Mailships Of The Union-Castle Line

A large-format, sumptuously illustrated history of the Union-Castle Line, with four appendices:1.The Maritime History of South Africa, 2.Mailships of the Union, Castle, and Union-Castle Lines 3.Some Statistics, 4.Badges of Rank, Funnels and Flags. Book condition: very good purple boards, gilt motif on front cover, slight edge-wear, slightly bumped corners, owner inscriptions on top front free end-paper; internally clean and sound condition. Dust-jacket condition: covers have yellowed over time, rubbed and slightly marked, minimal edge abrasions, slight creasing to extremities. Jacket has a two inch fold-over margin top and bottom which has helped prevent edge creasing/wear..