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Maritime - Passenger and Cargo Ships Page 1
12 Days On The Norwegian Coastal Steamer Welle-Strand, Erling 64 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Bergen Line, Bergen; 1961. (A travel commentary of journeying in a Berg Line ship for Bergen to Kirkenes, a journey of 1,200 miles and into the Artic Circle.) Pas31093 $25.00
20th Century Passenger Ships Of The P&O McCart, Neil 232 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Stephens; 1985. (A detailed history of the 44 passengers ships of P&O from 1903 to 1984.) Pas30082 $48.00
A Maritime History Of Australia Bach, John 482 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Nelson; 1976. (An Australian maritime history from 1788 to 1974 covering both coastal shipping and ocean going trades.) Pas34120 $32.00
A Merchant Navy Man’s Story Hodgson, David Lionel 192 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Self published; 1998. (An engineer officer’s wartime experiences in the New Zealand Shipping Company 1939-1945. The author is a New Zealander who spent his war years with the merchant Navy.) Pas34136 $35.00
A Study Of Liner Shipping Services Into And Out Of Australia Vol I Bureau of Transport Economics 90 pages; tables; card covers; mint copy; Self-publication; 1986. (A report covering the characteristics of liner trades, conference and non-conference operations, industry practices and competition within Australia shipping, trade.) Pas07044 $10.00
abc British Ocean Tankers Le Fleming, H M 64 pages; black and white photographs; lists; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1961. (Fleet lists of 109 British tanker shipping companies.) Pas33092 $18.00
abc Foreign Liners Le Fleming, H M 64 pages; black and white photographs; lists; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1961. (Fleet lists of 57 non-British shipping companies, mainly European.) Pas33093 $18.00
abc Foreign Ocean Tankers Le Fleming, H M 64 pages; black and white photographs; lists; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1961. (Fleet lists of 104 non-British tanker shipping companies.) Pas33094 $18.00
Anatomy Of The Titanic McCluskie, Tom 160 pages; black and white photographs; black and white and coloured drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; PRC Publishing; 1998. (Comprehensive details of the building of Titanic. The author was archivist for Harland and Wolff, and the material for this book has been drawn from their records.) Pas27074 $35.00
Atlantic Conquest – The Ships and men of the North Atlantic Passenger Services Tute, Warren 248 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Cassell; 1962. (A good account of the challenges that were faced and overcome by all ship owners as they sought to develop regular shipping services in the North Atlantic.) Pas31091 $12.00
Atlantic Roulette – A Merchant at War, June 1940 Beckman, Morris 138 pages; black and white photographs on cover; original dust jacket; mint copy; Tom Donovan; 1996. (Describes life on a British merchant ship during June 1940 and running the gauntlet of U-Boat alley, E-Boat alley and the Luftwaffe.) Pas34122 $28.00
Australian Ships Sketchbook Slevin, Alan 112 pages; black and white drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Rigby; 1972. (Over 150 years of Australian maritime history described ranging from riverboat to tramp steamers and passenger liners. Detailed sketchers of many of the vessels.) Pas18100 $35.00
British Shipping Thornton, R H 304 pages; black and white photographs; plans; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Cambridge; 1945; reprint. (A general book about developments in the British shipping industry and ports. Interesting account 50 years on!) Pas19144 $10.00
British Standard Ships of World War 1 – Volume Three
Mitchell, W H and Sawyer, L A
178 pages; black and white photographs; scale
drawings; hard cover; parts of spine missing otherwise fine copy, near
mint; Sea Breezes; 1968. (Details of all cargo, coasters and tankers
built in USA, UK, Hong Kong, China and Japan for Britain and post-war
disposal of these ships.) Pas16097 $50.00
Cargo Ships: A Colour Portfolio William, David L and Kerbrech, Richard 80 pages; coloured photographs; hard covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 2006. (85 colour photographs of traditional British freighters and coasters in the 1950-1970 period, taken mainly in harbours and at docks. A lovely nostalgia book.) Pas34154 $65.00
Comeoon Merchant Ships Greenaway, Ambrose 144 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Kenneth Mason; 1978. (A comprehensive guide to the merchant navies in the mid 1970s of the communist countries other than Russia – Bulgaria, Czechoslavakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Albani.) Pas23086 $25.00
Commodore – War, Peace and Big Ships Bissett, Sir James 470 pages; black and white photographs; coloured frontispiece; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Angus and Robertson; 1961. (The third book of Bisset’s triology commences in 1913 on ‘Mauretania’ and concludes with being Commodore of ‘Queen Elizabeth’.) Pas34124 $55.00
Conceived In War, Born In Peace Heal, S C 236 pages; black and white photographs; name or signature; card covers; mint copy; Cordillera Publishing Co; 1992. (A history of Canada’s deep sea merchant marine with histories of the Canadian shipping companies.) Pas30079 $38.00
Convoy – Merchant Sailors At War 1939-1945 Kaplan, Philip and Currie, Jack 224 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; coloured paintings; card covers; mint copy; Aurum; 2000. (Well illustrated account of the Atlantic, Russian, and Mediterranean convoys, the men who crewed them and the women at home who supported them.) Pas34139 $25.00
Cunard White Star Liners Of The 1930s de Kerbrech, Richard P and Williams, David L 128 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Conway; 1988. (Career histories and technical details of over 30 Cunard and White Star vessels as the combined company struggled with amalgamation and the effects of the depression.) Pas32084 $45.00
Doctor At Sea Gordon,
Richard 220 pages; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear;
Joseph; 1955 impression. (Classic novel about a doctor at sea on a
passenger ship.) Pas31071 $10.00
Ferry And Roro Designs 80/81 anon 162 pages; black and white photographs and scale drawings; adverts; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Plus 2 Ferry consultation; 1981. (Detailed information including photos and deck plans of all cruise liners, car/passenger ferries and ro-ro vessels delivered from European ship builders in 1980 and 1981.)Pas33081 $12.00
Fifty Years Too Soon Donaldson, Captain A 328 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Whitcombe and Tombs; 1948. (Biograpphy of the author’s 57 years at sea commencing in 1891 and covers sail, steam, peace and war. Rose to become Commodore of Burns Philp Line out of Sydney.) Pas34127 $25.00
Flags, Funnels & Hull Colours Stewart, Colin (Revised edition by Styring, John S) 88 pages; coloured and black and white drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Adlard Coles Ltd; 1963; New Edition; Revised and Enlarged. (Covers flags, funnel and hull colours of all shipping lines of the world together with development of the house flag.) Pas28115 $35.00
Freighters – Cargo Ships and the People who work them
Ancona, George 64 pages; black and white
photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Crowell; 1985.
(A photographic essay of operating container, reefer, tanker, bulk
carrier and ro-ro ships and the crews who work them. A younger persons
book.) Pas28069
$12.00
Full Line, Full Away Wilson, James E “Ted” with Heal, S C 168 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Cardillera; 1991. (The author – James Wilson - was a towboat master in Vancouver and this is an account of his 50 years at sea from 1933 to 1983. Good stories of tug boat operations in British Columbia.) Pas34155 $30.00
Great Cruise Ships And Ocean Liners from 1954 to 1984 – A Photographic Survey Miller, William H Jr 118 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Dover; 1988. (173 photographs and detailed captions of many of the world’s greatest passenger vessels – combination passenger-cargo, face-lifts and rebuilds, emerging flags and working ships.) Pas32294 $35.00
Great Passenger Ships Of The World - Volume 3: 1924-1935 Kludas, Arnold 240 pages; black and white photographs; lists; original dust jacket; mint copy; Stephens; 1976. (Over 200 passenger vessels over 10, 000 GRT are illustrated and described in good detail.) Pas32093 $55.00
Great Passenger Ships Of The World - Volume 4: 1936-1950
Kludas, Arnold
232 pages; black and white photographs; lists; original dust jacket;
mint copy; Stephens; 1977. (Over 200 passenger vessels over 10, 000 GRT
are illustrated and described in good detail.) Pas31074 $55.00
Great Passenger Ships Of The World - Volume 5: 1951-1976 Kludas, Arnold 226 pages; black and white photographs; lists; original dust jacket; mint copy; Stephens; 1978. (192 passenger vessels over 10,000 GRT are illustrated and described in good detail.) Pas32095 $55.00
Hell Or High Water – New Zealand Merchant Seafarers Remember the War Atkinson, Neill 272 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Harper Collins; 2005. (15 New Zealander’s recall there time during World War II serving on merchant ships and in convoys. Well illustrated and a different story.) Pas34119 $38.00
Introduction To The Merchant Navy Hope, Ronald 80 pages; black and white photograph; drawings; graphs; adverts; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Seafarers Education Service; 1973; Fourth edition. (Covers all aspects of careers with the merchant navy – the institutions, laws, organisations and advancement.) Pas23148 $15.00
Jane’s Merchant Shipping Review Ambrose,
A J 160 pages; black and white photographs; maps;
plans; lists; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Jane’s; 1983. (Articles
include a review of maritime chronology of 1982, the big ship market,
marine salvage and ocean towing east of Suez, shipbuilding in 1982 and
the cruise ship market) Pas13056 $35.00
Jane’s Merchant Shipping Review Ambrose,
A J 176 pages; black and white photographs; maps;
drawings; plans; lists; hard covers; mint copy; Jane’s; 1984. (Articles
include a review of maritime chronology of 1983, passenger shipping,
computers on ships, subsidies in shipping, salvaging of vessels, and
development of BASH (Barge Aboard Ship) vessels.) Pas13058
$35.00
Liner Conferences In The Container Age
Sletmo, Gunnar K and Williams, Ernest W, Jnr
346 pages; tables; name or signature;
original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Macmillan; 1981 (Sub-titles
US policy at sea it is an economic analysis of the liner industry -
rates, costs, prices, conferences, monopolies, efficiency and
regulations.)Pas12091 $30.00
Liners and their Recognition Dunn, Laurence 160 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Adlard Coles Ltd; 1953. (Describes the various types of ship design for passenger liners in use in the 1950’s.) Pas16077 $10.00
Lost At Sea
Harris, John 244
pages; black and white photos; original dust jacket; mint copy; Methuen;
1990. (True stories of disaster – from sinking of the Mary Rose in 1545
to the Machioness in 1989.) Pas12076 $18.00
Lusitania
Butler, David
864 pages; paperback; average copy, some wear; Futyra; 1982. (A novel
about the last and fateful trip of the Lusitania which sank on 7
May, 1915 with the loss of 1,200 lives.) Pas10066 $10.00
Merchant Fleets # 5 Royal Mail Line and Nelson Line
Haws, Duncan 128
pages; drawings; card covers; TCL Publications; 1982. (The ships of
Royal Mail and Nelson are described with specifications, engines and a
brief history of each ship, together with a brief history of the
companies. All drawings are to 1:18 scale.) Pas29053 $38.00
Merchant Fleets In Profile # 2 Hows, Duncan 216 pages; black and white scale drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Stephens; 1979. (The ships of Cunard, American, Red Star, Inman, Dominion, Atlantic Transport and White Star Lines are all described with specifications, engines, and a brief history of each ship. All drawings are to 1:1800 scale.) Pas25084 $38.00
Merchant Ships In Profile #2 Haws, Duncan 216 pages; black and white scale drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Stephens; 1979. (The ships of Cunard, American, Red Star, Inman, Dominion, Atlantic Transport and White Star Lines are all described with specifications, engines and a brief history of each ship. All drawings are to 1:1800 scale.) Pas32091 $40.00
Merchant Ships Of The World In Colour 1910-1929 Dunn, Laurence 216 pages; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Macmillan; 1973. (Describes in good detail 96 ships that traveled the oceans of the world at that time. Each one illustrated.) Pas32086 $18.00
Merchant Ships – World Built 1956 Hardy, A C 266 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; no original dust jacket; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Adlard Coles; 1956. (Details of all new ships over 1,000 tons, gross and over built in the world’s ship yards in 1955.) Pas24085 $45.00
Merchant Ships – World Built 1964
Stewart, A J 178
pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; name
or signature; average copy, some wear; Adlard Coles; 1964. (Details of
all new ships over 300 tons gross and over, built in the world’s ship
yards in 1963.) Pas24110 $50.00