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large 4to (32x29cms), 180 pages, over 300 coloured & sepia photographs, drawings & paintings (by Peter Bilas), coloured map & plates, tables, bibliography : the history of the mail service between England & South Africa 1857-1977 along with its cargo & passenger services, excellent transport history; hardback, vg like dw. A heavy book that may attract extra postage. isbn 1874950059 south africa union castle mailships african travel transport sea freight passenger liners sailing ships.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1994. 180pp, copiously illustrated throughout with colour/b&w plates and ephemera. A close to Fine copy with just a tiny nudge to crown of spine of gilt-stamped purple cloth boards and a trace of browning to top edge of text block else excellent all round. The unclipped dust wrapper displays some sunning to spine and modest traces of surface use - overall remaining very presentable/Very Good. Please see 15 pictures attached for a closer look. Carefully packaged and dispatched within 24 hours.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression. The jacket is shelf rubbed with light browning and creasing along the edges. The boards have little edge wear. The binding is secure. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Tall and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Lavish history of the Union-Castle liner service to South Africa. 180pp, well illustrated, much in colour. VG copy in dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. First ed. 1st ed. 242p. Photos. Line drawings. Very Oversize. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Lavish history of the Union-Castle liner service to South Africa. 180pp, well illustrated, much in colour. Fine copy in dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Spanning the period 1857 to 1977, this book is the story of the mail service between Britain and South Africa and its cargo and passenger service. It is also a nostalgic look at an era of magnificent ships and leisurely travel and a history of the Union and Castle shipping lines. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. For more than a century from 1857 ships of the Union and Castle lines provided the vital communications link beween Great Brirain and South Africa. Contracts with the governments of both countries for the important carriage of mails created competition between the two and this was an major factor in the formation of Union-Castle Line as one company, from the competitors, in 1900. Union-Castle became iconic in the carriage of mail, passsengers and cargo and famous for building many beautifully proportioned ships, including a number in the liner age dominated by multi-funnel ships, The line also operated cargo vessels alongside its liner services. Like so many famous shippling lines, Union-Castle fell victim to tthe rise of jet travel for passengers and containers for cargo and in 1977 it ceased trading. While most of its ships sailed via the west coast of Africa and serviced major South African ports, others transited the Mediterranean, Red Sea and the East Coat of the African continant. This fine book covers the introduction of the two lines to service, their fierce competition for mail contracts, the eventual merger, the two World Wars and dealing with the changing shipping technologies and other challenges of the years leading to the line's closure. A thorough and in-depth study of one othe great shipping lines. First edition from Patrick Stephens of 1994, 180 pages including four appendices, bibliography, acknowledgements, index and subscribers list. This a little-used ex-library copy, illustrated throughout with b/w and colour photos, colour art including commissioned paintings by Peter Bilas, many document reproductions, colour page at back showing company badges of rank, cut-away accommodation diagramp of Pendennis Castle, flags and funnels, colour map showing line routes, decorated e/papers. Blue hard covers with gilt front decoration and titles VG, library stamp top edge FFEP with issue sheet and crossed bar code lower right corner, library stamp top edge first text page, only one other library stamp in text block, at page 174 (colour badges, profile and flags/funnels), text block otherwise excellent, library stamps upper and vertical page edges as closed, light shelft wear cover lower edges/spine base. Colour art/pictorial DJ is plastic protected and VG with slight damage to .plastic sheet top rear corner, jacket carefully taped to both covers. This large and heavy book (1.4kgs) would require additional postage for international delivery. Photos. Art, Map, Documents Etc (illustrator).…

Condition: gut. Mailships of the Union- Castle Line In englischer Sprache. pages.

1999 South- Africa,Âhardcover with dustjacket 180 pages. Chronological history of the ships, with many photographs and a index. ISBN 9781852604851 In very good condition.

1st edition dust jacket Fine Quarto 180pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., appends., bibliog., index, Story of the Mail Service between Britain & South Africa along with Cargo & Passenger services.