Dutch Lines (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to, illustrated with old photos throughout, bound in brown cloth, gilded designs on front cover, spine lettering faded. Boards and pages in good condition. A good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: good-. 190 pages + contents pp; black marbled eps; glossy b/w photos; foxing throughout; 12.25" tall; gilt lettering & decor on front of brown cover; corners bumped with boards showing. Hardcover.

Softcover. 8 1/2" x 11" staple-bound price sheets and schedules typed on recto only. Very Good with some light creases.

gr. Oktav 8°, PBd. edited by The Royal Dutch Air Lines, um 1927 herausgegeben 193 Seiten geringe Gebrauchsspuren 2010g. Buch.

Condition: very good. Text M.W.F. Treub, Hans Martin . [et al.]. (Amsterdam) : 'De Ysel', (1931). Orig. cloth binding. 159 pp. 31 cm. Ills. Condition : very good copy. Keywords : PHOTOGRAPHY, KLM, Royal Dutch Airline.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cream coloured cotton blue printed with pictorial map and Dutch text 38x38cm. Drawn by Jaq Rykse, and made by Vlisco Fabrieken in Helmond. Very good, folded, with a little fraying and several small pinholes at the edges, and some spotting. Undated but this was issued to celebrate the Pelikaan's record breaking flight from Amsterdam to deliver Christmas mail to Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, in December 1933. The Pelikaan was one of 5 Fokker F.XVIII's acquired by KLM. The journey had originally been intended for its faster Fokker F.XX Zilvermeeuw, but owing to engine trouble, the Pelikaan was made ready at short notice. The text around all four borders reads: "De Uitreis Amsterdam-Batavia van de Pelikaan. Van 18 tot 22 December 1933 in 4 etmalen, 4 uur en 40 minuten werd de post van Schiphol naar Tjililitan overgebracht" (= "The departure from Amsterdam to Batavia of the Pelikaan. From 18 to 22 December 1933 the mail was transferred from Schiphol to Tjililitan in 4 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes"). The image is dominated by the Pelikaan in flight, above which are named its 4 crewmen I.W. (Iwan) Smirnoff, P. (Piet) Soer, J.M.H. Grosfeld, and C.H. van Beukering. The route map below names each of its stopping points (Amsterdam - Marseilles - Rome - Saloniki - Cairo - Bagdad - Boesjir (Bushire) - Jask - Karachi - Jodhpur - Allahabad - Calcutta - Rangoon - Bangkok - Alor Star - Singapore - Palembang - Batavia - Bandoeng), with journey times for each leg, and whether they were flown by day or night (dag traject, nacht traject).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth with colour global route map and circling aircraft 16x25cm. Printed in blue throughout by Drukkeru Levisson, The Hague. 79, (2)pp English text photos, drawings, cutaway aircraft views, and adverts, erratum slip to ffep + 10 maps bound in (1 folding index map and 9 related full or double-page maps). Boards good, bowed, with loss to spine ends, interiors near fine, tanned, with small chip to p15 (not affecting text), and the map neatly folded with short closed tear. Very rare with Worldcat locating 3 institutions (Leiden, Academie des sciences d'outre-mer, Michigan University). KLM first flew to Batavia in 1924, beginning a regular service in 1929. Promoted as "The Backbone of World's Traffic" (Index map), this became the world's longest distance scheduled service and quickest connection between Europe and Asia and the US and Asia. It became profitable in 1932 thanks to Dutch postal subsidies, allowing KLM's co-founder and first Director Albert Plesman to offset other losses and fund expansion. This work, dated December 1933, was issued at a time of growing optimism, with its Fokker F18 "Pelikaan" making the highly publicised special Christmas mail round trip to Batavia with 73 hours 34 minutes in the air in the same month. The route followed the Persian side of the Gulf at the time the British were rerouting to the Arabian side due to difficulties renegotiating with the Iranians. Stops included Athens, Cairo, Gaza, Baghdad, Bushire, Jask, Karachi, Jodhpur, Allahabad, Calcutta, Akyab, Rangoon, Bangkok, Saigon, Alor Star, Medan, Singapore, Palembang, Pakan Baru, Batavia, Bandung, Samarang, and Surabaya. This was prepared to familiarise travel agents worldwide with its passenger, freight, and mail services. The chapter on passengers includes quotes from Rabindranath Tagore ("I have had a very comfortable journey and I am thankful to the Company for the care they have taken of us"), Mrs Maurice Hewlett (tagged as the "first woman to fly from London to Batavia"), Marga von Etzdorf ("the well-known German long-distance woman-pilot"), senior British, Dutch, French and German colonial, military and business people among many others ("What passengers say about KLM", pp10-15). Practical information covers the aircraft (2 cutaway diagrams of an F18), booking, IATA, luggage, dress, visas, insurance, immigration regulations for Netherlands India and the Straits Settlements, hints for passengers, etc. A detailed section on connections (p51ff) includes the RAF's pioneering Middle East route, eg for Gaza ("a comparatively unknown place in South Palestine [with] excellent train and motorcar connections"), Rutbah Wells ("fortress on the frontiers of Iraq - importance lies in its being on the caravan route from Damascus to Baghdad"), Baghdad ("connections with traffic in every part of the world" by airline, train, motorcar and camel), Bushire (referencing Imperial's new Gulf route via Basra, Koweit, Bahrein, Sharjah, the BI Steamship Navigation Company, inland motor transport etc). The Index map 56x36cm shows KLM's and other air and sea routes. Map 4 includes the Jeddah - Mecca caravan route and Red Sea shipping routes, presumbly for Hajjis from the Dutch East Indies. Photos show aerial views, interiors and staff. Stylised drawings show landscapes, people, wildlife, monuments, etc. Adverts include hotels used by KLM crew and passengers (eg Calcutta's Great Eastern) and oil companies active in Indonesia (Shell, Mobiloil).

1st edition card covers Nice Copy tall octavo. (20)pp., b/w plates, colour maps, Air Route Amsterdam-Batavia. Nice promotional booklet with several large fold-out colour maps.