Description and condition: Maroon cloth hardback, gilt spine titles, 8vo, 183pp, index of advertisers, many illustrations, some in colour, maps. Very good, recently re-bound with the original colour card covers bound in. There is a small area of browning to the bottom margin area of the map of Southampton waters and a small rust stain on the same, the front cover has a strip of blue tape along the spine side, which looks like the remains of an earlier repair, else in superb condition.
Contents: The official Red Funnel handbook for 1939. Many good illustrations. The company; general manager's foreword; "Red Funnel Stuff" tugs, tenders, trips, transport; paddle placidity; a Queen comes home; how a ship is launched; M.V. Vecta; photography at sea; sunshine cruises in enchanted waters. This is a VERY SCARCE title. |
