Written primarily from an Australian perspective, it covers the general development of the Sitmar company and its operations throughout the world. From modest beginnings working for the International Refugee Organization it developed into a major passenger shipping company. In the 1970s it entered the North American Cruise market.
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Peter Plowman is a noted maritime researcher and writer, having had five books published in Australia over the past twenty years. His first books detailed the history of Australian and New Zealand Passenger Ships from 1875 to 1980.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Well illustrated history of the Sitmar line and its ships, with emphasis on their servcies to and from Australia. 287pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper. Heavy - please enquire for overseas postage costs. Seller Inventory # 023271
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Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
1st Ed. 287 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: vignette of the Fairstar. Fp: Fairstar at sea. Eps: Castle Felice off Fort Denison. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Quite scarce. 31 x 23.3. Seller Inventory # 76391
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Seller: Gleebooks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated endpapers. 287pp., b/w and colour illustrations, diagrams, bibliography, index. Dustjacket slightly rubbed with minor surface scratches to back cover else Fine.(BH) 6/24. Seller Inventory # ABE-1717647918991
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Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The story of the Sitmar Liners written primarily from an Australian perspective, but also covers the general development of the company and its operations throughout the world. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Minor grubby mark to half-title page (cannot be picked up by camera in photos). Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1825182
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