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1600 Years Under the Sea. Second Printing in dustjacket.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Frederick Muller, London, 1961,

Seller ID: 32381

FALCON-BARKER, Ted, Captain. 1600 Years Under the Sea. London : Frederick Muller, (1961). Second Printing. Pp 225. Illustrated. 8vo, green cloth. Anderson 387. Captain Ted Falcon-Barker (b. Australia). An account of the jointDutch-Yugoslavia-Cambridge University expedition to examine the remains of the ancient Illyrian city of Epidauros, now submerged off the (former) Yug oslavian port of Cavtat. Spine and edges slightly sunned, else very good inrubbed, nicked dustjacket. 45.00
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A Fair Shake: Autobiographical Essays by McGill Women. First Edition

By: McGILL UNIVERSITY). GILLETT, Margaret and Kay SIBBALD (eds.) SAUVE, Jeanne (foreword)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Eden Press, 1984, : 1984

Seller ID: 43767

ISBN-13: 9780920792315

(McGILL UNIVERSITY). GILLETT, Margaret and Kay SIBBALD, (eds.). A Fair Shake : Autobiographical Essays by McGill Women. With a foreword by The Right Honourable Her Excellency Jeanne Sauvé. Montreal : Eden Press, (1984). First Edition. "Printed in Canada at Imprimerie Gagné Ltée". Pp [12], i-vii, [2], 1-425,(1). With 111 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), art-illustrated glossy red and brown card covers, with red & black lettering to spine. Margaret Gillett (b. February 1, 1930, Wingham, New South Wales, Australia - d. October 19, 2019, Montreal). Kay Sibbald (b. 1945, Lond...
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A Handbook of Northern Mussel Culture. First Edition, Signed

By: SCARRATT. David

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Island Press Ltd. : 1993

Seller ID: 38713

ISBN-13: 9780969761006

SCARRATT. David. A Handbook of Northern Mussel Culture. Montague, P.E.I. : Island Press Ltd., (1993). First Edition. "Printed in Canada by Advocate Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Pictou, N.S.| Pp (2),iii-xv,(1),1-167,(1). With 137 b&w photos as well as many other illustrations in the text. . Small 8vo (126 x 203 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with blue lettering to front cover & spine, with black lettering to rear cover. David 'Dave' Johnson Scarratt (b. 1935) was living in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a small b&w photo of him on the rear cov...
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A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. Third Edition

By: BOMPAS, Nita Frances

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Little Daisy Press, Tancook Island, NS, 1995, : 1995

Seller ID: 61735

BOMPAS, Nita Frances. A Little Memoir : Nita Frances Bompas, 1884-1969. Written shortly before her Death. (Tancook Island, Nova Scotia) : The Little Daisy Press, 1995. Third Edition. "Printed on Tancook Island". Pp. (2),3-27,(1) with 1 b&w photo in the text. 8vo (138 x 216 mm), stapled off-white card covers, with black lettering to front cover. Nita Frances Bompas, née Goode (b. 1884, Port Pirie, South Australia - d. August 25, 1969, Hampshire, England). A short memoir of the Australian author's travels, including seeing merchant ships in harbours throughout the world from Canada, Engl...
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ABCA Coalition Operations Handbook, 11 April 2005.

By: ABCA

Price: $40.00

Publisher: ABCA Program Office, Rosslyn, VA , 2005,

Seller ID: 82622

(ABCA). ABCA Coalition Operations Handbook, 11 April 2005. (Rosslyn, VA : The ABCA Program Office, 2005). Various paginations (totaling 290). 8vo, white card covers. “The American-British-Canadian-Australian (ABCA) Program isnot an alliance nor has an ABCA force ever been employed under the program . However, the ABCA nations have served together in ad hoc coalitions on several occasions to pursue common objectives. […] The COH [Coalition Operations Handbook] is designed to assist the ABCA nations in serving together inany coalitions, assist ABCA nations when they serve in a coalition with ot ...
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Abominable Snowmen : Legend Come to Life, The Story of Sub-Humans on Five Continents from the Early Ice Age Until Today. First Edition in dustjacket

By: SANDERSON, Ivan T.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Chilton Book Company : 1961

Seller ID: 117020

SANDERSON, Ivan T. Abominable Snowmen : Legend Come to Life : The Story of Sub-Humans on Five Continents from the Early Ice Age until Today. Illustrated. Philadelphia and New York : Chilton Book Company, (1961). First Edition. Pp (4),v-xv,(3),1-525,(1) + 8 leaves of b&w photos, &c. Other illustrations, maps, &c in the text. 8vo (144 x 209 mm), grey cloth, with black lettering to spine. Ivan Terence Sanderson, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. (b. January 30, 1911, Edinburgh – d. February 19, 1973, New Jersey). "Do Abominable Snowmen exist? Prepare yourself for a shock. In the opinion of t...
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Aboriginal Peoples and Military Participation : Canadian and International Perspectives. Second Printing.

By: LACKENBAUER, P. Whitney, R. Scott SHEFFIELD, and Craig Leslie MANTLE.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Canadian Defence Academy Press, Kingston, Ontario, 2007, ISBN:9780662459507

Seller ID: 115146

LACKENBAUER, P. Whitney, R. Scott SHEFFIELD, and Craig Leslie MANTLE (eds.). Aboriginal Peoples and Military Participation : Canadian and International Perspectives. Edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, R. Scott Sheffield, and Craig Leslie Mantle. (Kingston, Ontario) : Canadian Defence Academy Press, (2007). Second Printing. Pp. (6),i-v,(1),1-326,(6). 8vo, photo-illustrated card covers with green spine, white and green lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine. "The CF prides itself on being a national institutionthat reflects and promotes the values of a diverse country. This includ...
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Absurd and the Brave : CORB - The True Account of the British Government's World War II Evacuation of Children Overseas. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: FETHNEY, Michael BRIGGS, Asa, Lord

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boo Guild Ltd., Sussex, England, 1990, ISBN:0863324479

Seller ID: 116117

FETHNEY, Michael. The Absurd and the Brave : CORB - The True Account of theBritish Government's World War II Evacuation of Children Overseas. Sussex, England : The Book Guild Ltd., (1990). First Edition. Pp (6),7-333,(3). Wi th many b&w photos and other illustrations in the text . 8vo [140 x 220 mm], blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Michael Fethney (b. circa 1931), himself a CORB child evacuated at age 9 from Bradford, was living in Harrogateat the time of puiblication. "In June 1940, the CORB scheme (Children's Ov erseas Reception Board) opened its doors for the evacuation of Britain'...
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Accumulations of Macrophyte Wrack Along Sandy Beaches in Western Australia:Biomass, Decomposition Rates and Significance in Supporting Nearshore Prod uction

By: HANSEN, Judith Ann

Price: $100.00

Publisher: University of Western Australia, 1984,

Seller ID: 76204

HANSEN, Judith Ann. Accumulations of Macrophyte Wrack Along Sandy Beaches in Western Australia: Biomass, Decomposition Rates and Significance in Supporting Nearshore Production. [n.p]: University of Western Australia, 1984. Pp. (7),1-93. Illustrated with black and white photos. 8vo, blue card covers. PhD. thesis in Department of Botany at the University of Western Australia. Author's last name in ink to spine, wear to edges of covers, sun damage to spine and covers, ink marks to rear cover, else vg. 100.00
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Across Three Oceans. pb repr.

By: O'BRIEN, Conor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Granada, 1984, ISBN:0246123095

Seller ID: 42648

O'BRIEN, Conor. Across Three Oceans. L: Granada, (1984). Pp 272. 8vo, ill. card covers. Later printing of Toy 453. Originally published in 1927. "On 20 June 1923, [O'Brien] left Dublin in the 20-ton Saoirse with a crew of twoand crossed the Atlantic to Pernambuco in Brazil, then on to Durban and ac ross the Indian Ocean to Melbourne. On the homeward passage he steered fromAuckland to Cape Horn and spent Christmas 1924 in the Falklands, which he describes in lively detail." -from the cover. Name, else vg. 10.00
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Action at Sea : The Saga of the Sydney. US in dj

By: JOHNSTON, George H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1942,

Seller ID: 25147

JOHNSTON, George H. Action at Sea : The Saga of the Sydney. With Illustrations. Bos.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1942. Pp 185. 8vo, red cloth. Law 0293. "The story of the Australian Cruiser Sydney during seven months' war service with the British Mediterranean Fleet is unquestionably one of the most thrilling documents of the present war." - from the dj. Gift inscription, else vg in slightly chipped dj. 50.00
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Admiral Arthur Phillip. in dj.

By: PHILLIP, Arthur, Admiral). MACKANESS, George MACKANESS, George.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Angus & Robertson, 1937,

Seller ID: 39707

(PHILLIP, Arthur, Admiral). MACKANESS, George. Admiral Arthur Phillip : Founder of New South Wales, 1738-1814. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937. Pp 536, frontis., [34] leaves plates. 8vo, blue cloth. "This volume has been planned as a companion volume to the author's 'Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh.' It is based entirely upon original contemporary sources and is fully documented and illustrated. It is the result of several years' exhaustive research in Australia and Great Britain, and is a critical examination of all extant original material. Much of this is here published for the first...
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Admirals Fremantle. First Edition in dustjacket

By: PARRY, Ann (ed.) FREMANTLE, Thomas Francis, Admiral) NELSON, Horatio)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1971, ISBN:070111603x

Seller ID: 54287

PARRY, Ann (ed.). Admirals Fremantle. London : Chatto & Windus, 1971. FirstEdition. Pp 286, including frontis. + 22 pp of plates with 1 pp chart and several maps to text. 8vo, red cloth, gilt to spine. The four distinguishedAdmirals Fremantle who are the subject of this book are: "[...] Thomas Fra ncis Fremantle (1765-1819) who was a close friend of Nelson, and one of hiscaptains both at Copenhagen and Trafalgar. His son, Charles Howe Fremantle (1800-1869) had a major port in Australia named after him, and was Flag Of ficer in charge at Balaklava during the Crimean War. [...] His nephew, E...
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Admiralty Chart : British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. 1st UK in dj.

By: RITCHIE, G.S

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hollis & Carter, London, 1967,

Seller ID: 96535

RITCHIE, G.S. The Admiralty Chart : British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. London : Hollis & Carter, (1967). First Printing. Pp [i]-xi,(1),[1]-388, frontis + 8 pp plates. Maps. Index. 8vo, grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "In this book, Rear Admiral Ritchie describes just what has lain behind the compilation of those charts - the organisation, the development of surveying techniques, the expeditions, and above all the personalities. Drawing on his own experience as a naval surveyor as well as on the full range of the Admiralty archives, he conveys very clearly to the read...
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Adventures of Big Red. 1st in dj.

By: KROHN, Gunter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vantage Press, 1977,

Seller ID: 21133

KROHN, Gunter. The Adventures of Big Red. N.Y.: Vantage Press, (1977). First Edition. Pp (6),1-103,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth. "In April 1974 the author left his business and home in Canada... and set out... for Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. There he planned to build a boat in which he hoped to sailto Australia with his family. A year of planning afforded some success... The whole family... set sail along the North American coast. The remainder of the book recounts the many adventures of the family on board the Big Redas they struggled against the increasing cold of the incoming winter, hi...
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Adventures of Big Red. in dj. signed.

By: KROHN, Gunter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Vantage Press, 1977,

Seller ID: 16168

KROHN, Gunter. The Adventures of Big Red. N.Y.: Vantage Press, (1977). Pp (6),1-103,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth. Not in Toy. "In April 1974 the author left his business and home in Canada... and set out... for Lunenburg,Nova Scotia. There he planned to build a boat in which he hoped to sail to Australia with his family. A year of planning afforded some success... The whole family... set sail along the North American coast. The remainder of the book recounts the many adventures of the family on board the Big Red asthey struggled against the increasing cold of the incoming winter, high ...
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After Moruroa : France in the South Pacific. First Edition

By: MACLELLAN, Nic CHESNEAUX, Jean

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ocean Press, Melbourne, 1998, ISBN:1876175052 : 1998

Seller ID: 102089

ISBN-13: 9781876175054

MACLELLAN, Nic and Jean CHESNEAUX. After Moruroa : France in the South Pacific. Melbourne & New York : Ocean Press, (1998). First Printing. Pp (8),[1]-279,(1). With some maps in the text. 8vo (137 x 215 mm), art-illustrated cardcovers, with blue, black & grey lettering to pink spine. "After Moruroa looks at the history of French colonialism in the Pacific - from the French Revolution to the Matignon Accords in New Caledonia and the end of nuclear testing at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls. What is the future for Frances Pacific colonies? As France integrates further with the European Uni...
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Albany : Port With A Past And Future : A History of the Port of Albany, King George Sound, Western Australia

By: JOHNSON, Les ENRIGHT, Terry, foreword]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Albany Port Authority, Albany, W.A., 1997, ISBN:0959634711

Seller ID: 100134

JOHNSON, Les. Albany : Port With A Past And Future : A History of the Port of Albany, King George Sound, Western Australia. [Foreword by Terry Enright]. (Albany, W.A.: published by the Albany Port Authority, 1997). Pp. (8),9-328. Illustrated. 8vo, decorated orange and blue card covers with blue titles to front and spine. "A decision by the Albany Port Authority to publish this history in 1996 was doubly appropriate in marking the 70th anniversaryof legislation to establish an Albany harbour board and the 170 years sinc e the port became the site of the first European settlement in Western ...
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Albatross Muff : A novel. 1st UK in dj.

By: HANRAHAN, Barbara

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1977, ISBN:0701121971

Seller ID: 87223

HANRAHAN, Barbara. The Albatross Muff : A novel . London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. First UK Printing. Pp. (8),7-206,(2). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The third novel by the Australian author. "Stella leaves Australia as a young girl and comes with her widowed mother to live in London.The year is 1856. She makes friends with Edith Hall, whose father is aprop er English gentleman and a friend of the author Charles Dickens. Stella is jealously protexted by her old nurse,a former convict called Moak, whose powers of white magic turn into black as time passes and Stella changes i...
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Albatross Scouts Described

By: SCHAEDEL, Charles

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kookaburra Technical Publications, 0,

Seller ID: 48208

SCHAEDEL, Charles. Albatross Scouts Described. Dandenong, Australia: Kookaburra Technical Publications, n. d. Pp. 24. Illustrated with black & white photographs and several diagrams. Double column. 8vo, stapled ill. card covers. Series 2 No. 1 Technical Manual. Slightly rubbed covers, else vg, 25.00
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