Buy this book on-line Noel B Gerson : LinerNew English Library, 1977 ISBN 0450034585
1977 Ex Library. BOOK in black cloth hardcovers with bumping & wear to corners, edges & spine ends, used appearance. PAGES tanned but clean, flat & tightly bound, tanned to edges of page block. DJ bumped & worn to edges, some curling to top & bottom edges, creasing to spine ends, fading to spine, well used appearance. Good readable copy. Book Extract; Her rust and peeling paint had been removed, and the naked hullof the S.S. Columbia gleamed faintly in the weak March sun-shine as the once great liner, looking like a beached whale, com-pletely filled her drydock in the southern New Jersey shipyard.Workmen swarmed over her superstructure, and the air was filledwith the sounds of electric saws, hammers and axes as her expen-sive interior, so highly acclaimed a decade and a half earlier, wasripped out.David Bowen thought the liner was the most beautiful sight inthe world. Parking his convertible in the Columbia Lines lot, hewalked slowly toward the drydock. The last time he had visitedthe yards had been in the early autumn, when the Columbia hadstill been in mothballs, half hidden beneath a coating of plastic,and just a glance in her direction had made him unhappy. Thepride of the American merchant marine, the holder of the transat-lantic Blue Ribbon, with a speed record no other passenger shipwould ever equal, had been a virtual derelict.But now, thanks to a miracle, the Columbia was rising from thedead. A transfusion of new blood and money-vast sums ofmoney-had induced the board of directors to announce that shewas being restored to active service after eight years on the beach.David had been at sea when the news had been made public; infact, he had made two round-trip Atlantic crossings and three Car-ibbean cruises as master of the Aurora in that time, and the enor-mity of the Columbia's resurrection had been difficult for him to, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Acceptable 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 Noel B Gerson : Liner. 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 out of print books, livres d'occasion, collectables, used books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |