Charles F. Morris — Origins, Orient and Oriana

Brighton, Teredo Books Ltd, 1980. First edition. Cloth. This first edition, first impression of an abundantly illustrated examination of the history and design faults of two important liners, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work.With almost two hundred photographs appearing as vignette illustrations in the text, including nine colour plates, in addition to more than twenty monochrome diagrams of ships.This copy with the original unclipped dust wrapper.The Orient Steam Navigation Company was a British shipping company with origins in the late eighteenth century. This is a detailed historical overview and design critique of two of the company's most important liners, the Orient (owned 1853-1925) and the Oriana (owned 1960-1966). In the original publisher's full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very excellent with just fractional bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Wrapper is likewise excellent with just marginal edgewear. Internally, firmly bound with lovely, bright, clean pages. H. K. Lockyer (Booksellers) stamp to the bottom edge of the recto of the rear free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Multiple photographs from the National Maritime Museum's collection. Near Fine/Fine.