SHAW SAVILL LINE - ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TRADING
AUTHOR - Sydney D. Waters
PUBLICATION - Whitcombe and Tombs 1961
CONDITION - Very good condition, clean and bright, no foxing except on the top page block. Dustwrapper in good condition, heavily bumped, torn and chipped top and bottom but still intact. The longest tear is 2cm long.
PRICE - $30
DESCRIPTION - One of the great shipping lines, the expanding fortunes of which have been firmly linked with those of New Zealand. From the days of the clipper ship of the Albion Line to the merger with Shaw Savill & Co.
Their 20,000 ton Southern Cross was the first round-the-world passenger liner which carried no cargo.