A CENTURY OF STYLE - GREAT SHIPS OF THE UNION LINE 1875-1976

AUTHOR - N.H. Brewer

PUBLICATION - A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1982

CONDITION - 1st edition. Very good condition. Hardback with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is in good condition with only a little bumping at spine and corners and one small (3mm) chip at the bottom front corner. The book has a little rubbing and bumping on the top and bottom edges, but the pages are clean and bright, and the binding is very good. There is a little faint foxing on the page edging and the first and last page and the title page has a previous owners name and three little brown stains.

PRICE - $30

DESCRIPTION - This volume examines the passenger ships that linked New Zealand with Australia, the Pacific Islands and, at times, North America for a century as well as NZ ports coast-wise. Many of the company's ships were household names throughout NZ as they were often the mainstay of travel. Brewer has selected 37 ships for inclusion and the text for each is accompanied by a photograph and in some case several internal pictures or images related to the vessel. Each account describes the ship, its service with the company, details of incidents or interesting events in its career and its eventual fate. A fleet list of the company's passenger ships (Appendix II) gives technical details and statistics.

ISBN 0589014145

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