The union castle (5 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. 16mo. A good set. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Robert Hale Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. gilt titles to blue cloth 576 pages with many coloured plates and route maps, town plans and two large folding maps to inside front cover, also original Standard Bank bookmark attached to red ribbon, DJ is tatty and rubbing to covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

London, Mardon, Son & Hall, 1954, Quer-Gr.-8°, 16 S., mit farbigen Abbildungen, illustrierter Original-Broschureinband in guter Erhaltung (IKO).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition Nd. c. 1948. View of the ship and large number of interior views throughout. Coloured pictorial card wrappers with a fine view of The Pretoria Castle on the front cover. Some light creasing to the corners, else really lovely bright clean copy. Oblong quarto format. Scarce. Illustrated throughout. (ilustrador).…

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folding plan for the accommodation aboard the Durban Castle. Built in 1938 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 17382, a length of 594ft, a beam of 76ft and a service speed of 18.5 knots. She was built for the Round Africa service and inaugurated the practice of naming ships after non-existent South African castles. The ship saw wartime service as a troop transport then in 1947 she was refurbished and resumed service, initially on the mail service, and then on the Round Africa service. The ship is perhaps most famous for the murder of actress Gay Gibson in 1947, responsibility for her murder lay with steward James Camb, suspected of killing the 21-year-old and pushing her body out of the porthole into the shark-infested Atlantic Ocean. The scene of the crime, cabin 126, can be found on this plan. A few small stains, some minor creasing and a couple of small nicks/losses to lower edge. Overall a 'Very Good' copy. Maritime Ephemera.…