SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
A Collection of Pen Portraits of Some Australasian Shipmasters
and Others Whose Lives Have Been Dedicated to the Sea

AUTHOR - Allan A. Kirk

PUBLICATION - A.H. & A.W. Reed Wellington 1964

CONDITION - Good to very good condition, clean and bright with very minor foxing throughout and on top and edges of page block. Dustwrapper is good, heavily chipped by 8mm at top of spine with other minor chipping and tears on corners and bottom of spine is age discoloured as to be expected.

PRICE - $23

DESCRIPTION - The author has selected a representative group of men who have dedicated their lives to ships and the sea and given us a lively and accurate account of their adventures in peace and war. The remarkable and romantic history of New Zealand's oldest shipping company, from the formative period of the 1860s right through to the present day, when six fine modern motor vessels of the Anchor Line are playing an important part in the coastal transportation services of their country. Biographies of Australasian Shipmasters including Captain Smith and Captain Young of the 'Monowai' and Captain Irwin of the 'Rangitira' and the 'Wahine'

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