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1938ref. 63057Clydebank UK: Cunard White Star John Brown & Co. Ltd. 1938. Folio. 10.75 x 13.25 in. 40 pp unpaginated. some colour-printed half-pages 1 double-page folded centerfold on metallic gold paper tipped-in photo plates 3 large folding panoramic fold-out colour-photo plates. Textured cream-coloured softcovers gilt metallic endpapers illustrated in red black & gilt front & back cover yapp fore-edges punch-sewn at spine w/ red ribbon minor shelfwear dustsoiling couple closed tears neatly repaired on verso still a VG copy. First edition thus of souvenir launch program for the famed ocean liner launched in 1938 as the sister ship to the Queen Mary w/ printed note tipped-in dated Sept. 26 1938 inidcating that the King was unable to attend but that Queen Elizabeth and the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret attended. During World War II she served as a troopship and was determined to be fast enough to outrun any threat and painted with wartime camouflage paint scheme was repainted and returned to Cunard to operate in the transatlantic route refitted with air conditioning. At the time due to her deep draft and width she was denied access to many smaller ports and passage through the narrow Panama Canal at the time. Sold off in 1967 due to increased operating costs she was originally to serve as a casino in Fort Lauderdale but maintenance costs overwhelmed her value and was sold to a Chinese tycoon to become Seawise University in Hong Kong. She was sunk in 1972 due to a fire. Cunard White Star, John Brown & Co., Ltd., paperback
1932ref. 62783New York New Orleans Boston Chicago San Francisco & Miami: United Fruit Company Steamship Company Newcomb Printing Co. Inc. 1932. Tall 8vo. 7.2 x 9.5 in. 30 2 pp. printed in black & gold. With photo illustrations throughout gold borders decorations double-page centerfold pictorial map. Gold & black illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art depicting a Great White Fleet ship minor rubbing shelfwear slight bumping to lower right corner still a VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Art Deco brochure for the Great White Fleet which featured spacious white yacht-like steamships offering dependable year-round service from New York New Orleans and Boston to Havana & Santiago Cuba; Kingston Jamaica; Cristobal Panama Canal Zone; Port Limon Costa Rica; Cartagena Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta Colombia; Puerto Barrios Guatemala and Honduras and British Honduras. United Fruit Company Steamship Company, [Newcomb Printing Co., Inc., paperback
1924ref. 62779London UK: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Baynard Press ca. 1924. 4to. 7.25 x 8.5 in. 24 pp unpaginated. printed & illustrated in brown & black numerous photo illustrations. With 1 colour map of Norway Sweden Finland and the Baltic; 1 large deckplan sized 39.5 x 30 in. w/ photo illustrations deckplans. Colour-illustrated softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art of Norwegian fjord w/ initials F.B. repeated on back cover minor dustsoiling 1 small closed tear still VG bright copy. First edition of this very scarce original brochure for cruises to Norway & Sweden by the RMSP Arcadian which would continue cruising until 1930. The RMSP Arcadian was originally built as the HMHS Asurias turned Hospital Ship and torpedoed during World War I and later as ammunition hulk before Royal Mail purchased her back and converted her into the Arcadian in 1923. Worldcat locates 1 copy NYPL. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Baynard Press, paperback
2021ref. SKU0651974Penguin Books 2021-06-01. paperback. New. 5x0x7. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Penguin Books paperback
1963ref. 61773Brooklyn NY: Moore-McCormack Lines 1963. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 16 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of the SS Brasil center crease fold as issued minor shelfwear slight rubbing still NF copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated and scarce Moore-McCormack touting the newly rebuilt and stylish SS Brasil & SS Argentina ocean liners refurbished 1962-1963 at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyards each with two additional decks added and very popular first class liners. The liners featured exceptional Mid-Century Modern interiors lounges and amenities designed by Raymond Loewy. Loewy was also responsible for the beautiful streamlined Modern superstructure and the dummy funnels used as originally as a glass-roofed solarium for passengers. Also featured on the liners were two swimming pools and spacious staterooms for the 553 passengers traveling the 31-day 12657 mile route from new York to Buenos Aires stopping en route at Bridgetown Barbados; Port-of-Spain Trinidad; Salvador de Bahia Santos Rio de Janiero Brazil and Montevideo Uruguay. Worldcat locates 1 copy Wolfsonian. Moore-McCormack Lines, paperback
1931ref. 60944Syracuse NY: Empire New England Company Inc. 1931. One large 6-panel dissected colour linen-backed map featuring one hemisphere map of Pacific Ocean 34 inches in diameter within larger 40 x 52 in. colour-printed wall map with scale at Equator of 1:23300000 folding down to 19.5 x 17.25 brass grommets mounted for hanging at upper fore-edge minor edgewear rubbing at crease folds minor age toning light fraying to the linen still VG copy. Second printing of this scarce linen-backed dissected wall map reflecting the extent of Imperialist Colonial spheres of influence in the Pacific just 10 years before the outbreak of World War II. These educational maps served as key instructional tools for detailing Japanese British Dutch French Portuguese and U.S. colonies dependencies and mandated territories demarcated here in respective colours spanning from Asia to the Americas and include British holdings in Antarctica. Worldcat locates 1 copy Boston Public. Empire New England Company, Inc., unknown
1933ref. 60330Montreal Canada & Liverpool UK: Canadian Pacific June 22 1933. Tall 8vo. 7.25 x 11 in. which opens into oblong atlas folio 35.5 x 11 in. w/ itinerary & fares on recto large black & white elevation plate of Empress of Britain on verso. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers striking Art Deco cover art ocean liner cutting through the water minor edgewear light creasing to folds minor creasing at lower right corner still VG bright copy. First edition of this very uncommon prospectus & fare schedule for the famed Empress of Empress of Britain a 42000 ton ocean liner specifically built and constructed with double-hull construction for the Northern Trans-Atlantic Route between Quebec and the UK who entered service in 1931. She was the first cruise ship designed for Winter routes when the St. Lawrence River was frozen and when converted for her Round the World cruises she was converted with more luxury cabins. The 1934 cruise was more successful than the 1932-33 with 452 passengers and featured stops in Monaco Palestine Egypt India Ceylon Siam Java Bali Philippines China Japan Hawaii and eventually Cuba before returning to New York. No copies located in Worldcat. Canadian Pacific, paperback
1879ref. 365174Published by Order of the Association 1879. First Edition. Illustrated throughout folding map. 88; 24; 45 2; 40;40; 39 1; 50pp. 8vo. Half brown morocco spine sunned. First Edition. Illustrated throughout folding map. 88; 24; 45 2; 40;40; 39 1; 50pp. 8vo. With 10 Annual Reports. The Fifth -Tenth with seperate title-pages and pagination. Published by Order of the Association unknown
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1755ref. ABC_474521755. Manuscript of 24 pages 6 printed maps on cardboard. This wonderful logbook details the journey of a French captain from Manila to the Maluku Islands in todays Indonesia. The journey took place during the months of March to May of 1755. The captain of the ship recounted with great detail the events of every day of the journey with detailed daily accounts of the weather winds manoeuvres of the ship its departures anchorages and precise coordinates at every point of the journey. The captain furthermore had a keen eye for the geographical and nautical details along the journey. He recounted the exact locations of for example sandbanks and bays where ships and their crews can take provisions and fresh water. The accounts are detailed and captivating: "After our boats were back on board we set sail . in the afternoon to moor under the old Portuguese fort on the Solor island Indonesia the winds for the tide were fresh at 1:34 a.m. . sand and gravel and then I went back to mooring. The pavilion of the fort . the village is under the said fort at 3 cables from us .". The captain goes on to describe the geographical features of the islands as well as other places en route with great detail. Curiously we find inscriptions in Spanish and the names of one don Phelipe Qui who describes himself as el piloto and one Padre Don Estevan de Melo. The latter might be identical with Don Estevan Roxas y Melo a native of Lima Peru and secretary to the Archbishop of Manila Rodriguez since 1736. Roxas y Melo was part of the 1751 reconstruction of the Cathedral of Manila working under the auspice of the Italian architect Juan de Uguccioni.The logbook comes with six printed maps partly illustrating the journey of the captain pasted on contemporary cardboard. They depict the Bay of Sulavesi with the city of Bantang Pitcairn the coast of New Guinea the coast of Queensland the Santa Cruz Islands in the present-day Solomon Islands and Alejandro Selkirk Island. The plates stem from the French translation of James Hawkesworths An Account of the Voyages Hawkesworth Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement regnante; pour faire des découvertes dans l'hemisphère meridional Paris 1774.Some holes on the first sheet not affecting the text. Small water damage some slighlty affecting the text. Remnants of seals on last page. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1933ref. 59929London & New York: Cunard Line April 1933. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which folds out into 24 x 32 deck plan complete with photographs diagrams inset plans. Self-printed softcovers minor age toning shelfwear still a VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon deck plan for the Cunard Line’s longest serving ocean liner until surpassed in September 2005 by the Queen Elizabeth 2. The RMS Scythia was launched by Cunard in 1921 sailed regularly between New York Boston Liverpool and Queenstown and was specifically designed to appeal to American tourists. She expanded her 3rd Class passenger cabins during the Great Depression added “Sports Events” which could be bet on by 1st and 2nd Class passengers and also featured a movie theatre. Worldcat locates 1 copy Stanford. Cunard Line, paperback
1519ref. 59930New York: Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd. May 15 1934. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which folds out into 24 x 37 deck plan complete with photographs diagrams inset colour plate of the RMS Scythia. Self-printed softcovers in pink & black minor age toning shelfwear still a VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this scarce deck plan for the Cunard Line’s longest serving ocean liner until surpassed in September 2005 by the Queen Elizabeth 2. The RMS Scythia was launched by Cunard in 1921 sailed regularly between New York Boston Liverpool and Queenstown and was specifically designed to appeal to American tourists. She expanded her 3rd Class passenger cabins during the Great Depression added “Sports Events” which could be bet on by 1st and 2nd Class passengers and also featured a movie theatre. This deck plan reflects the consolidation in 1934 of ownership for the RMS Scythia to SS Scythia after the consolidation of the Cunard - White Star Line in 1934. Worldcat locates 1 copy Stanford. Cunard Steam Ship Company, Ltd., paperback
1907ref. 59689Berlin: Hamburg-American Line J. Hermann Herz 1907. 12mo. 887 1 pp. Approx. 920 pp. including inserts duplicate numbering inserts. With 22 colour inserts plates chromolithograph folding panoramas chromolith pictorial maps colour-printed inserted ads numerous photo plates plates illustrated ads street maps maps. Pictorial red publisher’s cloth gilt black & white lettering front cover black advertising lettering spine & back cover minor shelfwear chipping & faint reinforcement to ffep. uniform interior toning as usual slight offsetting to a couple of the chromolith inserts ex-lib marking foot of spine title still G copy. Eighth edition of this detailed and nicely illustrated brochure for Hamburg-American Line ocean liner passengers detailing hotels restaurants museums and sights throughout Europe. Of particular interest are the beautifully printed chromolithograph inserts including steamships down the Rhine on the Coln-Dusseldorfer steamships; colour insert & map for the Rhaetian Railway Grisons Switzerland colour views traveling through Switzerland on the Montreux-Oberland Bernois railroad and the Bucher-Durrer’s Hotels folding panorama of seven lakes and peaks in the Swiss Alps. Hamburg-American Line, J. Hermann Herz, hardcover
1937ref. 59659Tokyo: Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry Ltd. 1937. 8vo. 5.4 x 7.5 in. 4 pp. unpaginated. Track chart for the 1937 voyage on back cover. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Ukiyo-e woodblock print of one of “restful scene on the ancient Tokaido Highway” by Hiroshige minor rubbing slight creasing at lower corner from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated souvenir menu for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ocean Liner M.S. Asama Maru during her voyage to Japan & China April 1937. The Asama Maru was one of the three premier N.Y.K. line sister ships completed originally in Sept. 1929 and the menu dishes range from Supremem Chicken Halibut Sarah to the Japanese dish Makunouchi & Osuimono bento box. Worldcat locates 1 copy UCSD. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, [Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry, Ltd.], paperback
1937ref. 59658Tokyo: Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry Ltd. May 1937. 8vo. 6 x 9 in. 4 pp. unpaginated. printed in yellow & black. Track chart for the May-June 1937 voyage No. 45. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers stylized Art Deco cover art of Mt. Fuji in gilt on blue field w/ seagulls above minor shelfwear still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated travel brochure for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ocean Liner M.S. Asama Maru sailing from Yokahama May 20 1937 and reaching San Francisco June 2 1937. The Asama Maru was one of the three premier N.Y.K. line sister ships completed originally in Sept. 1929 and following this voyage in 1937 would run aground near Hong Kong during a Typhoon. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, [Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry, Ltd.], paperback
1854ref. 56058Auburn & Buffalo: Alden Beardsley & Co 1854. Octavo 21cm. Two volumes in one. Green cloth titled and decorated on spine in gilt; yellow endpapers; i-viii 9-336pp; frontispiece 6 wood engravings on inserted leaves and additional in-text wood engravings. Straight and stable but much rubbed spine gilt dulled spots to cloth boards exposed at corners foxed: Good. Uncommon 9 copies recorded in OCLC. Alden, Beardsley & Co unknown
ref. DADAX022614139XUniversity of Chicago Press 2015-11-17. hardcover. New. 9.20x6.20x1.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Chicago Press hardcover
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1955ref. 57750Paris France: Imprimerie Transatlantique 170 bis rue de charonne 1955. 4to. 9.5 x 12.75 in. 20 pp unpaginated. colour-printed throughout which folds out into 46.5 x 25 in. colour poster w/ photo illustrations text and double-page pictorial map on recto. Colour-illustrated softcovers w/ porthole image of the SS Antilles minor creasing to one corner still NF copy. First edition of this marvelously illustrated cutaway deck plan for the SS Antilles which had been completed in 1953 and eventually was placed on the West Indies Cruise service. The SS Antilles or her sister ship the SS Flandre appeared in the stock footge in the 1964 Perry Mason television episode “Nautical Knot” set near Acapulco Mexico. The double-page pictorial map showing her stops in the West Indies was executed by R. Bonnard. The ship hit rocks and caught fire in Lansecoy Bay in 1971 and all were evacuated to the island of Mustique and later rescued by the Queen Elizabeth 2. Imprimerie Transatlantique, 170 bis rue de charonne, paperback
1921ref. 316061Ocean City N.J.: privately printed 1921. First Edition. Vignette title page illustrated after photographs advertisements. 176 8 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Original reverse calf gilt preserved in dust jacket with typed spine label. Calf worn and toned with loss to extremities and spine overopened toning to gutters and margins. First Edition. Vignette title page illustrated after photographs advertisements. 176 8 pp. 8vo 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Cf. Bruns O1 1916-1919 editions "scarce ephemera". Cf. Bruns O1 1916-1919 editions "scarce ephemera" privately printed unknown
1930ref. 56514London UK & Hamilton Bermuda: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Herrington Co.; Trimingham Brothers 1930. Three pieces. 1st - 8vo. 16 4 pp. Colour-illustrated covers cover art of the RMSP Arcadian yapp edges NF; 2nd - 12mo. 2.75 x 3.5 in. 24 pp unpaginated. w/ photo illustrations double-page centerfold map colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of the Road around Harrington Sound; 3rd - 16mo. 3.75 x 5.25 in. which folds out to 21 x 7.5 in. pictorial map printed in black & light blue decorative borders lettering text on verso minor shelfwear still all VG from the library of noted opera singer Marion Talley 1906-1983 whose name along with her sister & mother appear in the list of passengers. First editions thus of these travel items to Bermuda in January of 1930 including the passenger list for the RMSP Arcadian which would be taken out of service later that year in October as well as two souvenir travel guides and maps. The RMSP Arcadian was originally built as the HMHS Asurias turned Hospital Ship and torpedoed during World War I and later as ammunition hulk before Royal Mail purchased her back and converted her into the Arcadian in 1923. Trimingham Brothers was a venerable Bermuda department store in Hamilton which sold everything from china to perfume golf shoes to rugs which sadly closed in 2005 due to severely falling sales. Herrington Co. was a very successful publisher of postcards travel guides maps and souvenirs in Bermuda. No copies in Worldcat. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company; The Herrington Co.; Trimingham Brothers, paperback
1909ref. 55870n.p.: Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford 1909-1910. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 7.5 in. 46 pp unpaginated. on thick gray card stock mounted on green linen hinges at gutter margin. With 56 silver gelatin & albumen photographs 3 hand-coloured 1 RPPC sized from 2.5 x 4.25 in. up to 6.75 x 9.75 in. several of the photos have descriptive text w/in the negative at lower margin some w/ lettering in manuscript below the images; seating chart for dinner with the Viceroy two ALS invitations on letterhead dance card menu and clipping touting the attendees. Recent leather post-binder lettering stamped on front cover occasional fading to a few images some albumen photos w/ wrinkling from being applied to boards occasional edgewear couple minor tears still a VG exemplar; Nine albumen photos sized from 7 x 9.25 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. uniformly mounted on 11 x 14 in. gray studio board and 8 of the 9 w/ manuscript notes in bold hand on versos minor edgewear a few corners w/ minor wear still a VG set of images. This intriguing souvenir album for a voyage on the SS Prinzess Irene through the Mediterranean and onto India and Singapore opens with photos on shipboard of the Rutherfords and Miss Weir with their small dog companion. They have incorporated three albumen photos of Naples including a panoramic view of Naples St. Martin’s Charterhouse the Neapolitan Monastery and Santa Lucia street. Additional views on shipboard as they sail to India including a view of camels and desert dunes along the Suez Canal. Upon their arrival in Calcutta India they are invited and attend a state diner with Sir Syed Hussain Ali Bahadur b. 1875 the Nawab of Murshidabad two Maharaja’s British officers and Baron Charles Hardinge Viceroy of India with menus and invitation included and a mounted hand-coloured view of the Nawab. The menu featured Filets de Canetons au Foie Gras Mousses de Volaille Petits Rolls Mayonnaise Plum Cake Bavarois Chocolat Pistache and Macedonian Champaign while the musical accompaniment featured old favorites of Teddy Bear’s Picnic Die Meistersinger by Wagner ballet music from Faust and compositions by Rosse. Street scenes of markets native dress elephants owning the road as well as several different wagons pulled by horses camels and oxen. Also included are albumen views of pilgrims washing in the Ganges at Benares Varanasi Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds at Jeypore street scene in Jeypore depicts oxen market buildings by Bourne & Shepard whose images were marketed throughout India by agents and wholesale distributors. From there the trio voyage onto Singapore shown in images of Kampong Bugis along the Kallang River with a native in their boat with thatched homes built on stilts; a bustling port views along palm tree lined streets a bustling market scene elephants washing as well as a particularly striking scene of oxen pulling a large loaded woven cart. The nine separate views include albumen photos of the entrance gate to the Taj Mahal a detail shot the inner courtyard and screen around the the tombs of Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal three striking and large albumen photos of the Thanjavur temple site including the Brihadishavara Temple and the monumental Gopuras gateways and finally the Pearl Mosque. The SS Prinzess Irene was an 18000 ton lier launched in 1900 for North German Lloyd was seized in 1917 in the United States renamed the USS Pocahontas and eventually sold back to North German Lloyd in 1922 first renamed the Bremen and then the Karlsruhe and sailing until 1932. Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford, hardcover
1864ref. 2497321864. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow pictorial covers some staining. 1 vols. 8vo. The account lists the items sold the names of the purchasers and the amount paid with payment records and executor's notes in the back. $61.00 for a wagon and 10¢ for a picture. unknown
1830ref. 2497311830. Includes: 1.Record of Auction sakle vendue held March 3 1835 by order of Benjamin Paul and Isaac Peckworth executors with the amounts each item sold for and the names of the buyers. 2. An Inventory of his possessions with their values. 3. Receipts settling debts of the Estate $1.25 for one day reaping; $0.75 for one day's shoveling dung etc. 4. Execuors' finacial accounts. 5. Six Deeds dating from 1812 to the 1830s. unknown
