Maritime/ Sailing/ Shipping from Lawrence Jones

Samford: Coral Coast Publications, 1994. v, 268 pp, + 14 pp reprint of 1917 first issue 'Instructions to Lightkeepers', map showing Australia's major lighthouses, 40 pp colour photographs, illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, Queensland Lightkeepers 1857 to 1994. Pictorial card with integral flaps. SIGNED by author on title page, else as new. As new technology drives the occupation of lightkeeping… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions France-Empire, 1989. 282pp + 5 maps at rear, notes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Foxing to edges and prelims. TEXT IN FRENCH/EN FRANCAIS. The first part of the book recreates the ill-fated voyage of the Batavia, a 17th century East Indiaman, its shipwreck and subsequent bloody mutiny among the survivors. The second describes the author's expedition to the Abrolhos,… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Author, 2007. xiv, 338pp, index, num bw & col ills, endpaper maps, page marker ribbon. Pictorial glossy boards. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper, label to spine-otherwise a very nice copy. Pearling in north-western Western Australia (Cossack and Broome) along with experiences in WWI at Gallipoli, Sinai and France. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/None, as… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1983. 216pp, bibliography, tables, bw & col ills. Blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt with jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. 100 years of a Danish shipping company. During the two World Wars a total of 131 officers and crew lost their lives in Dannebrog's ships, maintaining supplies for Denmark or sailing in British… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Anti-Submarine Officers' Association, 1994. HEAVY. xix, 490pp, index, appendicesbw ills. Blue faux-leather in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, small marks to page edges, slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Australia's anti-submarine activities during WWII.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1997. vi, 195pp + 5pp glossary; index, bibliography, bw photos and line drawings. Pictorial black and white card. SIGNED with personalised inscription to title page, otherwise excellent. The history of the aircraft carrier in the Royal Australian Navy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Arms and Armour, 1994. 256pp, index, bibliography, source notes, appendixes, tables, maps, bw ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket which has some foxing to reverse, toned vertical line on front free endpaper, prev owner initials on front pastedown. The final 12 months of the German Kriegsmarine in the latter stages of WWII.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2009. 48pp, index, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New. . Reprint. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Bryan, Tony.. 4to.

Southport, Qld: Aviva Tropica, 2020. xiv, 180pp, chronology, bw ills. Pictorial card. Minor edge wear. SIGNED by Nick Belloff on title page. The story of a man who began life as an innocent boy in Saskatchewan, before going to sea at 15. Seedy, debauched years consumed those years at sea whilst in port. Being crew on the historic last voyage… Read more about this item

Sydney: Newsouth / Australian Maritime Museum, 2012. HEAVY. xiii, 258pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The museum's curators reveal the fascinating stories behind many fascinating and diverse objects in their collection.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Brisbane: Nairana Publications, 1993. xix, 340pp, map, index, notes, bibliography, appendices, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. The result of 14 years of research into the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese submarine with the loss of 268 of the 332 souls on board- noncombatants all. All but one of the 12 female nurses on board… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957. 239 pages, b/w text-ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Ex-Grange Institute library with stamp and label to half-title page, single small tape mark to each pastedown and small tape repair to jacket at base of spine. The jacket is very nice, as is the book if not for the library impedimentia. NOT… Read more about this item

New Delhi: Lancer Publishers, 1997. xiii, 225pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, maps. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacekt. The history of the development of the modern navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Garden Island Social and Sporting Club, 1984. 3pp text, 20 bw ills (full page). Pictorial blue & cream comb bound card. Minor edge wear. . First Edition. Comb Bound. Very Good. Illus. by Benson, T.; Davis, T.; Fish, M.. Oblong 4to.

Sydney: UNSW, 2005. xiii, 263pp, index, endnotes, appendices, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. History of Cockatoo Island dockyard until its closure in 1991. Its last 20 years were dominated by the RANs Oberon class submarines.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Hobart: HMAS Hobart Reunion Committee, 1970. 22pp, bw ills, ads. Pictorial white card. Slight yellowing and slight edge wear of cover. Programme for the 25th Anniversary re-union of those associated with HMAS Hobart. Includes some content on action in the Coral Sea during WWII.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Canberra: Sea Power Centre - Australia, 2012. viii, 305pp, index, glossary, tables, num bw & col ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. Begins with Australia's colonial navies and goes on through both World Wars and the post-war period. Includes auxillary, reserves, bands and dockyard police.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia., 2010. viii, 164pp, notes, appendix, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Minor rubbing to rear cover. SIGNED and inscribed (to Vince) on title page.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. viii, 239pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills. or boards in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. When Barbary pirates captured a Yankee brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President Madison tried to settle the issue through diplomacy. These efforts having failed he sent the… Read more about this item

Perth: Western Australian Museum, 2010. 160pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Oblong 8vo.