4 plates of ships, 4 folding cabin plans, 2 double-page charts of routes, text within double rule red border, numerous adverts from their suppliers; xii+262pp.
Sumptuously produced account of the Cunard company and its routes, which reproduces many instructions, regulations, bills of fare and prices, . Chapters are written by different writers including W. B. Jerrold on London, and Paris, and Meredith Edwards on England to America. There is even a section on whisky frauds. D. & C. MacIver of Liverpool are mentioned on the front cover: this firm were the managing owners of Cunard.
4 plates of ships, 4 folding cabin plans, 2 double-page charts of routes, text within double rule red border, numerous adverts from their suppliers; xii+262pp.
Sumptuously produced account of the Cunard company and its routes, which reproduces many instructions, regulations, bills of fare and prices, . Chapters are written by different writers including W. B. Jerrold on London, and Paris, and Meredith Edwards on England to America. There is even a section on whisky frauds. D. & C. MacIver of Liverpool are mentioned on the front cover: this firm were the managing owners of Cunard.
| Binding | Large folio orig. full red morocco, bevelled edges, elaborate central panel incorporating title with broad line around borders of covers, gilt decorated turndowns, worn, small split at head of upper joint, a.e.g, |
| Publication | Revised edit., Sutton Sharpe & Co, 1877. From Woodbrook, Bray, Ireland, the home of Sir Henry Cochrane [1836-1904], then Daniel H. Gillman [d. 2005] |
- Product Code: RGW24874
- Availability: In Stock
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£200.00