Dec 14, 2006 - Sale 2098

Sale 2098 - Lot 688

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD. Register of Ships owned by the United States Shipping Board. Fifth Edition. Profusion of deck plans for the vessels owned. Oblong folio, original cloth, worn; hinges entirely cracked and text block loose but secure; some fraying along fore-edges, affecting a few of the plans. Washington, 1920

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Important reference source for the rebirth of American passenger and merchant service. The Shipping Board almost single-handedly directed America's re-entry to world shipping after the First World War. Liners seized from belligerent powers became the cornerstone of the American passenger liner fleet.