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S.S. City of Los Angeles. . . a direct de luxe service over the Southern route, Los Angeles - Honolulu. . . [deck plans].
by [OCEAN LINERS -- S.S. CITY OF LOS ANGELES]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Steamship Co., [Matson Navigation Co.], [ca. 1928]. Oblong elephant folio. 37.25 x 23 in., deck plans printed on recto, w/ illustration of SS City of Los Angeles in profile at upper left corner, deck plans, & descriptive text to right corner (faint age toning, minor wear, a couple minor closed tears at fold creases), still VG copy, from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald (1892-1977), stepson of famed southern California oil man, William F. Byrne, as well as oil company, and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original deck plan for the S.S. City of Los Angeles, which featured here a Boat Deck, and A - D Decks, with cabins, staterooms, and facilities all clearly demarcated. The S.S. City of Los Angeles was originally launched in 1899 as the SS Grosser Kurfurst for North German Lloyd, and after being seized during World War I as a transport was renamed the USS Aeolus, and then entirely refurbished for the Los Angeles Steamship Co. in 1922 as a very popular luxury liner until sold for scrap in 1937. No copies in Worldcat.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59682
- Title
- S.S. City of Los Angeles. . . a direct de luxe service over the Southern route, Los Angeles - Honolulu. . . [deck plans].
- Author
- [OCEAN LINERS -- S.S. CITY OF LOS ANGELES]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Steamship Co., [Matson Navigation Co.],
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, Los Angeles, CA:
- Date Published
- [ca. 1928].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maritime, Nautical, Ocean Liners, Travel, South Pacific, South Seas, SS City of Los Angeles, Matson Navigation Company, Los Angeles Steamship Company, Deck Plans, Deck Plan, Naval Architecture, Ocean Liner
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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