Buy this book on-line Anderson-Morshead A E M : The Building of the "Chauncy Maples”(UMCA) , London, 1903
1st edn. 124+4 pages, 13 photographs. Describes the fund-raising for the ship, her construction in Glasgow, her journey to Nyasaland and her assembly at Fort Johnston and Malindi, the launch and the missionary work of the ship on the Lake; the ship was named after the Bishop of Nyasaland (who drowned in the Lake), was used for many years at Likoma & Malindi and around the Lake; she was sold to Malawi Railways & Harbours and is still used as a passenger ship around the shores of Lake Malawi/Nyasa; hardback, eps & a few pages lightly foxed, original red boards, gilt lettering, photograph of the ship as pastedown to front board, almost v.g., a very rare book indeed Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Anderson-Morshead A E M : The Building of the "Chauncy Maples” . Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, livres illustrées, incunabula, atlases and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |