History of the Cunard Steamship Company - Extracted from "The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine" - This rare publication originates from the "Publicity-Department of the Cunard Line" and come together with a vintage Passenger-Card of the Cunard Royal Mail Steamer "Batavia" showing a Cabin Plan verso and an image of Samuel Walters' painting of the "Batavia" on the front.
1886ref. 29451AB1886. London Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine / Allen & Co. 1886. Octavo. Frontispiece 31 pages text interspersed with 13 engravings including Frontispiece and an Appendix with Cabin Plans. Original Hardcover with Cunard-Company-Crest. Professionally restored and rebacked by an english masterbinder. Excellent condition. Cunard's own copy with several stamps from Cunard "Please return to Publicity Dept. - The Cunard S.S.Co. Ltd. - Cunard Building - Liverpool". Further stamp of preowner "Arthur C. Wardle" Liverpool Historian. Illustrations show: 1. Paddle Steam Ship "Britannia" leaving Boston Massachusetts Frontispiece 2. Paddle Steam Ships "Britannia" "Acadia" "Caledonia" and "Columbia" 3. Paddle Steam Ships "Europa" and "America" 4. Paddle Steam Ship "Asia" 5. Paddle Steam Ship "Arabia" 6. Paddle Steam Ship "Persia" 7. Paddle Steam Ship "Russia" 8. Paddle Steam Ship "Bothnia" and "Scythia" 9. Paddle Steam Ship "Gallia" 10. Paddle Steam Ship "Servia" 11. Paddle Steam Ship "Aurania" 12. Paddle Steam Ship "Oregon" 13. Paddle Steam Ships "Umbria" and "Etruria" Appendix has the following large fold-out-plans: 1. Cabin-Plans of Steam Ship "Umbria" & "Etruria" 2. Cabin-Plan of Steam Ship "Oregon" 3. Cabin-Plan of Steam Ship "Aurania" 4. Cabin-Plan of Steam Ship "Servia" 5. Cabin-Plan of Steam Ship "Gallia" hardcover
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