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1982 Directory Of Shipowners, Shipbuilders & Marine Engineers Anon 1534 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; name or signature; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; The Motor Shop; 1982. (Details of all the world’s ship owners, shipbuilders, marine engineers, ferry operators, consultants and tug and service craft operators.) GeM23238 $15.00

A Century Of Liverpool’s Commerce Martin, W A Gibson 230 pages; black and white photographs; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Charles, Birchall & Sons; 1950. (A history of Liverpool’s Chamber of Commerce from 1850 to 1950, with numerous shipping references.) GeM19256 $12.00

A History of Polar Exploration Mountfield, David 208 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; The Dial Press; 1974. (Details the voyages of discovery in the Artic and Antarctic regions and the role ships and ice breakers have played in these exploration ventures.) GeM17204 $25.00

A History Of Seafaring Bass, George F (Ed) 320 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Thomas and Hudson; 1972. (Based on underwater archaeology at sea and in rivers. Covers shipwrecks throughout the world from 400BC to 1850s.) GeM14133 $25.00

A Seaman’s Guide To The Rule Of The Road Anon 368 pages; black and white and coloured drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; Teaching Programmes; 1968. (Covers steering rules, daytime recognition of vessels in special circumstances, night time recognition, conduct in narrow channels, rules for sailing vessels and radar.) GeM07117 $10.00

A Source Book Of Ships Dunn, Laurence 160 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Ward Lock; 1973. (An illustrated history of over 150 famous ships throughout the ages.) GeM28195 $10.00

A Source Book Of Tankers And Supertankers Hosking, R O 142 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Ward Lock; 1973. (An illustrated history of over 100 famous tankers over the last century.) GeM28199 $10.00

A Source Book Of Tankers And Supertankers Hosking, R O 142 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; from an institutional library worn but complete; Ward Lock; 1973. (An illustrated history of over 100 famous tankers over the last century.) GeM28200 $5.00

Adventure In Oil Longhurst, Henry 286 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Sidgwick and Jackson; 1959. (A history of BP Oil with a good account of BP’s shipping activities.) GeM27158 $18.00

Atlas Of Maritime History Lloyd, Christopher 144 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; drawings; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Country Life; 1975. (A history of how maritime explored and developed the world, covering maritime discoveries as well as warfare. A comprehensive account of marine exploits.) GeM34261 $12.00

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Australian National Maritime Museum Mellifont, Jeffrey 64 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Panda Books; 1992. (Guide to this wonderful museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney.) GeM09217 $10.00

Bearings Magazines Volume #1 [December 1989]; Volume 2 #1[Autumn 1990] to Volume 5 #4 [Summer 1993]. GeM11167 Each: $2.00

Brown & Root, Inc. - Marine Anon 90 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Self-publication; 1973 (A promotional booklet detailing this US based engineering company’s activities in building offshore drilling platforms, pipelaying barges and offshore oil terminals which they have constructed throughout the world.) GeM04101 $10.00

Cavalcade Of Ships Shepstone, Harold J 62 pages; coloured and black and white drawings and paintings; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Collins; no publication date given, but late 1940s. (A children’s book covering the development of the merchant navy, mainly in UK. Lovely paintings.) GeM29140 $10.00

Cordage And Cables Stopford, Capt. P J 110 pages; black and white drawings; tables; stamp of previous owner; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown Son & Ferguson; 1953. (Covers all aspects of cordage, cables, anchors and cables - care, maintenance, stowage, knots and splices, sennit, blocks, derricks, laying-out hawsers, cable holders and capstans, anchoring, mooring and laying-out anchors.) GeM04109 $15.00

Diver’s Luck Benham, Clarence 258 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Angus and Robertson; 1949. (diving for pearls in Torres Strait and later in the Solomons – and adventurous life.) GeM09204 $12.00

Diving To Adventure Hass, Hans 236 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket (slightly torn); average copy, some wear; Jarrolds Publishers; 1953; (reprint). (Details of diving with harpoon and camera under the sea.) GeM09211 $8.00

Encyclopedia Of Ships And Seafaring Kemp, Peter (Ed) 256 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Stanford Maritime; 1980. (A good coverage of shipping from prehistoric times to the 1970s.) GeM20161 $10.00

Eagle Book Of Ships And Boats Gibson, Charles E and others 192 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Hulton Press; 1959. (Covers a variety of articles on the merchant navy, Royal Navy, safety at sea and sailing.) GeM28197 $10.00

Exploring The Lusitania Ballard, Robert D 228 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1995. (A history of ‘Lusitania’, the ship and exploring the wreck. Probes the mysteries of the sinking that changed history.) GeM24206 $35.00

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Famous American Ships Franklin, Walter 56 pages; coloured and black and white paintings and drawings; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Golden library; 1958. (Designed for younger readers, covers the history of shipping in United States from Christopher Colombus the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.) GeM08177 $8.00

Fitness Afloat – Rowing, Sculling and Canoeing Burnell, Richard 96 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; World’s Work Ltd; 1978. (Deals with boats and equipment, how to use them, the basic physiology of fitness training, and how to plan and record fitness schedules.) GeM20155 $5.00

Freighter Travel Holiday Guide (Brochure) Shopland, Robert 16 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; paper covers; mint copy; Ships Monthly; 1992. (Details of holidays and voyages aboard cargo ships.) and UK Ferry Routes Guide (Brochure) Plummer, Russell 16 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; paper covers; mint copy; Ships monthly; 1993. (Details of all ferry services.) and Sailing Ships Of The High Seas (4 posters) Time-Life Books; mint copy; no publication date given, 1990s. (Coloured drawings of a brigantine, sloop, naval sloop and Man-of-war.) GeM08174 $10.00

History Of Ships Ireland, Bernard 192 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Hamlyn; 1999. (A well illustrated history of shipping from earliest times with most of the book devoted to developments over the last 100 years.) GeM10162 $25.00

History Of The Institute Of Marine Engineers Curling, Bernard C 242 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; no original dust jacket; hard cover; ex-government library but fine copy, near mint; Institute of Marine Engineers; 1961. (A history of the Institute of Marine Engineers from 1889 to 1957 including references to the New Zealand Institute.) GeM13117 $30.00

History Under the Sea McKee, Alexander 342 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Hutchinson; 1968. (An account of underwater archaeology – of finding hidden treasures of sunken ships and sunken cities.) GeM17202 $12.00

Illustrated Modern Warfare Fitzsimons, Bernard (Editor) 278 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; and drawings; hard cover; fine copy, near mint; Phoebus; 1978. (Originally published as a weekly journal, this is a combination of 17 of the main articles that appeared. Covers navy as well as army and airforce weapons and warfare.) GeM17197 $22.00

Jane’s Freight Containers Finlay, Patrick 614 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; lists; fine copy, near mint; Jane’s Publishing; 1983. (An international survey of container and roll-on / roll-off operations throughout the world. Covers ports, inland transport facilities, shipping companies and container manufacturers. A book full of shipping information.) GeM31173 $45.00

Know Your Own Ship Walton, T & King, J 446 pages; tables; black and white drawings; scale drawings; folded plans; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Charles Griffin; 1948; 26th edition. (A simple explanation of the stability, trim, construction, tonnage and freeboard of ships together with a fully worked out set of ships calculations for use of ship’s officers, superintendents, engineers and draughtsmen.) GeM09223 $20.00

Lloyd’s Calendar 1948 Anon Black and white photographs and drawings; tables; adverts; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Lloyd’s, London; 1948. (Covers all aspects of insurance matters, ship maintenance and equipment and provideering.) GeM09202 $20.00

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Lloyd’s Calendar 1951 anon 706 pages; lists; tables; adverts; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Lloyd’s of London Press; 1950. (Calendar covering all aspects of insurance, international shipping organisations, safety systems and shipping agencies, flags and funnels, tables and numerous other aspects of maritime information. Interesting adverts.) GeM28190 $15.00

Lloyd’s Calendar And Nautical Yearbook 1978 Fisher, Peter R 564 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; hard covers; mint copy; Lloyd’s of London Press; 1978. (Calendar covering all aspects of insurance, international shipping organisations, safety systems and shipping agencies.) GeM23244 $15.00

Lloyd’s Nautical Year Book 1984 Curd, R W ‘Bill’ (Ed) 608 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; hard covers; mint copy; Lloyds of London Press; 1984. (Calendar covering all aspects of insurance, international shipping organisations, safety systems and shipping agencies.) GeM23243 $15.00

Maritime Research & Picture Sources Williams, David L 82 pages; pages not numbered; card covers; mint copy; Wight Horse Books; 1992. (Covers contact details for research organisations, museums, societies, official and government bodies, photographic collections, and out-of-print books.) GeM23255 $10.00

Merchant Steamers And Motor-Ships Part II Descriptive Catalogue Spratt, H P 152 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; average copy, some wear; His Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1949. (A catalogue of 313 shipping models held in the Science Museum, London.) GeM19260 $15.00

Meteorology For Masters And Mates Brown, Charles H 240 pages; black and white photographs; maps; folded maps; drawings; folded drawings; name or signature; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Brown, Son and Ferguson; 1940 (Covers instruments, pressure, winds, clouds, cyclones, currents, sea ice and optical phenomena.) GeM06123 $20.00

Minerva Reef Ruhen, Olaf 200 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Minerva; 1963. (In 1962 a cutter containing 17 Tongans, bound for Auckland was wrecked on Minerva Reef in Fiji. How they survived for 102 days is their story.) GeM32212 $12.00

Modern Deep Sea Trawling Gear Garner, John 84 pages; black and white drawings; hard laminated covers; average copy, some wear; Fishing News Books; 1977; revised 2nd edition. (A comprehensive account of trawl net design and development for conventional trawling and stern trawling.) GeM32211 $15.00

Munro’s Seamanship Primer Earl, Capt G E and Peter, Capt N 120 pages; black and white maps and drawings; notations on several pages; hard covers; worn but complete; James Munro; no publication date given, late 1940s? (Covers collision regulations, and rules for life saving, gain and official notices.) GeM28196 $10.00

Nautical Almanac 1987 – Fiji Marine Department Anon 68 pages; folded map; drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; Fiji Government; 1986. (Covers lists of lights, beacons, navigable distances and meteorology relating to the islands of Fiji.) GeM20151 $5.00

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Navigation For Fishing, Home Trade And Yachtmasters Examinations MacFarlane, Captain Wm 346 pages; black and white drawings; charts; folded charts; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1943. (Covers chronometers, chart work, star work, navigation in fog and compasses.) GeM07122 $15.00

Navigation Simplified Thompson, Captain P 344 pages; black and white drawings; folded drawings; tables; lists; hard covers; average copy, some wear; J D Potter; 1906. (For officers of the Mercantile Marine and yachtsmen. Covers all aspects of navigation in great detail.) GeM07124 $30.00

Nicholls’s Seamanship And Nautical Knowledge for second mates, mates and masters examinations Brown, Charles H 710 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; folded plans; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Brown, Son and Ferguson; 18th edition; 1938. (Covers all aspects of deck appliances, steering, ship handling, cargo, ship construction, registration of ships and signalling.) GeM33207 $40.00

North Sea Fields - Facts And Figures Anon 98 pages; coloured photographs and maps; card covers; mint copy; Shell Oil; (2nd edition) 1982 (Details of the drilling rigs, crude oil loading installations, floating storage units and tankers that serve the North Sea oil fields.) GeM04102 $12.00

NZ Marine News – journal of N Z Ship and Marine Society We have a good selection of magazines from 1963 to 2000. All magazines are in fine condition and contain articles of then current and historical matters relating to the New Zealand shipping scene. Ask about individual copies. GeM34241 Each $3.00

Ocean Liners Wall, Robert 256 pages; black and white and coloured photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Dutton; 1977 (Covers the development of the luxury ocean liner over the last 100 years - the floating cities, high seas societies and the blue riband.) GeM05140 $15.00

On the Ice Clarke, Peter 104 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Rand McNally; 1966. (A photograph essay of ‘Operation Deep Freeze’ in Antarctica during the 1960s. A good account of the role of the US Navy in Antarctica.) GeM17196 $15.00

Perilous Seas Meecham, Roger (Jan) 228 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; card covers; mint copy; Bateson; 2009. (Exciting true stories about disasters and heroism on and under the sea. Stories include the Niagara and Wahine.) GeM33211 $30.00

Plymouth Ships – One Hundred Years Of Maritime History Saunders, Carol 48 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; mint copy; Evening Herald; 2000. (‘Evening Herald’ newspaper supplement feature shipping around Plymouth throughout the twentieth century. Mainly Royal Navy vessels with some Merchant Navy.) GeM09220 $15.00

Rescue By Sail & Oar Kipling, Ray 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; coloured card covers; mint copy; Tops Books; 1982 (A history of lifeboats of the U K before the days of engine power. Interesting old photographs.) GeM05133 $15.00

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