SHAW SAVILL LINE - ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TRADING

AUTHOR - Sydney D. Waters

PUBLICATION - Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, Christchurch, NZ, 1961

CONDITION - Hardback first edition. The book has only the slightest of rubbing and bumping on the top and bottom edges and spine, the pages are clean and bright, and the binding is good. There is a little faint foxing on the page edging and the first page. Dustwrapper is in good condition with some rubbing and some small (1cm) chips at top and bottom of spine that have been repaired. The dustwrapper hinges on the flap hinges have also been heavily, but carefully taped, but overall the dustwrapper is intact and 99% present.

PRICE - $28

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.

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