Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "The Empresses were the finest, fastest liners on the Pacific. They forged a link across the North Pacific from the west coast of Canada to Japan, China, and later the Philippines that lasted for over 50 years. This is the dramatic story of the Canadian Pacific's Empresses on the trans-Pacific service, from record-breaking runs and million-dollar silk cargoes to typhoons and war service." - dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with over 400 magnificent black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations, maps, timetables and scale drawings, together with detailed text and fleet lists. 290 pages. Index. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Original 1983 credit card purchase receipt laid-in. A quality copy of this exceptional history. ; 4to; Signed by Author
Title: The Pacific Empresses: An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railway's Empress Liners on the Pacific Ocean
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0919462618
ISBN-13: 9780919462618
Location Published: Victoria, B.C., Sono Nis Press: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Inscription: Signed by Author
Categories: British Columbia, Transportation, Nautical, Empress Liners
Seller ID: 839h1721
Keywords: empress liners pacific empresses canadian pacific steamships ltd. - history ocean liners
