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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed Shannon green-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 227, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc.. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Cunard was formed in 1840 by Samuel Cunard after he decided to start a company that would carry mail from England to the United States. England paid for the costs of this service, since the country wanted a more regular service than the sailing ships of the time could do. Cunard started with four steam ships that made crossings of the Atlantic Ocean once a week. The company became known for its record of good safety–while ships of other companies often sank, killing many people, these sorts of things rarely happened to Cunard. By the early 1900s, though, Cunard was faced with many other ships from several countries also competing with it for passengers going across the Atlantic. This caused… Leer más

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: ., 1931 pp. 227, viii [Index] + Frontis and full page plates. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. XLib call mark on spine. Spine faded. Very XLib condition. History of the Cunard Steam Ship Company from its earliest days to 1931. TRAVEL 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Spine faded; endpaper foxed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. . VG for its age. First edition. Green cloth boards. Slight shelf/age wear. Jacket is clean and vibrant, has some chipping along edges, tanning at back, now in mylar, overall looks good, clean and vibrant. Pages/boards clean and vibrant, NO foxing or markings. Protected in removable archival plastic sleeve.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Pages clean and bright, light foxing on endpapers, binding firm, some shelf wear to edges of boards and some sunning to boards.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Minor edgewear, else About Fine, in Very Good, chipped dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 227 pages, plus index. Pages are in very good, clean condition. Many illustrations. Presentation copy - inscribed and dated 1948 on the ffep. Green cloth with brown titles and illustration. Black, decorative bands on upper cover and spine. Corners lightly bumped. Spine a little faded, with light wear at the head/tail. Illustrated DJ with red/black titles. Corners and edges chipped and torn. Large chipa at head/tail of spine. Scarce with DJ. VG+/GOOD-. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good-.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing. Near fine in a good to very good dustjacket with shallow chipping which takes off "Spanning" from top of the spine. The book is quite scarce in dustjacket.