GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N. 005 928 503) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, ABN: 68 893 979 543 Telephone: +61 (0)3 9459 5040 Ivanhoe, Melbourne, FAX: +61 (0)3 9459 6787 Victoria, 3079, Australia. www.GastonRenard.com E-mail: [email protected] Short List No. 150 - 2015. Nautical Books. Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 1 Abranson, Erik. SHIPS OF THE HIGH SEAS. With 20 paintings by Edward Mortelmans. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 128(including pastedowns); endpaper plans, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary, index; original slick illustrated papered boards; a fine copy. (Stanmore); Cassell Australia; (1976). ***An historical survey. #21651 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 2 Admiralty: AUSTRALIA PILOT. Vol V. Comprising The Northern, North-Western, and Western Coasts of Australia, from The Southern Point at the Western Entrance to Endeavour Strait to Cape Leeuwin. Third Edition, 1934. All Bearings are True. Third Edition; pp. xxiv, 384, [2](adv., verso blank); folding map, 2 coloured plates of signals & plate of coastal profiles, 4 appendices, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Published for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, By Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1934. ***With Supplement No. 8-1945, pp. 56(last blank) + 2 plates; and Summary of Fleet Notices to Mariners issued during 1945 relating to the Australia Pilot, Vol. V, Third Edition, 1934, And not included in Supplement No. 8, 1945, pp. 4; 3 charts (1 folding); both in original wrappers, 1945. #30367 A$250.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 3 Admiralty Charts: SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS. 4to, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 76(last blank); numerous coloured illustrations, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Taunton, Somerset; Hydrographic Office; 1992]. #30604 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 4 Alsop, Brian. AUSTRALIAN ARMY WATERCRAFT. Australia’s Unknown Fleet. From the Second World War to the Present Day. 4to, First Edition; pp. 88; numerous illustrations & diagrams, 7 appendices, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Marrickville; Topmill Pty Ltd; 1996). #31635 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 5 Antarctica: THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all Islands Southward of the usual Route of Vessels. Fourth Edition, 1974. [Prepared by Captain G. A. French]. Med. 4to, 4th Edn.; pp. xviii, 336, [2]; 4 col. & numerous b/w. full-page charts, 1 col. plate, 63 b/w. plates, numerous full-page & other text illusts., index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine & front board (very slightly marked; some very faint foxing); a very good copy; scarce. [with] SUPPLEMENT No. 1-1976 TO THE ANTARCTIC PILOT, Fourth Edition, 1974, corrected to 20th February 1976. Med. 4to, pp. [iv], 6; coloured chart, 4 illustrations; stapled as issued. London; Hydrographer of the [Royal] Navy, 1974-76. ***Not in Spence; Renard 41. #18204 A$320.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 6 Australian Navy: AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP REVIEW. [ Two issues]. Vol. No. 2, Jan/Feb/Mar 1999 [and] Vol. 8, 2001. 4to; pp. 72 and 64 respectively; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; fine copies. [Marrickville, NSW; Published by Topmill]; 1999-2001. #32880 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 7 Aylward, W. J. SHIPS. And How to Draw Them. Oblong 8vo; pp. [48]; numerous illustrations; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. New York; Grosset & Dunlap, A Filmways Company; (1957). #30481 A$18.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 8 Baker, William F. RUNNING HER EASTING DOWN. A documentary of the development and history of the British tea clippers culminating with the building of the Cutty Sark. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 170, [6](blank); endpaper & 2 other maps, coloured frontispiece & 4 coloured plates, 66 b/w. illustrations, 10 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Caldwell, Idaho; The Caxton Printers, Ltd.; 1974. ***The Story of the Cutty Sark and other Great China Clippers. #21242 A$125.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 9 Beken, Kenneth. J. BEKEN OF COWES. A Century of Tall Ships. With a Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. With photographs by Frank William Beken, Alfred Keith Beken, Kenneth John Beken. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; frontispiece, 97 full-page coloured & 3 double-page coloured plates, 4 full-page b/w. plates, numerous other b/w. illustrations; original papered boards (a little marked; new endpapers, with “cancelled” stamp on front endpaper, but no other markings); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Harrap; (1985). #17869 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 10 Biles, Sir John Harvard. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS. Vol. II.--Stability, Resistance, Propulsion, and Oscillations of Ships. With 316 Illustrations, including 4 Folding Plates. Second Edition, Revised. Second Edition; pp. [ii], x, 428; 4 folding plates, 316 figures, index; original cloth (slightly flecked; spine faded); a very good copy. London; Charles Griffin and Company, Limited; 1923. ***Volume II only, complete in itself. #32174 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 11 Boden, Cecil E. B. BODEN’S BOATBUILDING DESIGNS BOOK. 4to, Fifth Edition; pp. 64; numerous illustrations & figures; original stiff wrappers. [Sydney; The Rascals Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; 1968]. #32450 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 12 Campbell, George F. CHINA TEA CLIPPERS. Drawings by the Author. Demy 4to, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [viii], 156; frontispiece, 53 figures (illustrations & diagrams); original vinyl; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Adlard Coles Limited; (1985). ***First published in 1974. Drawings by the author showing all details of the ships. #50012 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 13 Chapelle, Howard I. THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SAILING NAVY: The Ships and their Development. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 3-558(but intact); 32 double-page plans, 155 text figures (plus a few unnumbered; more than half full-page), 16 plates, appendix, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Bonanza Books; (1988). #20757 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 14 Chatterton, E. Keble. THE BIG BLOCKADE. Cr. 8vo, 19th Thousand; pp. 320; 3 maps (2 full-page); original cloth; a very good copy. London; Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1935]. #22438 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 15 Dampier, William. A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. With an Introduction by Sir Albert Gray. Cr. 4to; First Edition under this editorship; pp. xl, 376, [4](colophon, last 3 blank); 3 folding & 1 full-page charts, portrait, reproduction of title-pages to First Edition & the edition of 1729 (from which this edition is taken), and reproduction of a page of Dampier’s MS. Journal, index; original quarter vellum, buckram sides; entirely uncut; a nice copy; scarce. London; The Argonaut Press; 1927. ***Edition limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Sir Albert Gray’s Introduction includes a resume of Dampier’s career, both before and after his voyages, and there is a very valuable preface by N. M. Penzer giving bibliographical information on the various early editions of Dampier’s voyages. #6500 A$450.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 16 Darroch, Vin. BARQUE POLLY WOODSIDE (RONA). Second Edition; pp. xxiv, 144(last 3 blank); 38 plates (including 2 double-page), 24 tables, 6 appendices, glossary, 2 indices; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Lothian Publishing Company Pty Ltd; (1979). ***First published in the previous year by Lowden Publishing Co. #21164 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 17 [Darroch, Vin; text derived from]. POLLY WOODSIDE. 4to, Third Edition; pp. 16(including wrappers); 20 illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. [Melbourne]; National Trust of Australia (Victoria); [1981]. #30687 A$15.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 18 Dean, Lois. THE WRECK OF THE GELTWOOD. First Edition; pp. 56; 2 maps on inside wrappers, 16 illustrations, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Millicent; Millicent Branch of the National Trust of South Australia; 1986). #23081 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 19 Drummond, Maldwin. TALL SHIPS. The World of Sail Training. Text by Maldwin Drummond. Illustrated by Mike Willoughby. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. The Official Publication of the Sail Training Association. Oblong cr. folio, First Edition; pp. 160; 21 fine full-page coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, appendix of ships’ rigs, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London); Angus & Robertson, Publishers; (1976). ***The definitive guide, with particular attention to the ships themselves. #21412 A$85.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 20 Elliget, Marion and Breidahl, Harry. TIME AND TIDE. A Guide to the Wreck of the barque William Salthouse. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. 32; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; Victoria Archaeological Survey; 1991. #23451 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 150 2015. 21 Foster, John Wilson; Edited by. THE TITANIC READER.