Safmarine 50
by Ingpen, Brian (author), and Willie le Roux (research)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1874950113
- ISBN 13
- 9781874950110
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Fernwood Press, for Safmarine, 1996) 1874950113. 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 176, incl. index; liberally illustrated with photographs and artwork of personalities, ships and events associated with the firm's history. Fine condition. "This is a stirring tale of dedicated people who, in fifty short years, have built a shipping giant from nothing, other than an idea. The whole story is here: the good years and the not so good; the triumphs and the tragedies ... In these pages, you will read of the many ships and events that made Safmarine what it is today, a company to which every Safmariner can feel proud to belong." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10982
- Title
- Safmarine 50
- Author
- Ingpen, Brian (author), and Willie le Roux (research)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1874950113
- ISBN 13
- 9781874950110
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Fernwood Press, for Safmarine, 1996) 1874950113
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- This edition first published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Commercial shipping operations. South African shipping lines. Merchant shipping Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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