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THE LINE THAT DARED: A History of the Union Steam Ship Company

by Gordon McLaughlan

DESCRIPTION ISBN: 0959785302 Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket Publisher: Four Star 1987, 1st edition Size (mm): 195 w x 250 h x 20 d Pages: 205 SKU: A4/2308/0265/U312

ABOUT This history of the Union Steam Ship Company (USSCo) was published to record the centennial of the line, which was founded in Dunedin 1875.

The Union Company, as it was popularly known, grew to be a major shipping enterprise, with is ships trading mainly on the NZ and Australian coasts, trans-Tasman, with trans-Pacific liner services, trading to Asian and Indian ports, establishing a NZ internal airline just prior to WWI and known as Union Airways.

Illustrated throughout with monochrome images.

CONDITION Near new with only light shelf wear on dust jacket.

REMARKS Scarce in this condition. See our other listings on the subject.


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