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Published by Cunard Steam Ship Company, 1932
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book
No Binding. Condition: Good. The card is signed by the Surgeon. The card was to be produced by the bearer each time he was examined for signing on. The card was to be kept clean.The S.S. Mauretania was launched in 1906. At the time it the largest ship in the world. It crossed the Atlantic numerous times. It was requisitioned during World War II, After 28 years service it was scrapped in 1935.
Published by Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd., 1922
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book
No Binding. Condition: Good. The S.S. Antonia was launched in 1921. It served the British -Canada route. It was requisitioned during World War II, and served as a troop transport and later as an armed merchant cruiser. She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland. She was scrapped in 1948.
Published by The Cunard Steam-Ship Company Limited, Paris, 1959
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Unknown printing. Format is approximately 10.5 inches by 8.5 inches. The sheet is folded at the center, resulting in four panels or pages. Sheet has some wear and soiling. The text is in English. All passengers were specially requested to call with their sailing documents at the Cunard Line Office, 6, Rue Scribe, Paris, before departure. Seats in the special trains were reserved only by the Cunard Line and the sear reservation card were available at the Paris office where railway tickets Paris/Cherbourg-Maritime or Le Havre-Maritime could be purchased. There is general information regarding registering with the police, payment of passage money, passports and visas, French Exit Permits, Vaccination against smallpox, Currency Regulations, Baggage, French Railroads - Hand baggage, Heavy Baggage sent in advance, Definition of Baggage, Baggage Insurance, and Pet Animals, Birds, etc. Cunard Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has a long and illustrious history and is arguably one of the most venerable cruise line brands in the world, with a lineage stretching back to 1840 -- making it the second oldest cruise line (after P&O Cruises) and operating some of the most famous ships ever to set sail, including the Lusitania, Queen Mary and QE2. The line was founded in 1840 by Samuel Cunard, a businessman from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He applied for and received a contract from the British government to carry the Royal Mail from Britain to North America on a fleet of steamships that would maintain a weekly service. The first route was from Liverpool to Boston via Halifax, and the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was born. Soon after, the company changed its name to Cunard Steamships Ltd. In 1879 the privately held British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was reorganized as a public stock corporation, the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd., and immediately set about commissioning a fleet to take on its rivals. Among the ships added over the next few years were Servia, which launched in 1881 and was the first passenger liner with electric lighting; and Blue Riband winners, Campania and Luciana, (both launched in 1893), which sailed at 21.8 knots each. Throughout the 19th century, Cunard Line set the standard for larger, faster and more luxurious ships. Two new liners, Mauretania and Lusitania, were one-third larger than any existing ship and powered by turbine steam engines, a new technology. Mauretania was the slightly faster sister and quickly took the North Atlantic speed record (and held it for a record 22 years). It had a long, profitable career. Cunard's express liners carried three classes of passenger: first, second and steerage. First class was opulent, with public rooms imitative of the decor of country houses and hotels. Second class was comfortable and cheaper. Steerage was for immigrants. In the late 1920s Cunard lay down plans for a pair of liners that would be capable of maintaining the weekly service between Southampton and New York. Construction was delayed by the Great Depression, but the British government issued loan guarantees on the condition that Cunard merge with its rival, White Star Line, which took place in 1934. Cunard-White Star Line launched Queen Mary in 1935 and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. After the war, Cunard resumed transatlantic service with the Queens and a large fleet of smaller ships. In 1947, the line bought the rest of the remaining White Star stock and dropped the name, but retains to this day its "White Star Service" onboard. This was the Golden Age of transatlantic travel. Mauretania was retired in 1965, Queen Mary and Caronia in 1967, and Queen Elizabeth in 1968. Queen Mary was sold to the City of Long Beach, California, to become a hotel and conference center. It remains there to this day, allegedly haunted, having been a shoreside attraction longer than it sailed the seas. Single sheet, printed on both sides.
Published by JOINT MARKETING & PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD, 1980
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. THE DUST JACKET HAS SIGNS OF WEAR ALONG THE EDGES WITH A TAPE REPAIR AT THE BOTTOM AND SOME DISCOLOURATION MARKS AT THE BACK. THE BOARDS HAVE SOME DISCOLOURATION & ARE SLIGHTLY BUMPED BUT THE GILT LETTERING IS BRIGHT & CLEAR. THE PAGES HAVE LIGHT FOXING AT THE EDGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE & INCLUDE SOME LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHS. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
Published by The Cunard Steam -Ship Co. Ltd, Liverpool, 1954
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). Good condition, 10 quarto bi-fold card menus (5 luncheon and 6 Dinner), fronts printed with variety of colour illustrations, page of recommendations, page of a la carte, last page small description of the illustration, grease strains on Luncheon May 16th, foxing to internal margins of luncheon May 18, also included Landing arrangements "From Southampton to Quebec, Via Le Havre, Friday, May 14th, 1954". [QP].
Published by The Cunard Steam Ship Company Ltd., Liverpool, 1926
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Anson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Octavo. 19pp. White stapled card covers, some minor edge wear and rubbing. Couple of minor nicks to fore-edge of front cover. Staples slightly rusted. Illustrated with colour plates and vignettes by 'Anson'. Internally clean and bright. Booklet produced to advertise the luxury experience one could expect when traveling with Cunard. Very Good copy. Attractive example of 1920's travel ephemera.
Published by The Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited, 1930
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original typescript carbon copy of the Cunard S.S. Co's letter of enquiry to Messrs. Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Dated 'Liverpool, 12th March 1930'. Letter opens as follows: "I am instructed by my directors to hand to you herewith plans for a proposed new Express steamer. on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route". Details follow over 7 foolscap sheets, with 9 supplementary pages of schedules, etc. Swan Hunter's name appears at the top of the list of the three great shipbuilding firms to whom this letter of enquiry was sent (themselves, John Brown and Vickers-Armstrong). The contract was eventually awarded to John Brown's in May, 1930. Unique Maritime Ephemera. Included is a copy of Neil Potter & Jack Frost's biography of The Queen Mary (1971, paperback).