TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History from Lawrence Jones

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

London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. x, 310pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing/light edge wear to jacket. The Jean-Baptiste expedition entered the Pacific by way of the northern Philippines, made landfall in the Solomon Islands, sailed to New Zealand (where it narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavour) and crossed the southern Pacific to Peru.. First… 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: 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.

Sydney: Rosenberg, 2004. 200pp, index, bibliography, num bw & col ills, map. Pictorial card. Near new. SIGNED by author on title page. The first detailed account of the development of the ferry services between Tasmania and mainland Australia from the very ear;ly days of paddle-steamers to the introduction of the Spirit of Tasmania in January 2004.. Signed by Author. First… Read more about this item

London: Hermes House, 2010. HEAVY. 512pp, index, glossary, 1200+ bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Near new. Includes comprehensive chronological directories of battleships and cruisers, featuring over 400 warships and their specifications.. First Single Volume Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Illawong, NSW: The Author, 2016. x, 70pp, bw & col ills, family tree. Pictorial brown card. Near new. 120 years of the Blackwood family and the firm which bears their name. Established as ship's chandlers in 1878 the firm later dealt in a variety of goods.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Perth: West Australian Museum, 2004. vii, 55pp, appendix, bibliography, bw ills. Pictorial card. As new. Includes colonial boat builders, ferries and showboats, jetties and bridges, wrecks and more.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Small 4to.

Melbourne: Nautical Association of Australia Inc, 2008. 306pp. Pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear to covers, crease to bottom rear corner. Technical details and histories of a large number of Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific ships over 45 feet in length since the first steamer arrived in Australia in 1831 to the time of publication. Over 7500 A-Z entries..… Read more about this item

Bellflower, CA: Glen-L Marine Designs, 1978. 250pp, index, appendix, num bw ills. Or blue faux-lether titled in gold. Some foxing to top edge otherwise excellent. . Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Sid Harta Publishers, 2008. 251pp, bw & col ills, map. Pictorial card. Near new. In 1913 Sverre Berg left Norway to get experience in shipping offices in Glasgow and Nantes. While in Glasgow war broke out and he describes the devastating effect of U-boats and surface raiders on ship owners and the course of the war. He was appointed… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Lothian, 2004. xiv, 162pp, index, further reading, num bw & col ills. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. More than 160 colour photographs capture the romance of the original paddle steamers still churning through the waters of the Murray.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1987. Unpaginated (apprx 140pp), index, bibliography, 217 bw ills. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear to cover.. First UK Edition, First Printing.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2002. 176pp, index, bibliography, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Or black boards in jacket. Light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims. Lost submarines from the loss of the Huntley during the American Civil War to the Kursk in 2000. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Camden, Me.: International Marine, 1979. xiii, 300pp, index, appendix, bw ills, plans. Or black cloth in jacket. Foxing/toning to page edges and prelims. How to build small craft such as dinghy, wherry, skiff etc.. Thrid Printing Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Camden, Me.: International Marine, 1996. x, 198pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Pictorial card. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Fremantle, WA: Western Australian Maritime Museum, 2003. viii, 96pp, index references, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Slightest bend to bottom front corner. Photographs of passenger ships from the Richard McKenna Memorial Collection of maritime photography held by the Western Australian Maritime Museum.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by McKenna, Richard (photography). 4to.

Yamba: The Port of Yamba Historical Society, 2003. xii, 292pp, illustrated with more than 100 pictures, many of them never before published, maps, three appendices: The technology of marine steam engines, Table of distances in the Clarence River from Yamba Heads to Main Wharves, and Positioning of remains of Pullen Boats at Cowper, select bibliography, index. Cloth boards in dustjacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Halcyon House, 1930. HEAVY. xxvii, 592pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, plans, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth, no jacket. A few tiny spots to cloth, page edges evenly toned, some foxing to title page. A nice copy of this maritime classic.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.