The Elizabeth: Passage of a Queen by Stevens, Leonard A - 1968

Hardback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed on first endpaper by the author and is signed "Leonard". Light blue cloth boards show slight edgewear. A few bumped page edges, otherwise crisp and clean. 50 photographs and line drawings, a map of the voyage and a fold out diagram of the ship's plan. Photo illustrated dust jacket shows light edge wear/ scuffing. Creased closed tear at upper front edge. Looks nice when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1968. Boards. Good +/very good. An intimate account of voyage #424 on board the Cunard liner, 'Queen Elizabeth'. Along the way, the reader is given an inside look at the day-to-day running of the ship and life aboard her - from cocktails in the Commodore's sitting room and dinner at his table, to the pre-dawn watch on the bridge as the 83,000-ton liner rides out a North Atlantic storm. All of her innermost secrets are revealed, including the technological marvels of her radar and stabilizer fins, to the complex and highly polished routines of her 1,190-man crew. Woven into this chronicle is the ship's proud history, from her launching at Clydebank in 1938 and her gallant war service, to her glamorous post-war career (to publication date). A truly fascinating read for any fan of Cunard, ocean liners, or ships and the sea in general. Contains 235-pages, 22 x 14cm, with 32-pages of b&w photos, 1 x fold-out internal deck layout, plus statistical appendices. Ex-library,… Read More

George Allen & Unwin, 1969. Book. Nr Fine. Hardcover. Ist Uk Edition. Jacket has slight creasing and rubbing to corners. Not price clipped. The Anatomy, the lore,the history, the life of a great ocean liner a day-by-day account of her..