Océan

1939 · 63022 — New York: Cunard White Star Line Jan. 1939. 4to. 8 x 9 in. which opens into 12 pp unpaginated. oblong folio 16 x 9 in. deck plans throughout self-printed illustrated softcovers w/ panoramic artist’s rendering of S.S. Mauretania on back cover fold creases as issued w/ original Cunard White Star Ltd. mailing envelope addressed to Mr. Harold Berson postmarked 1939 NF/VG copy from the library of Berson 1926-1986 avid world traveler and noted children’s book illustrator until his death. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original deck plans brochure for the RMS Mauretania 1939 issued 5 months before her launching in May 1939 and then received her rudder fitting and time trials and by the August 1939 making her debut cruise for Southampton Le Havre and New York and then Bermuda. It would become the 12th largest and 6th fastest liner in the World in 1939. Cabin Class was the highest grade and intended for 440 passengers with Tourist Class at 450 passengers and 3rd Class at 470 with a crew of between 780-803. Sadly after only 2 months in service Nazi Germany attacked and invaded Poland launching the Holocaust and eventually she was requisitioned as a troop ship until 1946 and Cunard White Star announced in 1947 she would be returned in all her glory to service. No copies located in Worldcat Wolfsonian contains a “temporary issue†cruise plan & post-WWII deckplans. Cunard White Star Line, paperback