£80 - £120
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE MARITIME HARDBACK BOOKS
A varied collection of vintage maritime and transport publications, including Reference Works: Brown's Flags & Funnels; History of the Canadian Pacific Line (F.C. Bowen), Technical & Design: How to Draw Merchant Ships (L.W. Sharpe); You and Your Ships (A.C. Hardy); An "Arcform" Ship at Sea (Isherwood & Co), Travel & Souvenirs: Blue Star Line Mediterranean Guide; Souvenir of Port-Said/Suez Canal; Ricordo di Pisa (32 views); Bernese Alps Railway brochure, Illustrated: British Ships (Salmon Colour Book) and modern liner guides, along with The Great Ship Company Limited share certificate, 1859
An original Victorian share certificate for the SS Great Eastern, dated 1st March 1859. Representing one share of £1, this document features a fine embossed oval company seal depicting Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s iron-hulled ‘Great Babe’, issued by the successor company formed to complete the vessel's.
Condition: good, manuscript ink signatures and light age toning
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