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214 pp; an extraordinary photographic record with extensive details of the personal collection of 17th and 18th century ship models by the Kriegstein brothers. The 20 vessels shown here are each presented with a series of lavish, exceptionally fine quality, full-color photos in extraordinary details and clarity. The accompanying text gives the details of the model's aquisition, provenance, description, construction and historical perspective. Additional chapters include a Queene Anne figurehead presented in same manner as the ship models; photojournalism in the 17th century and details on care and conservation of models. Printed in a Limited Edition of 1,000 copies. Landscape format; with highly detailed line drawings on end papers. (DUE TO EXCESS WEIGHT ACTUAL SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY)
17th AND 18TH CENTURY SHIP MODELS FROM THE KRIEGSTEIN COLLECTION
Kriegstein, Arnold and Henry
Pierpont, NY: Pier Books, 2007.
Price: $165.00
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64 pp; highly detailed overview of the technique of photo etching as applicable to model builders from beginning artwork to finished product; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and line drawings; in full-color photo wraps
PHOTO ETCHING FOR MODELLERS
King, Brian and Watkin, Azien
Pierpont, NY: Pier Books, 2002.
Price: $35.00
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130 pp; exceptionally detailed overview and history of how capstans and windlasses were used on board 17th Century sailing ships; and into the 20th Century; profusely illustrated with line drawings and b & w photos; in b & w photo wraps
CAPSTANS AND WINDLASSES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THEIR USE AT SEA
Harland, John H.
Piermont, NY: Pier Books, 2003.
Price: $45.00
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408 pp; exceptionally thorough account of the 125 year fleet history of OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, LTD, MITSUI & CO. LTD., MITSUI STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. and MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD.; covers all the 1,309 company-owned vessels that the company has owned and operated since it's founding; with superb b & w photos of nearly alll these vesels accompanied by a brief history, with text in both ENGLISH and JAPANESE. Photos include some interiors and several are full page. Full-color end papers reproductions of outstanding selection of postcards of various vessels of the fleet and advertising posters.
A FLEET HISTORY OF MOL (MITSUI-O.S.K. LINES) 1884-2009
Noma, Hisashi
Tokyo, Japan: Hisashi Noma, 2009.
Price: $125.00
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160 pp; lavish, full-color pictorial book that pays tribute to the historic boats still at work on the Great Lakes; from ancient cement boats to straightdeckers, self-unloaders and 1,000 footers; with over 170 superb full-color photos; appendix cites exact identification specifications and history of each vessel listed. In landscape format.
LAKE BOATS: THE ENDURING VESSELS OF THE GREAT LAKES
McDonnell, Greg
Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2007.
Price: $40.00
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120 pp; over 200 perspective and 3-view drawings of virtually every aspect of the ship, including the carved works, fittings, masts, yards and sais, boats and armament. A detailed introduction outlinging the design, building and career of the ship, as well as emphasising its importance to the history of ship design. The yacht of George II was one of the most sumptuously decorated vessels of all time and was also a uniquely important link in the development of fast sailing vessels in the Royal Navy.
THE ROYAL YACHT CAROLINE 1749 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Bellabarbra, Sergio & Osculati, Giorgio
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
Price: $145.00
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104 pp; gripping, first-person acount of the adventures of a young Merchant Marine officer aboad a World War II Liberty ship plunging through storms and U-boat infested waters on the dreaded run to Murmansk in Northen Russia and other convoys; well-illustrated with b & w photos and illustrations; in full-color illustrated wraps
LIBERTY SHIPS EASTWARD
Elliott, George
Cape Elizabeth, ME: The Provincial Press, 1995.
Price: $25.00
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158 pp; an in-depth look into the ancient practices of Great Lakes ice-breaking, shiip assistance and towing; profiles the "G-Tug" design as well many other designs unique to the fresh waters of the Great Lakes; profusely illustrated with 100's of superb photos; many of which are in full-color; in full-color photo wraps
TUGBOATS OF THE GREAT LAKES
VonRiedel, Franz A.
Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2007.
Price: $34.95
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158 pp; story of the grand era of shipping on the Great Lakes when uses of single screw tugboats, steam propulsion and incredible talented engineers and captains were the order of the day; profusley illustrated with over 300 current and archivel, b & w photos; full-color photo wraps
COMMERCIAL SHIPS ON THE GREAT LAKES
VonRiedel, Franz A.
Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2005.
Price: $29.95
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158 pp; outstanding first-hand look at loading and unloading of cargo at all the ports from Lake Superior to Lake Erie as seen through 100's of superb phtographs; most of which are in full-color; in full-color photo wraps
GREAT LAKES SHIPPING: PORTS AND CARGOES
Lapinski, Patrick D.
Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2009.
Price: $34.95
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369 pp; remarkable sage of shipbuilding through three centuries in the small New England town of Essex, Massachusetts; well-illustrated with b & w photos, reproductions of documents, etc. (DUE TO EXCESS WEIGHT ACTUAL SHIPPIG CHARGES WILL APPLY)
THE SHIPBUILDERS OF ESSEX: A CHRONICLE OF YANKEE ENDEAVOR
Story, Dana A.
Gloucester, MA: Ten Pound Island Book Company, 1995.
Price: $35.00
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121 pp; collection of full-color photos of a community art project in Portland, ME designed to promote the tradition of lighthouses on Maine's coast and to promote local artists and benefit local charities. Still in original shrink wrapping.
LIGHTHOUSES ON PARADE: PORTLAND, MAINE
Benigni-Lynch, Lou Ann
Portland, ME: Out Front Productions, 2003.
Price: $15.00
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175 pp; by the middle of the seventeenth century a recognizable division has arisen between ships built for war and those intended for trade. This book concentrates on developments at regional and local levels, emphasizing the influence of trading conditions on the history of each type of vessel. Profusely illustrated with highly detailed b & w photos and line drawings. This copy is Reprint of work originally published in 1992.
THE HEYDAY OF SAIL: THE MERCHANT SAILING SHIP 1650-1830 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000.
Price: $95.00
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208 pp; deveopment of the battleship as political times necessitated a specialized cruising ship and from this the frigate was born; profusely illustrated in b & w phtos, illustrations and detailed line drawings. This copy is from the 2000 Reprint of work originally published in 1992.
THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Edidon, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000.
Price: $75.00
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190 pp; story of the development of steam power in Europe, the Far East and in America and how it took nearly a century to become established; profusley illustrated with b & w phtos, illustrations and line drawings.  This copy is from the 2000 Reprint from work originally published in 1993.
THE ADVENT OF STEAM: THE MERCHANT STEAMSHIP BEFORE 1900 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Edidon, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000.
Price: $65.00
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188 pp; traces the development of seagoing vessels of late antiquity to the all important emergence of the three-masted ship; with thorough overview of principal ship types; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, illustrations and highly detailed line drawings. This copy is from the 2000 Reprint of work originally published in 1994.
COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650 (CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Gardiner, Robert (Editor)
Edidon, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 2000.
Price: $125.00
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125 pp; detailed introduction which outlines the historical background and building of the ship and it's place in the development of bomb vessel design; nearly 300 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys and b & w photos of virtually every detail of the ship
THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Goodwin, Peter
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
Price: $45.00
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120 pp; detailed introduction which outlines the historical background and building of the ship; the theory and practice of shipbuilding around 1600; with nearly 200 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys and b & w photos and illustatrions of virtually every detail of the ship
THE COLONIAL MERCHANTMAN SUSAN CONSTANT 1605 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Lavery, Brian
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988.
Price: $45.00
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128 pp; detailed introduction which outlines the background and building of the ship; details of her career and deals with some of the aspects of the excavation of the wreck site;  over 300 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys and b & w photos of virtually every detail of the ship
THE 24-GUN FRIGATE PANDORA 1779 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
McKay, John & Coleman, Ron
Cedarburg, WI: Phoenix Publications, Inc., 1992.
Price: $45.00
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136 pp; thorough description of the ship, her building; b & w photographic section depicting various models as well as the Australian replica;  over 200 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys of virtually every detail of the ship.
CAPTAIN COOK'S ENDEAVOUR (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Marquardt, Karl Heinz
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
Price: $85.00
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119 pp; full description of the ship and it's place in the development of the 20-gun Sixth Rate; full list of scantlings from the 1719 Establishment to which the ship was built; nearly 300 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys and b & w photos of virtually every detail of the ship
THE 20-GUN SHIP BLANFORD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Goodwin, Peter
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988.
Price: $95.00
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126 pp; detailed introduction which outlines the historical background and building of the ship at Dover; over 250 b & w photos;  perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys of virtually every detail of the ship based on the draught of the hull of the RATTLESNAKE, an identical cutter built by Farley at folkstone
THE NAVAL CUTTER ALERT 1777 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Goodwin, Peter
Cedarburg, WI: Phoenix Publications, Inc., 1991.
Price: $95.00
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192 pp; thorough portrait of the steam ship BEAVER that provides a well-rounded history of this workaday vessel. Together with a history of her design, construction and her long working life; profusley illustrated with superb b & w photos and highly detailed line drawings.. Also Included is a complete set 20 separate, double-sided, fold-out plates of line drawings and isometric views of the ship; plus the original blue cloth box. Book, dj, plates and box are all in Brand New condition.
THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S 1835 STEAM SHIP BEAVER (WITH BOX AND PLANS)
McKay, John
St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 2001.
Price: $195.00
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127 pp; detailed introduction which outlines the historical background and building of the ship; over 300 perspective and 3-view line drawings with in-depth descriptive keys and b & w photos and illustrations of virtually every detail of the ship
THE 32-GUN FRIGATE ESSEX (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP SERIES)
Takakjian, Portia
Cedarburg, WI: Phoenix Publications, Inc., 1990.
Price: $65.00
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112 pp; details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970's up to 2000 and all the cruise liers that have been in local waters since 2001; as well as those that were scheduled for service in 2007 and 2008. Each vessel has a full-page of text along with a full-color photo. Includes Errata slip. In full-color photo wraps.
AUSTRALIAN CRUISE SHIPS
Plowman, Peter
NSW, Australia: Rosenberg Publishing Pty. Ltd., 2007.
Price: $25.00
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144 pp; comprehensive overview of the migrant ships that served Australia from 1946 to 1977;  profusley illustrated with both full-color and b & w photos; along with highly informative text; many vessels have full pages devoted to them; in full color, photo wraps. This copy is from the 2008 reprint of work originally published in 2006.
AUSTRALIAN MIGRANT SHIPS 1946-1977
Plowman, Peter
NSW, Australia: Rosenberg Publishing Pty. Ltd., 2008.
Price: $35.00
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320 pp; superbly writen history and extensive reference of the Maine Maritime Academy and her training ships; from it's inception in 1941 to the time of writing; includes all fourteen training ships from the schooner MATTIE (built in 1882 and still active) to present day; profusely illustrated with over 200 b & w photos and drawings; appendices with cruise histories, vessel statistics, bibliography etc.
HERITAGE OF THE SEA: THE TRAINING SHIPS OF MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY
Jaffee, Capt. Walter W.
Palo Alto, CA: The Glencannon Press, 2000.
Price: $40.00
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280 pp; superbly written overview of the LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY aka 'LASSCO"; detailing the company from the "Roaring Twenties" to her demise; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; Appendix with complete roster of ships; bibliography. An exceptionally fine visual production as well.
HOLLYWOOD TO HONOLULU: THE STORY OF THE LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Ghareeb, Gordon and Cox, Martin
Palo Alto, CA: The Glencannon Press, 2009.
Price: $40.00
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306 pp; fine overview of shipbuilding in Colonial America; without which, American commerce could not have obtained the level of maturity it did before the Revolution; 126 pp of detailed shipping tables, bibliography, etc. intended for both historian and maritime enthusiast
SHIPBUILDING IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Goldenberg, Joseph A.
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1976.
Price: $35.00
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47 pp; fine overview and explanation of how to identify pond models, how to build them and how the actually sail; profusely illustrated with full-color line drawings in a "cartoon" format; in color illustrated boards with wire comb binding
POND MODELS: SOME SIMPLE THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT OF BUILDING AND SAILING THEM
de Lesseps, M.
Darien, CT: Two Bytes Publishing Ltd., 1998.
Price: $20.00
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252 pp; 22 pp; and 24 pp; respectively; outstanding collection of nearly 1000 stunning b & w photos concentrating on the interiors of ocean liners; covering an astonishing number of vessels; with extensive text overall and individual captions on each photo. Supplements are staple-bound booklets; with b & w photos on covers and same trim size as the book.   4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
PALACES THAT WENT TO SEA: WITH 2 PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENTS-FEATURING SMALLER SHIPS AND SMALLER SHIPS REVISITED
Gibbons, John Townsend
Minneapolis: Nereus Publishing Company, 1990.
Price: $95.00
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208 pp; a lavish coffe table production; superbly illustrated with 108 b & w photos; with an additional 70 outstanding photos in full-color; plus 2 fold-outs; 1 bound in and the other loose; an extremely authoritative history of CUNARD LINE'S original RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH; detailing her conception, building, service and unfortunate end in Hong Kong Harbor.
R. M. S. QUEEN ELIZABETH: THE ULTIMATE SHIP
Harvey, Clive
London: Carmania Press, 2008.
Price: $65.00
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284 pp; comprehensive, illustrated history of MATSON LINE'S fabled passenger ship era and the   legendary white passenger liners operated by the MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY from 1927 until 1979; MALOLO, MATSONIA, MARIPOSA, MONTEREY and LURLINE. An oversize, coffee-table book with hundreds of spectagular vintage photographs and reproductions of artwork, advertisements, etc. Published in a Limited Edition of 1,000 copies; in landscape format.
THE WHITE SHIPS: 1927-1978 A TRIBUTE TO MATSON'S LUXURY LINERS
O'Brien, Duncan
Victoria, BC: Pier 10 Media, 2008.
Price: $85.00
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96 pp; comprehensive and well-written history of the pride of CUNARD LINE'S post world War II Canadian Service vessels: the SAXONIA, IVERNIA, CARINTHIA and SYLVANIA; with 79 super b & w photos and 17 in full-color; in full-color illustrated wraps 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
THE SAXONIA SISTERS: THE STORY OF FOUR SPLENDID LINERS
Harvey, Clive
London: Carmania Press, 2001.
Price: $35.00
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224 pp; superb history of compnay that dominated Hudson River towing from the late 1800's to the early 1960's; profusely illustrated with outstanding b & w photos; publlished without a dj in full-color, lillustrated, laminated boards 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
THOMAS CORNELL AND THE CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY
Murry, Stuart
Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 2001.
Price: $35.00
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176 pp; the Inaugural book on ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL'S fifth Vision-class ship; full-color photos of design, building, and service; with advertisements from companies associated with the ship; published without a dj; in full-color photo, laminated boards
ENCHANTMENT OF THE SEAS
Dawson, Philip S.
Miami Beach, FL: Onboard Media, 1997.
Price: $20.00
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127 pp; lavish collection of both b & w and full-color photos of the SS NORMANDIE, SS FRANCE and SS NORWAY; published in a limited edition of 1,200 copies in English by the French magazine publisher, 303 Revue. Detailed builder's photos as well as superb interior photos of each vessel; detailed section of FRENCH LINE collectibles with double-page fold-out and listings with photos of the various SS FRANCE scale models. Includes 2 separate cut-away images of the SS NORMANDIE and SS FRANCE which are not bound into the book. Has :ding" to front board to bottom center; extending very slightly into dj.
303 SS NORMANDIE, SS FRANCE, SS NORWAY
303 Arts, Recherches et Creations
France: 303 Revue,
Price: $75.00
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142 pp; superb overview of all the fabulous French liners from just after world War II up to the present day; with 253 outstanding b & w photos and highly informative text; in full-color illustrated wraps 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
PASSENGER LINERS FRENCH STYLE
Miller, William H.
London: Carmania Press, 2001.
Price: $40.00
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429 pp; comprehensive overview of ITALIAN LINE vessels and what life aboard them was like; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos of interiors. superb 1/2 page photos, statistics, details, history, etc. of each vesel listed; in full-color illustrated wraps 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
THE LIDO FLEET: ITALIAN LINE PASSENGER SHIPS AND SERVICES
Kohler, Peter C.
Alexandria, VA: Seadragon Press, 1998.
Price: $95.00
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80 pp; fascinating look at the long history of a group of highly dedicated, maritime professionals whose work is si vitally important to the daily operations of the Port of New York and the Port of New Jersey; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; in full-color photo wraps 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
ALWAYS ON STATION: THE STORY OF THE SANDY HOOK SHIP PILOTS
Duffy, Francis J.
Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, Ltd., 2008.
Price: $17.50
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264 pp; with over 100 b & w photos and illustrations; the story of the little known WW I vessels so named for having been built at the Hog Island Shipyards in Camden, NJ. Of 180 planned ships, 122 were built; of 110 passenger sister freighters, 8 became passenger ships as did 7 of the transports;  in b & w photo wraps; Volume I of the five volume, American Merchant Marine History series; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
THE HOG ISLANDERS: THE STORY OF 122 AMERICAN SHIPS
Goldberg, Mark H.
Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum, 1991.
Price: $45.00
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645 pp; the story of the Emergency Fleet Corporations's "502's" that were sold to the DOLLAR LINE in 1923 and then renamed as 'PRESIDENT" Liners; Volume V of the 5 volume American Merchant Marine History Series; well-illustrated with b & w photos, charts, etc.; in b & w photo wraps  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
THE "STATELY PRESIDENT" LINERS: AMERICAN LINERS OF THE INTERWAR YEARS, PART1, THE "502'S"
Goldberg, Mark H.
Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum, 1996.
Price: $45.00
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120 pp; superb overview of the CANADIAN PACIFIC'S last three "Empresses": the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, ENGLAND and CANADA which went into service between 1936 and 1961. Covers the early Empresses as well; plus a full-accounting of where they are now. Profusely illustrated with outstanding b & w photos; plus 16 pp. of full-color; includes double-page, cut-away drawing of the EMPRESS OF CANADA; in full-color photo wraps  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
THE LAST WHITE EMPRESSES
Harvey, Clive
London: Carmania Press, 2004.
Price: $40.00
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606 pp; spotlights America's Banana Boats; ATLANTIC FRUIT CO., the COLUMBIAN LINE, CUYAMEL FRUIT CO., the RED "D" LINE, VACCARO BROTHERS, STANDARD FRUIT and UNITED FRUIT; over350 b & w photos, line drawings, plans and fleet lists; in b & w photo wraps; Volume III of the 5 volume American Merchant Marine History Series 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
GOING BANANAS: 100 YEARS OF AMERICAN FRUIT SHIPS IN THE CARIBBEAN
Goldberg, Mark H.
Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum, 1993.
Price: $40.00
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212 pp; with 171 outstanding photographs; of which 25 are in full-color; superb overview which tells the story of each vessel listed; which were remarkedly photographed by R. Bruce Grice; with detailed end-paper maps of Solent/English Channel and Southampton Docks. (DUE TO EXCESS WEIGHT ACTUAL SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY)
SOUTHAMPTON SHIPPING: WITH PORTSMOUTH, POOLE AND WEYMOUTH
Grice, R. Bruce and Hutchings, David F.
London: Carmania Press, 2006.
Price: $65.00
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160 pp; well-written overview of all the American liners that were active after World War II; 230 superb b & w photos; full-color illustrated wraps
PASSENGER LINERS AMERICAN STYLE
Miller, William H.
London: Carmania Press, 1999.
Price: $40.00
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