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Hard cover book,Shipping Wonders of the World Vol 1 Editor: Clarence Winchester Publisher: The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London. Date: 1936-1937 Further Information: Textured hard cover cloth bound book, burgundy colour with gold lettering. Inscription with owner's details and a list of ships inside the front cover.non-fictionShipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1 & 2 was originally issued not as a single bound book in a set of two volumes but as a weekly part-work magazine with fifty-five instalments, printed and distributed before the complete work was finished across both volumes. The work was published by The Amalgamated Press, London. Amalgamated Press then bound the accumulated parts into two hardcover volumes for purchasers who wanted a permanent set. Booksellers list the publication date as 1936–37 for both volumes, as the books themselves carry no printed date, which is a common trait of part-work bind-ups from magazine issues.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, shipping wonders

Hard cover book,Shipping Wonders of the World Vol 2 Editor: Clarence Winchester Publisher: The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London. Date: 1936-1937 Further Information: Textured hard cover cloth bound book, burgundy colour with gold lettering. Inscription with owner's details and a list of ships inside the front cover.non-fictionShipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1 & 2 was originally issued not as a single bound book in a set of two volumes but as a weekly part-work magazine with fifty-five instalments, printed and distributed before the complete work was finished across both volumes. The work was published by The Amalgamated Press, London. Amalgamated Press then bound the accumulated parts into two hardcover volumes for purchasers who wanted a permanent set. Booksellers list the publication date as 1936–37 for both volumes, as the books themselves carry no printed date, which is a common trait of part-work bind-ups from magazine issues.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, shipping wonders