THOMAS COOK SHORE EXCURSION NOTICES August 1937. Two passengers' leaflets concerning tourist off-ship landings at Tangier and Gibraltar 5¼" x 9"
ref: marine 4
£5.00 for both

ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP. by Peter Clissold published by Brown ,Son & Ferguson, Glasgow. 2nd enlarged edition reprinted 1942. 12mo 182pp. An inexpensive work written for seaman apprentices and amateurs. Chipped cloth spine and economy boards, scuffed and worn.
ref: marine 5
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TAIT'S NEW SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE Steam and Sail. by Captain James Tait published by Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow. 1943 fouteenth edition reprint. 12mo 442pp. Blue cloth covered boards, much repaired dj.
ref: marine 6
£5.00 for marine 5 and 6

BILL OF LADING DUTY STAMP. A 6d (old pennies) duty levied on exports and impressed on the Bill of Lading. This stamp, designated "Bill of Lading" was in use from 1846 until 1875. This particular stamp is impressed upon a document concerning the shipping of a box of books from London to Madeira in November 1872 on a vessel called "The Star of The East" - master: J.B. Fritzwater.
Document size: 11" x 6"
ref: marine 7
£15.00
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LETTER. Black ink on blue paper clearly and legibly written in French with a printed Heading "Transports" and an address at 8, Austin Friars, London. Dated 10 January 1856. The writer requests details of food costs and mentions three vessels including The City of Manchester and Sea Nymph. It is addressed to: Messrs Pastié frères, Marseilles. Folded and unsealed. Unstamped, bearing six English and French postal marks.
ref: marine 8
£15.00

ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1840 To authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof. Two disbound sheets 11" x 7¼ .
ref: miscell 33
£18.00

COMBINED BOAT & COACH TRIPS in Kent with Motor Vessel Anzio 1 leaving Southend Pier for Canterbury, Herne Bay, Maidstone and Kentish Weald. 1950s. Thames Navigation Co. Ltd and Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd. Single-sided handbill 9" x 5½" portrait orientation printed in maroon and blue on white. Top left corner is missing, cutting two words but meaning is clear.
ref: marine 17
£5.00
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CABIN TICKET - BOOKER LINE LTD., from Demerara to Liverpool on S/S Amakura sailing about 13 April 1956. Double- sided cabin ticket 6½" x ¾" numbered and bearing the company and British Guiana revenue stamps. Condition of Carriage on reverse.
ref: marine 18
£10.00
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EARLY COLOUR PRINT SCRAP Cut from a magazine and mounted on card. 8½" x ¾". c1858. Titled: "Departure of The Princess Royal of England : now Imperial Princess of Germany." The illustration features a twin funnelled, three masted, paddle steamer dressed overall and many skiffs carrying waving well wishers. NB: Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, the Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and after her marriage became Crown Princess of Prussia and later (1888), Her Imperial Majesty, Empress of Germany. She was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm who was the German Emperor during the first world war.
An attractive picture.
ref: royal 16
£8.00
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