The Queen Elizabeth: The Worlds Greatest Ship
Author:
WINCHESTER, CLARENCE (ed.) & BIRD, P. R. (ed.)
Title:
The Queen Elizabeth: The Worlds Greatest Ship
Publisher:
Winchester Publications 1947
Description:
Contains a lot of related ephemera including RMS Queen Elizabeth Pin in protective case, 2x pieces of A5 paper with RMS QE letterheads, and several newspaper articles relating to its sinking in 1972. Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and motifs to spine and front board, illus eps, xii+148pp, illus, scruffy (light bruising with surface loss to spine, moderate rubbing with surface loss to boards, moderate bruising/fraying to corners, various instances of surface loss to eps from cellotape, 2cm closed tear to front gutter - repaired with cellotape - no tape staining, 'compliments of' paper cellotaped to fep, large owners signature/address in ink to prelims - it seems the owner acquired the book on the RMS QE and is thusly inscribed, damage to prelims where memorial pin has sat, cracked gutter at title, text block itself is still in lovely condition with nice bright plates) in d/w, Poor (heavy creasing with surface loss, many small tears with and without surface loss, top 2cm of spine missing, 2cm patch of surface loss to front motif - extensive attempts at repairs with archival tape, price clipped, heavy rubbing, moderate tanning)
Keywords:
boats ships rms queen elizabeth history cruise liner
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