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Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Hardbound. VG (DJ is slightly aged, inside and out; otherwise quite nice.). Yellow cloth boards with brown cloth spine, white & illus. dust jacket,144 pp. followed by a final folding plate, profusely illustrated in bw with several other folding plates. "No 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'," first published in 1931 on the occasion of the ship's maiden voyage. A beautiful ship she was, and all you might want to know about her is likely in this book, from her conception to her untimely demise at the hands of a German submarine.
The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress Of Britain -
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The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain
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Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1972 Facsimile Edition. Quarter tan cloth spine with beige cloth cover - bright gilt titles.145pp. B/w illustrations and fold out diagrams.
Series: Ocean Liners of the Past - No. 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder'.
Price clipped Jacket has edge wear and a 4 x 1" piece missing from the back. Book and Text are VG+
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- Format/Binding Original Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Fair
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- Edition Reprint
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0821204785
- ISBN 13 9780821204788
- Publisher New York Graphic Society Ltd
- Place of Publication Greenwich, CT
- Date Published 1972
- Size Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain (Ocean Liners of the Past)
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The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain
by Hood, A.G
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Greenwich: New York Graphic Society [0-8212-0478-5] [1972]. (Folio) Very good in very good dust jacket. 144pp. Illustrations (5 folding), photographs. The top edge at the spine has been damp with concurrent wrinkling to the top inside corners of the pages. (Transportation, Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, Empress of Britain--Ocean Liner, Ocean Liners--Canada).
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The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner, Empress of Britain
by Hood, A. G. (editor); Updated by Leslie Reade
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good condition
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- Very Good dust jacket
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- Updated and Expanded Edition
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Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket (price-clipped). The jacket has a tiny spot along its top-edge and three short scratches on the rear panel. NO chips. NO creases. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Previous owner's small name-stamp. Pages are crisp and clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing of the Updated and Expanded Edition. Oversize Hardcover. 10.5" wide by 13" tall. Illustrated with 247 drawings, diagrams, photographs, and 6 fold-out plans with meticulous details of the ship's design and building. Frontispiece drawing of Empress of Britain by Kenneth Shoesmith. This is No. 4 in the NYGS OCEAN LINERS OF THE PAST series. The book includes a facsimile reprint of the complete souvenir issue of The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder, published in 1931 on the occasion of the Empress of Britain's maiden voyage. Introduction and epilogue by Leslie Reade.…
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