THE ELDER DEMPSTER FLEET HISTORY 1852-1985

AUTHORS - James E. Cowden and John O.C. Duffy

PUBLICATION - Mallett & Bell Publications 1986

CONDITION - Good condition, binding tight especially for a heavy book. Light age discolouration and little or no foxing. A hevy book. Dustwrapper with minor bumping and rubbing top and bottom of spine and corners.

PRICE - $100

DESCRIPTION - This major work provides a full history of the Elder Dempster Lines together with details of the 586 ships that it owned between 1852 and 1956. To the basic statistical data, the authors have added significant episodes of the ships careers. More than 600 illustrations include photographs, passenger accommodation plans, cargo stowage plans, and reproductions of historical documents ranging from a logbook of the 1850s to accounts of voyages in the 1970s.

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