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100 Years Under The Southern Cross – Shaw Savill Line Bryant, Sir Arthur 24 pages; black and white photographs; and drawings; lists; coloured card covers; fine copy, near mint; Shaw Savill; 1957. (A short account of the history of Shaw Savill Line and their shipping services to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.) CoM17177 $18.00

A Bridge To The Seven Seas Schaap, Dick & Schaap, Dick 122 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Patrick Stephens; 1973. (One hundred years of The Holland America Line from 1873 to 1973.  A lovely photo book.) CoM30154 $45.00

A Hundred Years History Of The P&O Cable, Boyd 292 pages; black and white photographs and coloured paintings; map; drawings; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Nicholson and Watson; 1937. (The centenary history of P & O with lovely paintings and fleet lists.) CoM19199 $65.00

A Short History And Fleet List Of Baron Line McAlister, A A and Gray, Leonard 56 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; The World Ship Society; 1976. (A history and fleet list of H Hogarth and Sons and their Baron Line.) CoM24174 $28.00

Anchor And Brockelbank Lines Clarkson, John and Fenton, Ray 72 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ships in Focus; 1994. (A photographic history of the Anchor and Brockelbank shipping companies with large photos of most of the ships.) CoM30140 $40.00

Ben Line Somner, Graeme 60 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; lists; card covers; fine copy, near mint; World Ship Society; 1967. (A short history and fleet list of the Edinburgh based shipping company that had its beginnings in 1839.) CoM16191 $28.00

Bland Gibraltor 1840 – 1981 Somer, Graeme 56 pages; map; shipping company history; black and white photographs; fleet list; card cover; fine copy, near mint; World Ship Society. CoM12130 $8.00

Blue Funnel Hyde, Francis E 202 pages; maps; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Liverpool University Press; 1956. (A history of Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool from 1865 to 1914.) CoM31154 $60.00

Builders Of Great Ships Garrett, Richard 80 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; worn card covers otherwise fine copy, near mint; Cammell Laird; 1959. (A history of Cammell Laird Shipbuilders of Birkenhead from their first ship in 1828 to 1959. A good general history.) CoM26177 $35.00

Building The Titanic: An Epic Tale of Human Endeavour and Modern Engineering Green, Rod 160 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Carlton; 2005. (Tells the story of how Titanic was built and looks at why the ship continues to create a curiosity nearly 100 years after her demise.  Includes stories of the men who built her.) CoM20125 $72.00

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