ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society, Kendal, England] Hardcover Red cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Book and jacket are in very tidy condition. No inscriptions. Tight and clean. Very nice copy.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1990]
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ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society, Great Britain] Hardcover Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; ISBN: 0905617509. ISBN/EAN: 9780905617503. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37442.
[Berry, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1990]
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ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society, Kendal, UK] Hardcover The Hamburg South America Line is one of the best known of the major German shipping companies and this excellent history, takes it from its founding in 1871 through to the container age. Equally well known, as a major maritime publishing house, is the World Ship Society and this history was only the second hard cover book it produced. This well established and significant international shipping operator virtually had to start from scratch to rebuild its fleet following two world wars. Trading was confined to its traditional routes from Europe to eastern South America until the mid-1950s when services were extended world-wide. The main section of the book deals with the company's fleet list with most of the approx 208 individual ships illustrated with a b/w photo, a few with art works or profile drawings. Other sections cover Argentine flag ships, foreign flagged ships, chartered and managed ships, tugs, lighters and small craft. This is a nautical book to be prized among any collection of maritime literature. First edition from the World Ship Society of 1989, 192 pages including index, illustrated with colour art frontis of liner Cap Polonio, b/w illustrations throughout -- mainly photos, at the back is a pictorial appendix of 10 coloured representative ship profiles from 1883 to the liner Cap Arcona of 1936, the last three on a fold-out final page, backing this is ...

ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society, UK] Hardcover 192 pages. tape marks on endpapers d/j fold ins slightly trimmed
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1989]

ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society. London. .] Hardcover First Edition 1st Ed. Foreword in German and English by Dr. John Henry de La Trobe and Horst Schomburg. 192, (4 pictorial appendix ) PP with 425 b/w illustrations. Pictorial appendix by Dietmar Borchert with 10 House flags and funnels, and 10 profiles (in colour). Fp (in colour): Cape Polonio. Half-title page: House Flag H S D G. Eps: Mappemonde with the Company's routes. Cloth cover, gilt house flag on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. The German shipping line Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft. History, fleet list.
[CYGNET, TAS, Australia] [Publication Year: 1989]
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Kendal: World Ship Society, Date: 1990. Hardback, with protected dust-wrapper. Colour frontis. Illus in colour and black & white. D/w a little grubby and worn. A rather fine reading copy, with a similar d/w. (p18). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 1990. World Ship Society ISBN 0905617509 9780905617503 [GB]

ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society] Hardcover The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1989]

ISBN10: 0905617509, ISBN13: 9780905617503, [publisher: World Ship Society] Hardcover The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1989]