ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Norwich, UK: Jarrold Colour Publications, 1988. Paperback. 32 pp; staple-bound booklet; concise biography of Brunel, well-illustrated with both b & w and color, photos and drawings; in full-color photo wraps.
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THE COOL WEATHER ROUTE: TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA BY PASSENGER STEAMER IN THE 1880'S
Sydney, Australia: Rigby Publilshers Limited, 1981. Hardcover. 134 pp; fascinating account of the 1879 voyage from England to Australia on board the S.S. ORIENT which pioneered a new shipping route via the Cape of Good Hope; popularily called the "cooL weather route"; extensive details on the ship herself, the voyage.....
HISTOIRE DE LA COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE UN SIECLE D'EXPLOITATION MARITIME
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1955. Hardcover. 429 pp; comprehensive 100 year history of the COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE (CGT); over 200 illustrations, including many fabulous, full-color photos, b & w photos, line drawings etc.; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH), lacks dj.
LE VECCHIE SIGNORE DEL MARE/THE OLD LADIES OF THE SEA
Genova, Italia: Rochem Marine, 1992. Paperback. 20 pp; staple-bound booklet with text in both Italian and English which is a commemortive publshed after the 24th March 1992 meeting of the Genoa Propeller Club which covered passenger ships of the past with special attention to those fitted out in Genoa during.....
WILH. WILHELMSEN 1861-1961
UK: World Ship Society, 1961. Paperback. 76 pp; staple-bound booklet; well-writen history of this Norwegian shipping company; covers 233 ships, most with accompanying b & w photo; double-page center fold map; full-color images on end papers; has errata slip for #101, ZURITA/MIRITA; in full-color illustrated wraps; slight wear to covers;.....
1960 SUPPLEMENT TO NORTH ATLANTIC SEAWAY
Prescott, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Hardcover. 49 pp; incliudes all the pricipal changes thathad taken place on the North Atlantic scene since NORTH ATLANTIC SEAWAY was published in October 1955; page numbers begin at 643 for continuity with the book; 2 full-page, b & w photos; dj has.....
SHIPS FOR ALL
London, UK: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, no date. Third edition. Hardcover. 384 pp; comprehensive overview with nearly 100 b & w photos and line drawings; lacks dj, has brief inscription on ffep.
SOUTHAMPTON IN FOCUS
Southampton: Steamship Publications, 1996. Hardcover. 86 pp; marvelous look at the city of Southampton from the 1840's until the 1960's; as seen through b & w photos; each with explanatory caption.
IL NASTRO AZZURRO: STORIA DEL PRIMATO DI VELOCITA DEI TRANSATLANTICI DAL 1838 AL 1952 (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
Milano, Italy: Mursia, 1982. Hardcover. 92 pp; fine overview of ships that won the Blue Riband; profusely illustrated with 18 full-color, full-page illustrations plus 18 b & w and 3 pp of detailed line drawings. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN). The book is the Italian Edition of work originally published.....
IL NASTRO AZZURRO: STORIA DEL PRIMATO DI VELOCITA DEI TRANSATLANTICI DAL 1838 AL 1952
Milano, Italy: Mursia, 1982. Hardcover. 92 pp; fine overview of ships that won the Blue Riband; profusely illustrated with 18 full-color, full-page illustrations plus 18 b & w and 3 pp of detailed line drawings. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN). The book is the Italian Edition of work originally published.....
THE BOYS' BOOK OF SHIPS
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. Hardcover. 326 pp; fine overview of worldwide shipping for a young adult audience; well-illustrated with detailed line drawings of a wide variety of vessels; an ex-library copy with usual stamps; card pocket etc; boards slightly rubbed on spine; lacks dj.
LINERS & CRUISE SHIPS-2: SOME MORE NOTABLE SMALLER VESSELS
London: Carmania Press, 2000. Paperback. 113 pp; the stories of 32 passenger ships built from the late 1930's until the late 1990's; 137 superb b & w photos; in full-color photo wraps; Volume 2 in a 3 volume series.
LISBON DOCKS AND SHIPS/CAIS E NAVIOS DE LISBOA
Queluz, Portugal: Edicoes e Iniciativas Nauticas, Ldc. 1996. Hardcover. 92 pp; lavish, full-color photo presentation showing all the great liners and cruise ships of modern Lisbon plus the daily work of the port from the personal collection of more than 60,000 color slides amassed by the author - whose love.....
EUGENIOCOSTA
Novara, Italia: I.G.D.A. Officine Grafiche, 1987. Paperback. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet with superb overview of the EUGENIOCOSTSA cruise ship that was launched by COSTACRUISES in 1987; filled with superb full-color renderings of interior rooms and deck plans; with numerous, full-color photos of the ship as well (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN.....
PER MAILBOOT NAAR AMERIKA: VIJFTIG JAAR NOORDATLANTISCHE PASSAGIERSVAART ONDER NEDERLANDSE VLAG
Bussum, Netherlands: Unieboek BV, 1980. Paperback. 143 pp; fine overview of Dutch shipping between Holland and the U. S.; profusely illustrated with b & w photos and illustrations. (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DUTCH). In full-color illustrated wraps.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN 1857-1970 (2 VOLUME SET)
Vancouver, BC: Cordillera Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 472 and 679 pp; respectively; comprehensive history of the NORTH GERMAN LLOYD shipping company intertwined with history of ships's mail service; profusely illustrated with archival b & w photos, with line drawings through both volumes.
PAQUEBOTS AUTOUR DU MONDE/CRUISE SHIPS OF THE WORLD
Nante: Marines Editions. Paperback. 209 pp; fine overview with full-color photos of each vessel listed, and detailed line drawings of many as well; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH); in full-color photo wraps; has minor diagonal crease to bottom right corner of front cover.
SEVEN SEAS NAVIGATOR: SIX STARS ON THE OCEAN A DREAM CRUISE SHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
London: Carmania Press, 2001. Hardcover. 107 pp; lavish, full-color overview of the RADISSON SEVEN SEAS CRUISES vessel, the SEVEN SEAS NAVIGATOR.
AMERICAN PASSENGER SHIPS: THE OCEAN LINES AND LINERS 1873-1983
Newarkm DE: University of Delaware Press, 1985. Emmons, Frederick E. Hardcover. 184 pp; comprehensive look at six specific geographical areas of shipping around the world i.e. North Atlantic, Pacific, South America, Africa, etc.; with details of each steamship line that operated in that area; lists a total of seventy-four lines; some.....
FAIRPLAY CRUISE REVIEW
London, UK: Fairplay Publications Ltd., 1987. Paperback. 87 pp; series of articles detail cruise industry at time of writing; profusely illustrated with b & w photos of various vessels plus advertisements of companies relating to the cruise industry; in b & w photo wraps.
BEKEN OF COWES: DIE SCHONSTEN LUXUSLINER (OCEAN LINERS)
Hamburg: Edition Maritim, 1996. Hardcover. 312 pp; THIS IS THE GERMAN EDITION of the popluar BEKEN OF COWES: OCEAN LINERS, originally published in 1992. A lavish, coffee table book that covers over 100 years of photos taken by the Beken family of Cowes, as these vessel passed through the Solent;.....
THE HISTORY OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF EARLY SHIPS AND SHIPOWNERS
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. 324 pp; well-written history of North Atlantic steam navigation as experienced in the late 1800's; with over 50 b & w illustrations and line drawings; fold-out map in rear is in fine condition; front hinge split; fading to gilt stamping; backstrip is.....
SHIPS OF THE LIBERA LINE
Amsterdam: A. J. Hilgersom Navigare, 1987. Paperback. 92 pp; detailed account of the Italian shipping line: NAVIGAZIONE LIBERA TRIESTINA; well-illustrated with superb b & w photos; has the Addenda insert that is almost always missing; with 2 fold-out Deck Plans in rear pocket; both Deck Plans are As New/...
TRIBUTE TO A QUEEN: CUNARD COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE: THE RE-DEDICATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
Lausanne, Switzerland: Berlitz Publlications, 1987. Hardcover. 124 pp; fine overview of CUNARD LINE'S development from pioneering days of Samuel Cunard in 1840 to the re-engineering and renovation of the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 in 1987; profusley illustrated with both superb full-color and b & w photos; full-color advertisements from companies associated.....
SOUTHAMPTON SHIPPING: WITH PORTSMOUTH, POOLE AND WEYMOUTH
London: Carmania Press, 2006. Hardcover. 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.