[Rarebooks] FS: Two Uncommon British Steamship Pamphlets

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(MARITIME) AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE OF THE STEAM
SHIP GREAT BRITAIN, Lieut. Hosken, Commander; Together with a Lengthy
Description of the Vessel, Her Engines, Propeller, Fittings, &c. &c.
Illustrated with 17 Engravings on Wood. Liverpool: Printed by Messrs.
Lace and Addison. 1845. (18)pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the
vessel and text woodcuts. Orig. printed pink wrappers, reinforced
(repaired) with repair/tissue paper in a few places.  The "Great
Britain" was the largest vessel on the seas in 1845.

(MARITIME) Willits, Alphonso Albert. THE "ATLANTIC EXTRA," OR JOURNAL
OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF THE STEAMSHIP 'ATLANTIC."... Offices of the
"White Star" Line. Ismay, Imrie & Co... (Liverpool: C. Tinling & Co.,
General Printers. 1871). 8vo. (4),(3)-26,(2)pp. Including a passenger
list of this voyage. The final leaf is the log and passenger list of
the second voyage of the "screw-steamer Oceanic" that crossed the
Atlantic in 8 days and 7 hours. Title & text within red ruled borders.
Woodcut vignette of the Atlantic on title page and front wrapper. Orig.
printed salmon wraps, lightly soiled, old tape repair at bottom
fore-corner.

NET PRICE FOR THE TWO $200.00

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