Farrington, Anthony - Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834
Publisher: The British Library, London, 1999.
First edition, hardback, 789 pages, some wear to the transparent plastic dustwrapper, book itself in Very Good condition.
This catalogue provides a complete overview of the East India Company's shipping from its formation in 1600 until it ceased to trade after the Charter Act of 1833. Arranged by ship name, it details over 4500 voyages to Asia performed by 1474 separate ships. With details of the ships, brief summary of each voyage and references for nearly 10,000 journals, logs and associated account books which survive in the company's archives at the British Library. Out of print and hard to find. [Non-philatelic]

£100.00

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Cooke, Sholto - The Maiden City and the Western Ocean
A History of the Shipping Trade between Londonderry and North America in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Morris & Co., Dublin, nd [circa 1961].
Hardback, illustrated, 223 pages + plates, page-edges a little tanned else in Very Good condition.
Non-philatelic but with much useful background history of North Atlantic shipping.

£20.00

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- Neunzig Jahre Hamburg-Amerika Linie
1847-1937
Publisher: Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 1937.
Hardback, illustrated, 48 pages + fold-out map, text in German, slight wear at top of spine, previous owner's gift dedication to front endpaper, in Good condition.
Scarce history of the shipping company published to commemorate its 90th anniversary. Very well illustrated with fine black & white photos of ships, etc.[Non-philatelic].

£24.00

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