Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953
by Murray, Marischal
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1953). Large 8vo; original blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper in removable protector; pp. xvii + (i) + 392, incl. index; several plates, a few of which in colour, incl. portrait plates with tissue guards. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A lovely copy. "The exciting struggle between the Union Line and the Castle Line is fully dealt with, a struggle that ended in victory for Sir Donald Currie, founder of the Castle Line and creator, in 1900, of the amalgamated Union-Castle Line. The story shows, too, how World Wars and economic depressions notwithstanding, the Union-Castle Company has to-day emerged with one of the finest merchant fleets afloat. The illustrations cover many interesting episodes in the Company's history and show almost every type of vessel that has been employed from the 1850's down to the present day. As appendix there is a complete list of the Company's ships, with brief notes on each." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7662
- Title
- Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953
- Author
- Murray, Marischal
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1953)
- Keywords
- Merchant shipping. Passenger liners. Cape of Good Hope. Mail Ships Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...