We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents This is the first serious study of these cards which combine artistic and maritime interest in their depiction of a vanished era. This book contains a concise history of the picture postcard, and includes practical notes for collectors:
– how to collect.
- what to look for.
– a list of the major firms engaged in shipping publishing. The history of the passenger liner is traced from the days of Brunel to after the Second World War. Two hundred artists’ postcards from the author’s comprehensive collection illustrate in full colour the ships plying the ‘Blue Riband’ routes and sailing to Canada. the South Atlantic, India, the Indies. Australasia and the Far East. Famous names like Lusitania, Mauretania and Titanic are illustrated here alongside other less well- known vessels recalling bygone days of leisured and luxury travel, many of them lost in disasters or in the service of their countries in the two world wars. A good, colourful artist’s impression of a big liner is far more attractive than a dull photographic card and the postcard publishers and liner companies sought out artists who specialised in marine work. sometimes established artists but often poster illustrators. Some of Britain’s best 20th century artists (Dixon and Spurling, for example) created these little masterpieces. which have been sought by collectors ever since. Short biographies of these artists, with comments on their work, round off this fascinating volume.
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