Maritime - Shipwrecks

Adventures In Ocean Exploration Ballard, Robert D 286 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; name or signature; original dust jacket; mint copy; National Geographic; 2001. (From the discovery of the Titanic to the search for Noah’s flood, a pictorial account of the search for shipwrecks throughout the world.) Shi31167 $25.00

Australian Sea Stories Loney, Jack 152 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; List Pubs; 1985. (Stories of Australian shipwrecks, fatal and near-misses and salvage operations.) Shi34249 $30.00

Deep Water, Ancient Ships – The Treasure Vault of the Mediterranean Bascom, Willard 226 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; mint copy; David and Charles; 1976. (About the finding and salvaging of ancient ships in the deep waters of the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The author states, ‘One tenth of all ship sever built are on the bottom in deep water’.) Shi23241 $32.00

Disaster Log Of Ships Gibbs, Jim 176 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Bonanza Books; 1981. (Chronicles 100 years of shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast of North America with good details of each accident.) Shi23189 $25.00

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.) Shi31168 $22.00

Legacies Of Peril – A Merchant Naval Odyssey Cheek, Philip Morgan 400 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; map; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Book Guild; 1986. (Cardiff-registered ore carrier Tiger Bay wrecked in the Baltic in 1980 after being allowed to sail from France in an un-seaworthy condition. The story of the voyage and questions why the vessel was allowed to put to sea.) Shi34248 $12.00

Lost Treasure Ships Of The Twentieth Century Pickford, Nigel 192 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Pavilion; 1999. (An account of the sinking and rescue efforts of 19 vessels that sunk in 20th century with treasure on board.) Shi29132 $32.00

Mayday – The Perils of the Waves Faith, Nicolas 182 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Channel 4 Books; 1998. (The real story behind some of the world’s worst maritime disasters.) Shi23187 $18.00

Ships And Shipwrecks Of The Americas Bass, George F (Ed) 272 pages; black and white and coloured photographs and drawings; paintings; card covers; mint copy; Thames and Hudson; 1996. (A history of underwater archaeology in the United States – discovering and exploring wrecks from Viking days to the ‘Andrea Doria’ of 1956.) Shi13116 $25.00

Shipwrecks Farrington, Karen 144 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Parkdale Books; 1999. (Details of 97 shipwrecks with good details and photographs. Includes Wahine.) Shi23188 $25.00

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Shipwrecks Jennings, Philip S and Bosek Danny 80 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; mint copy; Bison; 1992. (Over 60 shipwrecks in the last 100 years are described with good pictorial coverage.) Shi31170 $10.00

Shipwrecks MacKenzie, Margaret E 86 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; The National Press; 1954. (Details of shipwrecks along the Victorian coast of Australia from Peterborough to Cape Otway from 1843 to 1914.) Shi19255 $10.00

Superspill – The Future of Ocean Pollution Dawson, James 128 pages; black and white photographs; black and white drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Jane’s; 1980. (Oil pollution from damaged tankers – problems and solutions are discussed.) Shi26198 $15.00

The Discovery Of The Titanic Ballard, Robert D 232 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; fld drawings; plans; original dust jacket; mint copy; Hodder & Stoughton; 1987. (A detailed account of discovering the world’s most famous shipwreck, and what was found.) Shi31169 $22.00

The Sea Remembers – Shipwrecks and Archaeology Throckmorton, Peter (Editor) 240 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Chancellor Press; 1987. (A history of discovering shipwrecks and abandoned hulks and salvage and restoration.) Shi20148 $18.00

Wrecks In Australian Waters Loney, Jack 236 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; Australian Sports Publications; no publication date given; 1970s? (An illustrated survey of shipwrecks, fires, collisions and strandings on the Australian coast from 1629 until 1970s.) Shi34250 $25.00

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