Melbourne: Cassell Australia, 1966. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 232pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in white on spine. B/w illustrations & maps. Appendices, bibliography & index. Page-edges lightly browned, otherwise a solid VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed on edges, minor chips at top of spine). More
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo. 178pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. Bibliography, glossary & index. A descriptive history of all the major shipwrecks in Victorian Waters and Bass Strait, including King Island and the Kent Group. Small marks to front board, extremities, rubbed..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1977. Book Club. Hardcover. 8vo. xii + 272 pp. Blue quarter cloth with brown papered boards, gilt titling to spine, maps on end papers, b&w illustrations, maps, index. Spine ends slightly rubbed, corners and edges slightly bumped, edge of papers browned. Otherwise, a tight and bright..... More
London: The Blue Peter Publishing Company, 1927. Second impression. Hardcover. Large quarto. xii + 154pp. Original cloth boards gilt-lettered on spine, gold-stamped sailing ship motif on front board. Fold-out map at rear. Pictorial endpapers. Sepia frontis. 30 color plates. Index. Each color plate is accompanied by a brief history of..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, [xiv]+201pp. Original textured boards. End papers illustrated with map inset, b/w photo illustrations. Slight rubbing on base of boards, otherwise VG+ in VG dustjacket (slightly chipped and edgeworn). More
Sydney, AU: Playbill, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, x + 246pp. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Color & b/w plates. Map. Fine in Fine plastic protected dust jacket. More
London: W. H. Allen, 1884. "New edition" Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 290pp. + 48pp. ads. Green cloth lettered on spine. Index. Spine faded, spine lettering much-dulled, spine ends chafed, top-edge browned, otherwise a tight, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 422pp. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & plates. Index. Spine ends chafed, spine lettering dulled, page-edges lightly browned, spine slightly leaned, offsetting to half-title page, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust..... More
Suffolk: Terence Dalton, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 240pp. Original textured papered boards. Index & sources. B/w illustrations and maps. VG+ in VG+ dustjacket (very slightly rubbed, price clipped.). More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 195pp. Original textured boards. Map and b/w illustrations. John Miller's account as an advisor to the Vietnamese Marine Corps. Fading on front and rear boards. VG+ in VG+ dustjacket. More
New York: The Survivors of the Holocaust, 1985. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 226pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Frontis portrait. Slight bumps to bottom-corners of boards & bottom of spine, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored). More
Dorset: Blandford Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. xx + 140pp. 8vo. Original cloth boards with gilt decorated spine. Bibliography, index, maps, b&w illustrations. Biography of Sir Robert Montgomery by his grandson, based upon personal papers. Very faint wear to base of boards, otherwise VG+ in VG dustjacket (slightly marked and..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 404pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt flying-fish design on front board. Fold-out maps at rear. B/w plates. Chronologies, general index, index of ships. Ex-library copy - marks to boards, bumps to top-corners of boards, library bookplate on front..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. vi + 158pp. Cloth. B/w plates & tables. Fold-out colour map at rear. "The official textbook for all who serve with Gurkhas in the British Army..designed to give them all the necessary background information about the country of Nepal, its history and..... More
New York: Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 498pp. Black cloth spine lettered in silver, white papered boards. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Bottom of spine rubbed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has tiniest nick at bottom of spine). More
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Japan: Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, [ 1957 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches. Approx. 26pp of text (in Japanese) + 226pp of black and white photographic plates. Original grey cloth with blue titling to front board. Original cardboard slip-case. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated..... More
Japan: Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozn Kyokai. Softcover. 10 x 7 1/8 inches. Approx. 54 pages. Original heavy printed paper wrappers. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated in black and white. Showcases selected swords of the best sword makers of the Shinto era, photographed to show examples of the signature and the..... More
Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1979. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [x] + 126pp. Black papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Map endpapers. B/w illustrations. List of pilots. Index. Front board very slightly bowed, else a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1981. Hardcover. Quarto. 236pp. Light grey cloth lettered in black on spine. Color & b/w illustrations. Bibliography. A selection of drawings and paintings from the collection of Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot, Israel. Tidemarks affecting top-corners of pages, top-corners of boards bumped, otherwise a solid..... More
Hobart: Government Printer, ND (c.1955). Hardcover. Octavo. 214pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. 24 b/w plates. Fold-out map at rear. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge browned & foxed, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. xii + 344pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers, appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Catalogue issued to accompany the exhibition by the same name at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Covers lightly rubbed, else..... More
Japan: 1977 (?). First Edition. Softcover. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. 248 pages (including 60 pages of plates on coated paper). Original limp printed faux leather wrappers, printed dust jacket. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated with 60 pages of black and white photographs of modern swords. This is followed by..... More
New York: Dorset Press, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Red cloth spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket a little faded). More
London: Constable, 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxii + 598pp. Black textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Maps. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. Faint mark on top-edge, hint of rubbing at spine ends, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Warrnambool: Mahogany Ship Committee / Warrnambool Institute Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. x + 130pp. Maps. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. Page-edges a little discolored, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
