Dollar steamship lines (4 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Brochure 8 x 9" unpaged [4p. including wrappers] that folds in half to about the size of a business envelope. Illustrated with 24 (!) black and white photos, including of one of its steamships with the dollar logo on its funnel and various interiors, and a map showing the routes of Dollar Steamship Lines. [List of] Offices and Agents Dollar Steamship Lines. Stapled booklet in photo pictorial wrappers printed in red., Just hints of wear to extremities, wrappers clean and bright, corners square and flat, just a hint of rust on the staples, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. The Dollar Steamship Line was a major shipping company founded by Captain Robert Dollar (1844-1932), a Scottish-American industrialist born in Scotland, known for its Pacific Ocean routes and a popular round-the-world passenger service launched in 1924. Facing bankruptcy in 1938, the company was taken over by the U.S. Maritime Commission and reorganized as American President Lines (APL). The line was famous for its fleet of "President" liners and for its iconic logo, a white dollar sign on a red funnel. Date determined from the dress of the passengers and from the notation "1-34" at the bottom inside of the rear wrapper. A "must have" for collectors of Dollar Steamship Lines.…

Softcover. Condición: Very Good+. A brochure promoting the direct steamship routes from San Francisco and Los Angeles via Honolulu to Manila and Singapore. Nd [1920]?; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 2 pages.

Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Sailing From Honolulu, November 23, 1932. Includes Guest List, Round the World in a Minute, Map, and Information for Passengers. ; Color Illustrations; Unpaginated pages.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good+. Eighth Edition. Despite the thickness, the booklet is very handsome and tight.; A small travel guide of Manila with many ads, photos, maps, charts, tables. Published in February, 1935. "The only complete Guide Book to the Orient's most charming city." Including a voucher bound in facing pp. 45 as issued.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 112 pages.…