Sea Noises. By J.W.N.B. and Choir
Printed by C.P.O. H. L. Boyd in H.M.A.S. Canberra in Australian Waters, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : [24]pp. : original tan wrappers, red lettering and illustrations on front, red design on rear : illustrated title page : illustrated throughout in red, black and white. Attractively bound in beige cloth. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Item #8532
From Ingleton's collection with his bookplate. Numbered and limited edition of 240 copies. [Miller/Macartney, p.252; Ingleton 2091]."This volume was illustrated and produced by Lieut. G. C. Ingleton and was printed by C.P.O. H. L. Boyd in HMAS Canberra in Australian Waters." (colophon).
"While serving in Canberra, Ingleton established Golden Lantern Press and undertook his first nautical history publication when he helped his friend, Lieutenant Alan McNicol (also from the 1922 entry to the Naval College and later promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Staff in 1965) illustrate his book of sea poems.
Only 260 copies of the book, "Sea Voices", were produced on board Canberra but it was the start of long and successful career for Geoffrey Ingleton as a nautical researcher, naval historian and illustrator. Geoffrey was assisted by Canberra’s Chief Petty Officer Printer Henry Boyd and the following year a second book of poems titled "Sea Noises", by Engineer Lieutenant John William Newell Bull, was produced with Geoffrey producing the illustrations for this as well. 240 copies were produced and both it and "Sea Voices" received favourable review in The Bulletin." (Sea Power Centre online - accessed June 25, 2006).
Price: $550.00