w illustrations. Fp: Late 17th-century Scallop Shell Hilted original. XVII, (3), 267 PP with 2 head pieces and 10 maps, plus Hanger. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired chips, o/wise 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Title page: Floating ice mountain. fine. 22 x 14. 67199 $35 Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.7 x 14.5. 385490925 1991 voyage of the sailing cutter Brendan’s Isle to Labrador and Greenland. 46498 $30 7. APPLEYARD, H. S. THE CONSTANTINE GROUP World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. 56 10. ARMSTRONG, Barrie & SARGENT, John PP with b/w illustrations (1 funnel, 4 house-flags and (compilers) 82 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21.6 x BELLERIVE / KANGAROO BAY: Historic 14. 090561724X 49852 $15 Snapshots - Students Challenge Bellerive Historical Society. Bellerive, 8. ARBON, A. L. Tasmania. 2013. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 12 b/w A HISTORY OF UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF photos. Pictorial soft covers. Folded flyer NEW ZEALAND 1875-1971 - Volume 2: The “Bellerive Village” loosely inserted. New. 21 Ships x 14.8. 71368 $20 Ronald H. Parsons. Lobethal, South Australia. 1974. 1st Ed. Vol.2: VII, 135 PP. Typescript 11. ASHCRAFT, Tami Oldham & monograph, stapled. Stapled card covers worn McGEARHART, Susea around edges with a few chips/closed tears and RED SKY IN MOURNING - The true story lacking rear card cover. Slight ageing of paper. of a woman’s courage and survival at Name and address of previous owner on title-page, sea o/wise very good. Oblong: 16.5 x 20.6. 0909418020 Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster. London. 71575 $25 2003. 1st paperback of the 2002 edition by Simon & Schuster (original privately published in 1998). VIII, 232 PP with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 0743415892 Delivery voyage in 1983, of the yacht Hazana, from Papeete to San Diego, and cyclone Raymond. 45023 $15 12. ASHLEY, Mike (editor) THE WORLD GREATEST MASTER AND COMMANDER STORIES Magpie Books. London. 2005. 1st soft cover edition of the 2001 original. Preface by Mike Ashley, editor. Introduction by David Donachie. XX, 492 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Slight ageing of paper. Spine with a crease. Very good. 23.4 x 15.3. 9781845191778 An Anthology. 22 tales from the Glory days of Sail, during the Napoleonic wars. 71421 $20 https://maritimebooks.com.au 2 [email protected] Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books P.O. Box 424, Cygnet, Tasmania. 7112, Australia 13. BAILEY, John 16. BARRETO, Mascarenhas THE WHITE DIVERS OF BROOME - The true story of a THE PORTUGUESE COLUMBUS, Secret Agent of King fatal experiment John II Macmillan. Sydney. 2001. 2nd reprint of the 2001 original. Macmillan. London. 1992. 1st English edition, translated XV, 301 PP with 2 maps and a plan of Broome, plus 16 pages from the 1988 Portuguese original O Português Cristovao with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. Colombo: Agente Secreto do Rei Dom Joao II. XXII, 572 PP 9780732910785 White Australia Policy and Pearl-Shell diving. with 6 tables, 19 genealogical trees, and 86 illlust., plus 8 pages 43632 $20 with 16 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 09333563158 Columbus: a Portuguese spy in the court of the Spanish monarchs with the mission of putting Spain off the true route to India by misleading them into the Caribbean. 20135 $25 14. BAKER R, HOLT W J, LENAGHAN J, SIMS, A J and WATSON A W SELECTED PAPERS ON BRITISH WARSHIP DESIGN IN WORLD WAR II, from the Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects 17. BARRON, Captain William Conway. London. 1983. 1st Ed., with foreword by Admiral Sir OLD WHALING DAYS Anthony Griffin. 214 PP with tables, and 158 figures (drawings, Conway. London. 1996. 2nd reprint in the Conway Classics plans and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 28 series of the 1895 original Ed. VIII, 211 PP. Glossary (P. 207 to x 21.5. 0851772846 Ships of the Invasion Fleet, by R. Baker. 211). Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on inside front cover, Merchant Aircraft Carrier Ships (‘MAC’ Ships), by o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 13.8. 0851776957 J. Lenaghan... Corvettes and Frigates, by A. W. Last years of the whaling fleets from Hull, Watson. 36044 $30 Aberdeen.., operating in the Davis Strait. The author went to sea in 1849 as a cabin boy on 15. BARNICHON, Gilles & NOIREL, Didier board the “Truelove” and became her Captain LES CAR-FERRIES CONSTRUITS EN in 1861... 71463 $25 FRANCE - FRENCH BUILT CAR FERRIES Editions Michel-Didier Vrac. Le Touvet, France. 18. BARROW, Sir John 1996. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 pages of tables with THE MUTINY & PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF technical data and 65 bw photos in text. Pict. card H.M.S. BOUNTY cover. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 22 x Oxford University Press. London. 1951. 24. 2910821056 The design and building of car Reprint of the 1914 edition (original of 1831). ferries in France. History of 45 vessels built since No. 195 in The World’s Classics series. the Compiègne in 1958. 17002 $30 Introduction by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. XXIV, 376 PP. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing & foxing of paper, offsetting on endpapers. Very good. 15 x 10. 71338 $20 19. BARTIMEUS UNDER SEALED ORDERS. A Naval Adventure The Children’s Press. London. 1958. Reprint. 256 PP, with 4 illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with pieces missing. Foxing throughout, o/wise good. 20 x 14. HMS Vengeance, Royal Navy and African jungle in the late 19th century 48133 $10 https://maritimebooks.com.au 3 [email protected] Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books P.O. Box 424, Cygnet, Tasmania. 7112, Australia 20. BAYNHAM, Henry 23. BEGG, A. Charles & BEGG, Neil C. FROM THE LOWER DECK - The Old Navy 1780-1840 DUSKY BAY Hutchinson. London. 1969. 1st Ed. XII, 200 PP, plus 12 pages Barnes & Noble, Inc. New York. 1969. 1st US edition of the with 15 b/w illust. & 1 folded plan of the full-rigged ship. Fp (in New Zealand revised edition of 1968 (original of 1966).