Maritime - Sailing Ships

A Gipsy Of The Horn Clements, Rex 260 pages; black and white photos; folded map; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Heath Cranton; 1924. (The author’s account as an apprentice on the barque ‘Arethusa’ on a voyage from London to New Zealand and Australia via Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope in early 1900.) Sai32069 $40.00

A Pageant Of The Sea – The Macpherson Collection Of Maritime Prints And Drawings Robinson, M S 264 pages; black and white and coloured paintings; hard imitation leather covers; from an institutional library but fine copy, near mint; Halton; 1950. (A collection of paintings in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich of shipping and naval battles from 1300s to 1800s ) Sai34113 $22.00

Along The Clipper Way Chichester, Francis 256 pages; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Hodder & Stoughton; 1966. (The author has collected together the accounts of seaman who sailed the great clipper way from Britain, round the Cape of Good Hope to Australia and New Zealand and then around Cape Horn to Britain with cargoes of gold, wool, grain and meat.) Sai33073 $22.00

Along The Clipper Way Chicester, Francis 256 pages; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Hodder & Stoughton; 1966. (The author has collected together the accounts of seaman who sailed the great clipper way from Britain, round Cape of Good Hope to Australia and New Zealand and then around Cape Horn to Britain with cargoes of gold, wool, grain and meat.) Sai10041 $18.00

Australia’s First Fleet King, Jonathan 224 pages; coloured and black and white photos; original dust jacket; mint copy; Robertsbridge and Fairfax; 1987. (An account of the voyage of the First Fleet from Britain to Australia in 1788 and the re-enactment in 1988. Beautiful illustrations.) Sai02022 $25.00

Beken Of Cowes – A Century of Tall Ships Beken, Kenneth J 224 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Harrap; 1985. (100 magnificent photographs of tall ships with a detailed description of each ship. Every photograph a Beken masterpiece.) Sai32067 $48.00

Cruise Of The Conrad Villiers, A J 368 pages; black and white photos; maps; drawings; original dust jacket; Hodder & Stoughton; 1952. (The epic story of the last full rigged ship to sail round the world, the voyage in 1934 to 1936 of the 212 ton ship '‘Joseph Conrad'’.) Sai12059 $40.00

English Privateering Voyages To The West Indies 1588-1595 Andrews, Kenneth R (Ed) 420 pages; black and white photographs; maps; folded maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Hakluyt Society; 1959. (Details of 25 private English voyages to the West Indies from the defeat of the Armada to the last voyage of Sir Francis Drake – part commercial, part naval, and part piratical ventures.) Sai30062 $35.00

Hen Frigates – Wives of Merchant Captains under Sail Druett, Joan 274 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; mint copy; Souvenir Press; 1998. (Sub titled ‘Wives of Merchant Captains under sail’ is an account of life at sea for women and the dangers and joys they faced.  An exciting story.) Sai33074 $32.00

I Remember The Tall Ships Brookesmith, Frank 270 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Dunmore; 1980. (The author went to sea in the mid twenties joining the Orowaiti in Wellington and from his logs over 50 years later recalls his days on two of the last tall ships to fly the Red Ensign.) Sai34097 $45.00

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Memoirs Of Jocelyn Fitzgerald Ruthven 1849-1943 Ruthven, J F 162 pages; black and white photographs; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Norman Adlard & Co Ltd; 1949. (The life of Captain Ruthven, a master mariner, born 1849, died 1943 and rose to be Commodore of Orient Line.  His life at sea with sail and steam.) Sai34114 $35.00

Mutiny On The Globe Heffernan, Thomas Farel 280 pages; map; black and white drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Bloomsbury; 2002. (The story of 21 year old Samuel Comstock who in 1824 led a muting of the American whaling ship ‘Globe’ and then foundered his own tropical paradise.  Everything soon turned to a nightmare.) Sai22064 $32.00

Outcasts of the Sea Lucie-Smith, Edward 256 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Paddington; 1978. (An account of pirates and piracy from ancient Greeks to ‘yacht jacking’ of the 1970’s.  A good description of the menace of the seas.) Sai16050 $18.00

Peril Of The Sea Lockhart, J G 254 pages; hard cover; average copy, some wear; Phil Allan & Co; 1928; 2nd edition (Nautilus Library). (14 stories of shipwrecks and how they happened from 1120 to 1912.) Sai22068 $22.00

Sail Ho! Bissett, Sir James 288 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Angus and Robertson; 1959; reprint. (An account of ‘the great man’s’ early years at sea under sail from 1898 to 19043. The first book in his trilogy.) Sai34096 $45.00

Sailing Ships Landstram, Bjorn 192 pages; black and white and coloured photos; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Allen & Unwin; 1969. (Describes the development of sailing ships from papyrus boats to full-riggers in words and pictures.) Sai09063 $8.00

Sea Fever Rasmussen, A H 164 pages; black and white photos; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Constable; 1952. (The author recalls his days at sea and his life from the age of 14 to 20 under sail and his harsh initiation into the world of men.) Sai05038 $15.00

Ships And Men Hanny, David 324 pages; black and white photographs; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Blackwood; 1910. (Describes ships, seamanship, pirates and point of honour on 18th and 19th century sailing ships.) Sai04033 $25.00

Tall Ships Rees, Gareth 64 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Phaidon Press; 1978. (A large book of 72 illustrations, 24 in colour of some of the surviving tall ships.) Sai17039 $20.00

Tall Ships – the Golden Age of Sail McCutchan, Philip 160 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; 1976. (A good account of the days of sail – the men who built and sailed them, race for the Orient, the Australian route, the roaring forties and the last tall ships.) Sai34112 $12.00

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Tall Ships – The Magic of Sail Server, Dean 128 pages; coloured photographs and paintings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Todtri; 1999. (The story of the great tall ships of today and yesterday – their evolution, fundamentals and tales of tall ships.) Sai34115 $15.00

The Artic Whalers Lubbock, Basil 484 pages; black and white photographs; tables; folded plan; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1955. reprint. (The history of whaling in the North Atlantic prior to World War I and the hard life experienced by crews of sailing ships in search of whales.) Sai34100 $65.00

The Blackwall Frigates Lubbock, Basil 280 pages; black and white photographs; coloured and black and white drawings; no original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1973; reprint. (The history of the Blackwall frigates – the link between the East Indian Co and P&O.  Covers the history of the Blackwall Shipbuilding yard, a voyage to the East under sail, and then discusses these beautiful frigate built passenger ships.) Sai22069 $65.00

The Blackwall Frigates Lubbock, Basil 280 pages; black and white photographs; coloured and black and white drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1950; reprint. (The history of the Blackwall frigates – the link between the East Indian Co and P & O. Covers the history of the Blackwall Shipbuilding yard, a voyage to the East under sail, and then discusses these beautiful frigate built passenger ships.) Sai34101 $65.00

The Clipper Ship Knight, Frank 96 pages; black and white photographs; maps; coloured and black and white drawings; no original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Collins; 1973. (Covers the building, sailing and speed of Clippers, the men who sailed them and the great tea race of 1866.) Sai22066 $22.00

The Clipper Ships Whipple, A B C 176 pages; black and white and coloured photographs, paintings and drawings; imitation leather covers; mint copy; Time Life; 1980. (Part of The Seafarers series is a good history of the great clipper ships of the 19th century.) Sai34117 $18.00

The Collins Story Armstrong, Warren 192 pages; black and white drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Robert Hale; 1957. (The story of Edward Knight Collins! An American and a rival of Samuel Cunard in establishing a trans-Atlantic shipping line.) Sai19086 $28.00

The Coolie Ships And Oil Sailers Lubbock, Basil 180 pages; black and white photographs; tables; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown & Son; 1955; reprint. (Describes the sailing ships that took Chinese immigrants around the world looking for work and also the ships that carried oil products from the American oilfields to India and the Far East before World War I.) Sai34104 $60.00

The Down Easters Lubbock, Basil 288 pages; black and white photographs; maps; folded drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1953; reprint. (A history of US registered deep-water sailing ships from 1869 to 1929 and the many journeys around Cape Horn.) Sai34105 $65.00

The East Indiamen Miller, Russell 176 pages; maps; coloured and black and white drawings; hard covers; mint copy; Time Life Books; 1980. (The era of exploration in the 17th to 19th century is detailed.) Sai22082 $15.00

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The Last Of The Windjammers – Vol I Lubbock, Basil 518 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; lists; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son and Ferguson; 1948; Third Impression. (An account of the great sailing ships of the 1870s and the 1880s, the sailors and ship owners, rounding the Horn and the small ships.) Sai34106 $65.00

The Last Of The Windjammers – Vol II Lubbock, Basil 448 pages; black and white photographs; plans; folded plans; lists; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son and Ferguson; 1949; reprint. Deals with the deep-water sailing ships from 1888 to 1928 – the last boom era and the square riggers. A classic Lubbock work.) Sai34107 $65.00

The Last Survivors In Sail Anderson, John 56 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Percival Marshall; no publication date given, 1933? (A record of square-rigged sailing ships still at sea, and those lost since World War I. Includes Pamir.) Sai33070 $35.00

The Optium Clippers Lubbock, Basil 392 pages; black and white photographs; maps; black and white plans; lists; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son and Ferguson; 1946; reprint. (Recalls the dangerous trade of opium traffic into China – a forbidden trade with little ships, stormy seas and piracy. A great read.) Sai34110 $65.00

The Post-Captain Davis, John 192 pages; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Philip Allan & Co; 1936; Nautilus Library edition. (A classic adventure of life under sail in the late 1700s.) Sai22060 $22.00

The Ship – The Life and Death of the Merchant Sailing Ship 1815-1965 Greenhill, Basil 60 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; hard cover; mint copy; HMSO; 1980. (A general account of sailing ship history.) Sai23045 $8.00

The Tall Ships – A Sailing Celebration Clark, Hyla M 126 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; Operation Sail; 1976. (A photographic record of 16 of the world’s 20 Tall Ships plus other sailing ships that met in New York Harbour on 4 July 1976 to celebrate the U. S. bi-centenary. Beautiful photographs.) Sai13049 $15.00

The Three Admirals Kingston, W H G 368 pages; coloured paintings and frontispiece; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Blackie; no publication date given, 1930s? (Sea adventures on the Royal Navy corvette Dragon in the mid 1880s including visits to north-west North America, Japan and New Zealand.) Sai26059 $10.00

The Western Ocean Packets Lubbock, Basil 146 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Brown, Son & Ferguson; 1956. (A good account of the little packet ships that crossed the North Atlantic – both British and American shipping lines as well as accounts of life as crew members.) Sai34111 $60.00

The Wheel’s Kick And The Wind’s Song Course, Capt A G 264 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Percival Marshall; 1950. (Based on the author’s early days at sea with John Stewart & Co, London tells the story of sail between England and Asia, and the hazards of the ‘Horn’.) Sai34098 $35.00

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The Windjammers Allen, Oliver E 176 pages; black and white and coloured photographs, paintings and drawings; imitation leather covers; mint copy; Time Life; 1981. (Part of The Seafarers series is a good history of the great trading ships of the 19th century, and their legendary races.) Sai34094 $18.00

Windjammer Parade Hansen. Hans Jurgen 112 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Ian Allan; 1972. (A photograph book of the tall ships regatta ‘Operation Sail’ ay Kiel in 1999. Great photographs.) Sai16047 $25.00

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