Cunard Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers - Liverpool, London, New York & Boston, Via Queenstown - Second Cabin Rates and Plans

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Scarce pamphlet advertising the Cunard Steamship Line published in 1907. Pamphlet has light pink wrappers with title and b&w image of steamship on front, and a list of agents and representatives on back. Wrappers have light foxing and soiling, and moderate wear to spine, with a small tear near bottom of spine. Pamphlet is string bound and unpaginated. Text block has light toning and foxing, and some leaves have light soiling. Previous owner has written in pen and pencil on second page. This booklet provides information for second cabin rates and plans, and includes photographs and diagrams of passenger steamers such as the Ivernia, Campania, Lucania, Umbria, Etruria, Carmania, Caronia and Saxonia. Advertised on the first page are the two 32,500 ton turbine steamers, the Lusitania and the Mauretania; at that time still being completed. The Lusitania sunk in 1915, torpedoed by a German submarine, and was one of many war losses at sea during World War I. The Cunard Line, a British-American company, was started in 1839 by Samuel Cunard and continued to operate, albeit under different names, until 1998 when it was acquired by the Carnival Corporation. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall. N° de ref. del artículo 013594

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