c1912-c1925 A Voyage With The Mails Between Brisbane - London

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth.

Dated from the passenger notes on the journey. Copies of this memento were first published in 1911 and subsequently published for later voyages.

An interesting pair of mementos provided to passengers on the journey between Brisbane and London. Comprised of notes on the voyage, details of the various stops in places including Gibraltar, Naples, Melbourne and others, as well as the effect of The Great War on travel.

One volume contains information relating to the voyage from Adelaide to London on the R. M. S. Orieto between November 1st to December 7th 1912. The second volume presents a voyage on the R. M. S. Ormonde from Tilbury to Brisbane between the 3rd January to the 16th February 1924. The second is a later, post-war edition, with a preface acknowledging the post-war changes.

Each volume contains handwritten information from the passenger, presenting details of the ship, the table arrangements at dinner and other notes on the journey.

Illustrated with over one-hundred original photographs by an amateur photographer to each volume.