Capt John C H Foley (12 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 94pp, num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Bump near top of spine. Copiously illustrated history of Thursday island in the Torres Strait. Much on indigenous people, fisheries, pearling, maritime history. Size: 8vo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 202pp. Frontis. Illus. A little wear to d/w. A pleasing copy. (bs35c).

hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 202 pages, colour and b/w photos, gift inscription by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 202pp, maps, col. and black and white photos, index. Inscribed by Foley and also another signature. Some foxing, mainly title page else vg copy 202 p. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original cloth gilt. Illus., including ep maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GIVEN THE TREACHEROUS NATURE OF THE WATERS OF THE TORRES STRAIT AND THE NUMBER OF HISTORICAL TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE, IT WAS INEVIDABLE THAT A PILOT SERVICE SHOUILD BE ESTABLISHED. THIS WORK OUTLINES THE HISTORY OF THAT SERVICE.…

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Near Fine. BOATS Maritime Queensland xix, 202 p. [65] p. of plates : ill., (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Maps on endpapers.Bibliography: p. 194-195. #200223Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service -- History. | Shipping. Pilotage. Organisations. Torres Strait. Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service, 1874-1981. | Pilots and pilotage -- Torres Strait. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. …

8vo (23x15.5cm), hardback, xx + 202pp. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (light wear, a little bumped, mild foxing, scuff marks). Mild wear only. Colour maps at endpapers, colour chart of the Torres Strait as frontispiece. Pictures available on request.

8vo (23x15.5cm), hardback, xx + 202pp. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (light wear, bumped, some creasing to upper edge). Faded at lower front edge, colour maps at endpapers, colour chart of the Torres Strait as frontispiece, verso of frontispiece has minor spotting. Pictures available on request.…

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine lge. octavo xix + 202pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, col. charts, appends., bibliog., index, The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine lge. octavo xix + 202pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, col. charts, appends., bibliog., index, The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service. Signed copy.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo xix + 202pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, col. charts, appends., bibliog., index, The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service.