The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900. Alan Bott. 1972 1st edition. BT Batsford, London

The sailing ships of the NZ Shipping Company voyaged between England and New Zealand bringing settlers and goods to the new world and taking back wool, other produce and later frozen meat until they were superseded by steam ships The Company later became part of P&O

Description and history of each of the 18 sailing ships, with photos, all of which were disposed of by 1899 How the ships were named The Mataura, which sailed from Dunedin in 1882, was the second ship to take frozen meat to the UK

List of original shareholders Names of Directors Account of a passage in the Waimate, 1881 Repro of a menu of a dinner held at Lyttleton in 1883 in celebration of the opening of the new dock by the ship Hurunui

Old photos incl: many ships; plans; portraits with repros of signatures; repros of documents; early NZ ports; South West India Dock, London; Haslam’s cargo refrigeration machine 8 full page coloured plates: repros of paintings of ships

160pp; b/w photos; b/w and coloured illustrations; maps; builder’s plans incl fold-out; index; appendices; voyage maps on epps; large hard covers; very good condition; light foxing to prelims and closed page edges Dust Jacket, mylar covered; very good condition

The history of the Company is fascinating, the history of the ships even more so. This is the major work on this subject and not easy to find

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