1949 ZGm

Copies examined

British Library: 9102.bb.2
Curwen Press: G36

Title page

[A]2r

ORDEAL BY SEA | [decorative rule] | THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING | COMPANY | IN | THE SECOND WORLD WAR | 1939 – 1945 | BY | SYDNEY D.WATERS | Author of 'Clipper Ship to Motor Liner' | PUBLISHED BY | THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING | COMPANY LIMITED | (INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND) | [rule] | LONDON | 1949

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation

[A]6 B-R8 S4; inserts after [A]1 E7 L5 N5 Q3.

Pagination

[i-xi] xii [1] 2-12 [13] 14-25 [26] 27-42 [43] 44-58 [59] 60-70 [71] 72-82 [83] 84-99 [100] 101-15 [116] 117-28 [129] 130-40 [141] 142-60 [161] 162-72 [173] 174-88 [189] 190-202 [203] 204-11 [212] 213-25 [226] 227-33 [234] 235-7 [238-9] 240 [241] 242 [243] 244-8 [249] 250-4 [255] 256-63 [+1].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8" × 5¼", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial headband, white wove, no mark, inserts of similar thicker paper; 11(+1)pt. Ehrhardt; collotype illustrations on inserts, maps and diagrams in text; casing, red buckram, dark green leather label on spine, gold-blocked: ‘[within border of flowers] ORDEAL | BY SEA | 1939–1945 | * | The | New Zealand | Shipping | Company Ltd’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963