The Wilson Line

2000 Tempus Publishing UK, softcover 128 pages. Photobook of The Wilson Line in different years, with text. The Wilson Line by Arthur G. Credland is an illustrated history of Hull’s Wilson Line, once the world’s largest privately owned steamship company, tracing its growth from the early nineteenth century through its Scandinavian and Baltic services to the decline and disappearance of the line in the late twentieth century. The book combines narrative chapters on the company’s development, routes and wartime losses with a detailed fleet overview and many photographs that document both the ships and the changing nature of Wilson’s passenger and cargo services. ISBN 9780752417288 / 0752417282 In very good condition.