The Wireless News. Souvenir Edition. R.M.S. Tahiti. Union Royal Mail Line
by R. M. S. Tahiti
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Pacific Ocean: RMS Tahiti. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Tears and chips to margins of wrappers and first leaf.; Memorabilia from one year before the loss of the vessel. [36] pages. Page dimensions: 286 x 214mm. Also included is a "Souvenir Programme" for a "Combined Conert, Dance, Prize-Giving and Farewell Evening" on the Second Saloon Deck, July 31st, 1929. The programme has the signatures and addresses of 17 passengers, including passengers from England, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Bermuda. Also included is a ephemera for the Tahiti Cup Meeting of the RMS Tahiti Jockey Club, 25 July 1929. The RMS Tahiti was a New Zealand passenger steam ship. It sailed between San Francisco and Sydney, stopping at New Zealand and Tahiti. In August 1930 the ship sank 400 miles from Rarotonga, after a propeller shaft broke and created a hole in the stern of the ship. All passengers were saved. [Internet Reference: wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32137]. "As our 7,330 mile journey draws to a close and San Francisco, metaphorically speaking, is within walking distance, we take this opportunity of presenting a resume of the good ship's progress on this memorable trip which commenced on the afternoon of July 12th at Sydney." - page (7). ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10862
- Title
- The Wireless News. Souvenir Edition. R.M.S. Tahiti. Union Royal Mail Line
- Author
- R. M. S. Tahiti
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- RMS Tahiti
- Place of Publication
- Pacific Ocean
- Date Published
- 1929
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Fair
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Jacket
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