ocean liner (23 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. A scare signed UK First Edition copy! Fine in original hardcover (clean, tight, unmarked) in a fine jacket -- crisp, bright, tight -- which has not been price-clipped, which is protected in glassine. Stated first edition ("First published in England in 2001 by Faber and Faber Limited"). Signed on the title page by the author, with a six-word inscription. (Bookplate pasted on the front pastedown end paper, "Bought at the Ocean Book Shop, The Queen Elizabeth 2, Cunard Line.") Rare association copy, purchased at sea and apparently signed by P. D. James while on the ocean liner. Ships from NC. All hardbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with protective wrapping, and shipped promptly with tracking. (A-1.). Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover is worn/ soiled. Pages are tanned/ have some handling wear.

Ca. 1935. Single sheet of white card stock paper, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page brochure/menu. P. 3 lists the menu options. Illustrated title-page in color. 8-3/4" x 6-3/4" Dated Tuesday, August 6, 1935,the R.M.S. Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1922 to 1956. The items on this menu are not shown with prices. An odd stain here or there as usual, general wear at the edges from use, tear along the fold, otherwise a good copy. Self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

paperback, Zustand: Very Good, Canadian Pacific, c.1928, 6"x9" wraps, 86pp. ca.8"x20' fold-out panorama of ship, photos of ship interior & medit. scenes. VG- $.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original card covers. 352 item sale catalogue, extensively illustrated in colour and b/w.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Zustand: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated. An original article from the The American Review of Reviews, 1909. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: Review of Reviews; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong small 4to, pictorial printed wrappers in red and blue, [48]pp. Illustrated throughout. In effect, a wonderful, comprehensive view book of a variety of sample locations inside and outside this luxurious vessel, with a modicum of textual apparatus. A Very Good copy.

Zustand: VG. March 1923 first edition. Original ocean liner brochure. New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Antwerp; Antwerp - Southampton - Cherburg - New York Sheet 24 x 9 inches which folds to 9 x 4 inches. Printed in red and black ink. Doublepage photo illustration of the ocean liner "Belgenland" with full time schedules and prices. VG+ no tears, no chips.

1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Pictorial wrappers. 9-3/4" x 8" A VG+ copy. Light soiling, otherise clean and bright. White cars stock wrappers, floral decoration in color to upper and lower wrappers, printed in gray and black. One side on the menu in English, one side in Afrikaans. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

PAPER BACK WHITE. Zustand: VERY GOOD. General wear, tanned, black & white illustration, clean, no markings DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION:

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. A pictorial souvenir of the "World's Largest Floating Palace". "The First Superliner to Embody the Newest Scientific Improvements to Make Ocean Travel in Comfort and Safety". Printed in genuine gravure featuring 27 black and white photographs, each approximately 9 x 6". 48 pages. Blue soft cover is dampstained at bottom front edge and light wear along edges. Pages have some foxing in margins; otherwise pages show no wear or creasing.

Zustand: VG. Octavo, 2 pages of menu inside heavier stock cover, fancy woven string and tassel binding with elaborate illustrated cover. VG.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Good- oblong soft cover. Pages are unmarked, though some foxed. Edges show some wear. Binding is tight. COvers are creased and foxed.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. Quarto 10'' x 7½''. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of SS La Bourgogne on 2 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of Titanic in April 1912. Contains [xiii] 77 printed pages of text with maps, archive monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips across the top edge. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0900976500 TITANIC (White Star Line).

Zustand: Fine. no date. c. 1890. 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches piece of paper printed on both sides in red and blue inks. Gives rates of passage and times of departure plus promotion as full satisfaction guaranteed to all classes of ocean travellers, and accommodations for all classes of passengers are unexcelled, etc. Fine.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Staple-bound with pictorial thin card covers. Clean, square covers; some age darkening along cover edges; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; covers and leaves remain supple. Oblong 8vo, 48 pp; many illustrations. Cf, OCLC #21632444.

July 6, 1958 [and] July 7, 1958. Single sheet of white card stock, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page brochure/menu. Pp. 2-3 lists the menu options printed in blue. Title-page of each menu features a reproduction of a classical Italian painting. 9-1/4" x 6-3/4" A lot of two menus in sequencial order, from a Llyod Triestino Italian Liner. Both menus have the menu options in English and Italian on facing pages, the menu dated July 6, 1958 is a "Pranzo" or "Dinner" menu, featuring "Modella" by Domenico Induno as a title-page, with a selection of soups, curries, and chicken in saucepans. The menu dated July 7, 1958 is a "Colazione" or "Luncheon" menu, featuring "Vendetta Veneziana" by Franceso Hayez as a title-page, and offers hearty appetizers like "Beef in Ravigotta sauce," a selection soups, curries, and a cold sideboard. Minor wear at the edges from use; a VG copy. Self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

1st edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. Nr Fine (po has inked a '2' at top of ffep). An unused copy. Linen cloth binding lettered & decorated in black, orange & green.

SOFT COVER BLUE. Zustand: FAIR. Dirty blue front and back cover, illustration of Queen Mary on front, ripped stapled binding, original black and white photo included, faded and age-toned pages, black and white photos of ship and interior throughout, ripped edges of cover DATE PUBLISHED: 1939 EDITION: UNPAGINATED.

1st printing. Passenger List: Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Cabin Plan: one sheet printed both sides, folded 5x to form an 18 panel brochure. Accompanied by numerous newspaper extracts, most documenting the trip, including one [New York Herald, Paris edition, Friday August 29, 1924, in 5 copies] announcing the arrival of Ms Talley in Cherbourg, announcing her destination as Milan. Passenger List illustrated with 2 photographic images, both of the Olympic. Cabin Plan with five colored deck plans. List: 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Plan: 21-7/8" x 22-3/4"[unfolded]; 7-1/4" x 3-13/16" [folded]. Marion Nevada Talley was an American opera coloratura soprano. While her first audition, in 1923, for the Metropolitan Opera was unsuccessful, the Opera's general manager, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, did subsequently hire Talley for the 1925/26 season. On February 17, 1926, she made her debut there as Gilda, the daughter of the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. At the time, and at the age of 19, Talley was the youngest prima donna to ever sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Her pending debut caused a media sensation, contrary to Gatti-Casazza's hopes that it would remain low-key. A delegation of two hundred leading citizens of Kansas City, her home town, arrived via a special train. Tickets were being resold at astronomical prices. A telegraph was set up backstage so her father could send dispatches to the Associated Press. Her performance prompted multiple ovations from the crowd, but critics were less enthusiastic. While they thought her debut promising, it did not live up to the expectations caused by the media frenzy, and her ensuing musical career with the company lasted but a few more years. This White Star Line ephemera no doubt retained as a souvenir of Talley's 1924 journey to Milan, where Gatti-Casazza had sent her to continue her music training with Mme Marcella Sembrich [1858 - 1935]. Curl to List fore-edge. Newspaper offset to pp 10-11. Plan with stamped manicule indicating the assignment of passenger cabin C99, as well as an agent stamp [McGrade & Benton, Kansas City MO] to Plan title panel. Both - VG+. List with printed glossy stock covers, stapled. Map to rear cover.

TSS Transylvania (the prefix stands for 'Twin Screw Steamship') was built in Glasgow for the Anchor Line and launched in 1925. She had three funnels, but two were redundant, only serving to render the ship more attractive to prospective passengers. In 1940 she requisitioned by the Royal Navy, and the following year she was torpedoed by the Germans, sinking with the loss of 36 lives. The letter is 13pp, 12mo; with neat single-space typing, on thirteen leaves. It contains three line diagrams, and on a separate 12mo leaf is an ink drawing, with captions, titled 'As the Herrewich [sic] appeared when we last saw her'. Also present is a sepia postcard of 'T.S.S. TRANSYLVANIA'. The letter and diagram are in fair condition, aged and worn but with text clear and entire. The postcard is good, with light aging. Signed in type 'Alex.' With manuscript diagrams and salutation to 'Dear Mother and Father'. A well written missive (the use of catch-words implies a good education), beginning: 'It is surprising that now, more than five days after leaving Glasgow, we should be only about 1000 miles from home. The explanation is probably well known to you all: but although you will have had newspaper accounts of the great storm and of the wreck we stood by, I'm quite sure that some amplifications in the form of our personal experiences will be both welcome and of interest. In the first place let me hasten to assure you that none of us came to any harm. In the main, we are all well. Mary has not been able to be out of bed much so far, but, on the other hand, she has been free from sickness - which is a very remarkable thing considering our experiences.' After news of 'Anne' and 'Virginia' ('Mary' and 'Aunt Mima' are also referred to) he reports that they 'arrived at Moville about midnight on Monday and spent a great night in Lough Foyle. At 10.00 o'clock next morning the Londonderry tender came alongside and we took 350 passengers and their baggage on board - making the total passenger compliment about 1100. There are about 25 in the first class.' He finds the Transylvania 'a splendid ship for watching the sea from. The forward extension of B. deck in front of the bridge is very clear of truck, and there are no boats on it as there are on the others'. The account of the journey continues, followed by a seven-page account of the storm and rescue, beginning: 'In the evening of Tuesday it was apparent that the sea was rising higher and higher, as was the wind: and through the night it was obvious that something unusual in the way of weather was blowing up. / Now, I've thought previously that we have been in Atlantic storms before. Two years ago on the "Cameronia" was a bad time: and one day last year the "Caledonia" was thrown about considerably: but our [in pencil 'my'] farthest stretch of imagination - even my wildest fears - have never pictured anyting so [in pencil 'as'] tremendous as we awoke [in pencil 'the situation'] to on Wednesday morning.' He gives a vivid description of the ship 'riding out the storm magnificently', as he is caught by 'plants, flowerpots, chairs and so on': 'The second and third class passengers were locked in and battened down for about two days. The stern of the ship was almost completely under water, and the hatchways to the steward's quarters were stove in during the night and all the stewards woke up to find themselves invaded by a foot or two of water.' The storm subsides and she comes across the wreck of a 'large German tramp' he calls the 'Herrenwich', 'a poignant and pathetic spectacle; and more so was the view we had of the hapless crew clinging to what was left on the bare decks. We gradually got the story bit by bit, as it filtered through the bridge, where it was picked up, I suppose, by signals. A great wave had landed on the "Herrenwich", and had stove in the hatch of No. 3 hold, on the forward well deck. This hold was full of water, and the restraining bulkheads were bulging. The captain sent out his S. O. S.

4to. 9.5 x 12.75 in. [20 pp (unpaginated).], colour-printed throughout, which folds out into 46.5 x 25 in. colour poster, w/ photo illustrations, text, and double-page pictorial map on recto. Colour-illustrated softcovers, w/ porthole image of the SS Antilles (minor creasing to one corner), still NF copy. First edition of this marvelously illustrated cutaway deck plan for the SS Antilles, which had been completed in 1953, and eventually was placed on the West Indies Cruise service. The SS Antilles, or her sister ship the SS Flandre appeared in the stock footge in the 1964 Perry Mason television episode "Nautical Knot" set near Acapulco, Mexico. The double-page pictorial map showing her stops in the West Indies was executed by R. Bonnard. The ship hit rocks and caught fire in Lansecoy Bay in 1971, and all were evacuated to the island of Mustique, and later rescued by the Queen Elizabeth 2.

Zustand: VG. 15 menus are 4to on heavy stock, each with a brilliant full color picture by Ada Peacock on front which opens to a lavish menu. Two are sm.4to in size with fancy silk ribbons at the spine with simple two-color decorations on front. Cruise was from Bridgetown, Barbados to Rio de Janeiro and food selections are almost all French, Latin American or Brazilian. Most are VG plus, a few Fine, and a few VG with slight soiling. Group of 17 menus.