CHRONICLE OF THE 1963 GRIPSHOLM CRUISE AROUND SOUTH AMERICA - 1st ed (1963) RARE

Description

(South America) MEMORIES OF THE GRIPSHOLM CRUISE AROUND SOUTH AMERICA: January 18-March 4, 1963. Illustrated with black and white photos, drawings and maps. NP: Swedish American Line, [1963].
First edition
. Octavo.
Limited edition by design
, these books were issued post-cruise and published not only as mementos for the passengers but were also used as a wonderful promotional tool for future cruises.
The Gripsholm was the first new Swedish American Liner, built in Newcastle in 1925, and was also the first diesel-engined transatlantic liner
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Contains all issues of "The Cruise News" issued on the trip around South America and features many articles, entertainment reviews, passenger and crew lists and numerous maps of the cities visited
. Bound in the publisher's burgundy faux-lather spine over creme boards, with gilt-stamped titles. Contents clean and square. The boards are slightly edgeworn.
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