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193260328Montreal Canada & Liverpool UK: Canadian Pacific 1932. 4to. which opens into Double Atlas Folio. 42 x 50 in. colour-illustrated on recto and verso with large colour deck plans delineating decks amenities cabins for 1st class and Tourist Class folding map at lower portion indicating the route large colour plate of Empress of Britain on verso numerous photo illustrations. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art of Southeast Asian woman with neck elongated by gold rings front & back by Frederick J. Hoertz minor edgewear light creasing to folds very slight closed tears at a couple folds still VG bright copy. First edition of this very uncommon and large deck plan for the famed Empress of Empress of Britain a 42000 ton ocean liner specifically built and constructed with double-hull construction for the Northern Trans-Atlantic Route between Quebec and the UK who entered service in 1931. She was the first cruise ship designed for Winter routes when the St. Lawrence River was frozen and when converted for her Round the World cruises she was converted with more luxury cabins. At the height of the Great Depression and following a price increase only 283 passengers sailed in the 1932-1933 Round the World Cruise with 100 leaving the ship in India. Notables included Baron F. De Marwicz 1907-1990 hockey player who led England’s National Team in the 1930 & 1934 World Championships Sir Walter Preston 1875-1946 inventor & engineer Cornelius Vanderbilt IV and famed British author George Bernard Shaw with his wife Charlotte who spent most of the cruise writing rather than taking the port excursions. No copies located in Worldcat of this giant version 2 copies located of smaller piece at Wolfsonian measuring 10 x 11.5 in. Canadian Pacific, paperback
195557750Paris France: Imprimerie Transatlantique 170 bis rue de charonne 1955. 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. Imprimerie Transatlantique, 170 bis rue de charonne, paperback
192557372Bremen: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen North German Lloyd Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild 1925. Oblong 4to. 48 pp unpaginated. With colour frontisp. numerous photo plates decorative borders in green ink. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Brandenburg Gate in gilt blue blue & gilt borders globe logo at upper fore-edge dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce ocean liner promotional brochure for the SS Berlin built by Bremer Vulkan and commissioned in Sept. 1925 making the North German Lloyd Run from Bremen - Southampton - Cherbourg - New York. She would make runs until chartered by the Nazi Party in 1939 as a Party Cruise Ship and converted to Hospital Ship during World War II. These photographs show such amenities for first class passengers as spacious promenades salons writing room library nicely appointed staterooms and exercise gym. The accommodations for 2nd & 3rd Class passengers were decidedly poorer. The ship was salvaged by the Soviet Union in 1949 and served as the Admiral Nakhimov a cruise ship transported soldiers to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crises was later rammed and sunk by the Soviet freighter Pyotr Vasev and 423 of the 1234 on board perished. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, North German Lloyd, [Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild], paperback
198250512London: MPL Publ. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scarce collection of drawings by artist Humphrey Ocean documenting the McCartney/Wings 1976 tour; near fine in glossy illustrated boards no dust jacket as issued; minor bumping to spine ends else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding; first printing with no later statements; photos on request . MPL Publ. hardcover
1940180382February - October 1940. An attractive collection exhibiting the continuation of relatively comfortable commercial sea travel in the early years of the Second World War before the Japanese government requisitioned large numbers of O.S.K. and N.Y.K. vessels for military use. The menus supplement a predominantly Western style of cuisine with occasional Japanese titbits. Passengers on the Brasil Maru were treated to musical performances while they dined. 10 items octavo. Original colour or monochrome card covers 7 with letterpress bifolium fixed with colour string 3 with contents printed direct 1 of these formed from sheet folding into quarters. Light wear especially to largest examples foxing and a little soiling: a very good collection. unknown
190955870n.p.: Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford 1909-1910. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 7.5 in. 46 pp unpaginated. on thick gray card stock mounted on green linen hinges at gutter margin. With 56 silver gelatin & albumen photographs 3 hand-coloured 1 RPPC sized from 2.5 x 4.25 in. up to 6.75 x 9.75 in. several of the photos have descriptive text w/in the negative at lower margin some w/ lettering in manuscript below the images; seating chart for dinner with the Viceroy two ALS invitations on letterhead dance card menu and clipping touting the attendees. Recent leather post-binder lettering stamped on front cover occasional fading to a few images some albumen photos w/ wrinkling from being applied to boards occasional edgewear couple minor tears still a VG exemplar; Nine albumen photos sized from 7 x 9.25 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. uniformly mounted on 11 x 14 in. gray studio board and 8 of the 9 w/ manuscript notes in bold hand on versos minor edgewear a few corners w/ minor wear still a VG set of images. This intriguing souvenir album for a voyage on the SS Prinzess Irene through the Mediterranean and onto India and Singapore opens with photos on shipboard of the Rutherfords and Miss Weir with their small dog companion. They have incorporated three albumen photos of Naples including a panoramic view of Naples St. Martin’s Charterhouse the Neapolitan Monastery and Santa Lucia street. Additional views on shipboard as they sail to India including a view of camels and desert dunes along the Suez Canal. Upon their arrival in Calcutta India they are invited and attend a state diner with Sir Syed Hussain Ali Bahadur b. 1875 the Nawab of Murshidabad two Maharaja’s British officers and Baron Charles Hardinge Viceroy of India with menus and invitation included and a mounted hand-coloured view of the Nawab. The menu featured Filets de Canetons au Foie Gras Mousses de Volaille Petits Rolls Mayonnaise Plum Cake Bavarois Chocolat Pistache and Macedonian Champaign while the musical accompaniment featured old favorites of Teddy Bear’s Picnic Die Meistersinger by Wagner ballet music from Faust and compositions by Rosse. Street scenes of markets native dress elephants owning the road as well as several different wagons pulled by horses camels and oxen. Also included are albumen views of pilgrims washing in the Ganges at Benares Varanasi Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds at Jeypore street scene in Jeypore depicts oxen market buildings by Bourne & Shepard whose images were marketed throughout India by agents and wholesale distributors. From there the trio voyage onto Singapore shown in images of Kampong Bugis along the Kallang River with a native in their boat with thatched homes built on stilts; a bustling port views along palm tree lined streets a bustling market scene elephants washing as well as a particularly striking scene of oxen pulling a large loaded woven cart. The nine separate views include albumen photos of the entrance gate to the Taj Mahal a detail shot the inner courtyard and screen around the the tombs of Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal three striking and large albumen photos of the Thanjavur temple site including the Brihadishavara Temple and the monumental Gopuras gateways and finally the Pearl Mosque. The SS Prinzess Irene was an 18000 ton lier launched in 1900 for North German Lloyd was seized in 1917 in the United States renamed the USS Pocahontas and eventually sold back to North German Lloyd in 1922 first renamed the Bremen and then the Karlsruhe and sailing until 1932. Mr. & Mrs. Rutherford, hardcover