British Sports and Sportsmen. Volume 11. The story of shipping

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Author(s) Unknown
Publication type Monograph
Year published c1932
Pages 497pp; illus
Publisher Sports & Sportsmen
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Business profiles & biographies

Notes:

Contains a lengthy account of the history of British shipping and of the passenger trades. Also shorter sections on shipping at London; Clyde, Mersey; Tyne and North East; Humber; Bristol Channel; Southampton; Manchester Ship Canal. Also short profiles of 168 'personalities in the shipping world' albeit focusing on their non business activities