bushell colour frontispiece (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Signed by the author on the front blank page "With the author's compliments and thanks, 1950 T.A. Bushell". Dark blue boards have minor wear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 207 pp. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Colour frontispiece (illustrator). First Edition. Cloth boards show some shelf wear, some soiling evident, corners a little bumped. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. ; B&W Illustrations & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 207 pages; Originally founded in 1839 as the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to carry the British mail around the world, the company became the Royal Mail Lines in the 1930s. They branched out to carry other goods and people. During wartime the ships were used as a merchant marine to carry goods and troops.