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The First 49 Stories – Ernest Hemingway

Published by Jonathan Cape a 1968 edition. Octavo, 414 pages a little fading of the lemon cover near and at the spine. Internally very clean … still a good to very good copy. Protected in Brodart.

The best introduction to Hemingway. Many favourites including “the short happy life of Francis Macomber”.

The Way into Hemingway

$40.00

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Reaching Port [A Voyage Around the World] – Keith Jones

Published by St Martin’s Press, New York. Octavo, some illustrations and a nice map and table of “Ports of Call”. Fine condition.

First edition 1983 of a “Montana Couple Sails Around the World”. Keith Jones asked his wife if she would like to sail the world … she said yes but thought of a high life cruise. Keith on the other hand built a boat and they set off and sailed for six years. Some interesting events and places as they go.

Live the American dream at Sea!

$25.00

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Saved – Tony Bullimore

Published by Little Brown in London in 1997. Octavo, 237 pages well illustrated from coloured photographs. Fine condition.

A first edition of … “an extraordinary tale of survival and rescue in the Southern Ocean”.

Bullimore was an entrant in the, only for the daring, Vendee Globe round the world challenge .. just look at the route to see why daring!

Bullimore got into severe trouble capsized and was trapped inside his upside down hull. He was a bit out the way … his resulting rescue produced one of the happiest faces ever photographed.

Bullimore survived the worst …

$25.00

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The Atlantic Ocean (A Bridge Between Two Worlds) – George Kay

Published by the London Museum Press, first edition 1954. Octavo, 208 pages nicely illustrated throughout. Very good condition.

A not at all dated history of the Atlantic .From early Viking days … then Columbus, Cabot, Drake, Raleigh etc. The great islands and Voyager’s favourite St Helena. And in the air … the Alcock and Brown non-stop 1919 from Newfoundland. Slavery. Whaling. The fierce battles of WWII. Quite a subject in one book.

The Atlantic – a very good reference

$25.00

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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London – April 1925 – The Great Barrier Reef

Complete edition April 1925 in original blue wrappers. Pages 281-376 after adverts, preliminaries etc with folding map at rear.

The Great Barrier Reef by Colonel Sir Gerald Lenox-Conyngham and F.A. Potts the latter talking about “Life of the Reef”. Irish born Conyngham (1866-1956) was a surveyor and geodesist of some note. He was trained at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and at Chatham. His study partly emphasises how little was known about the Great Barrier Reef at the time and his remarks and the report of Potts resulted in some lengthy discussion afterwards with interesting references back to Bramble, Stokes, Owen Stanley etc again emphasising the importance of the knowledge gained during those early 19thC voyages.

Further of interest is a lengthy report on Nepal by Brig-General C.G. Bruce and Major Northey with a nice map and excellent photographs.

And, a good study of the North-West extensions of the Jubaland Plain and the drainage of the Upper Nile by John Parkinson

Great Barrier Reef – 1925 Perspective

$90.00

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Un Admirateur Sincere – Gazette du Bon Ton Pochoir – Marty -1922

A beautiful and amusing hand coloured “Pochoire” by Andre Marty (1882-1974) for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton in 1922.

“Un Admirateur Sincere” the best you can have! and a beautiful robe for the evening by designer Paul Poiret.

Price unframed $90.00.

The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

$90.00

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