P&O Steam Navigation Company Executive Presentation Miniature Dictionary Set (4 Volumes Cased)

Language: English

Published by Burgess & Bowes Ltd., London, 1960

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SCARCE 1960 HISTORICAL LINER MEMORABILIA - VIP EXECUTIVE P&O CASING WITH COMPLIMENTS SLIP - 4-VOLUME MINIATURE DICTIONARY SET IN UNUSED FINE+ CONDITION: COLLATION: 4 distinct miniature volumes. Midget 32mo Series (approx. 8cm x 5.5cm). Bound uniformly in premium original dark blue publisher's leather wrappers, spines lettered in gilt. Page blocks finished with a bespoke, stylized cream and brown marbled edge pattern explicitly commissioned for this P&O run. Housed inside its original matching blue leather deluxe 'docking station' holding chamber, structurally designed with a flat-sitting base, an upright back panel, and dual wing sides set at precise 45-degree angles to display the fanned volumes dynamically. Case features a sharp P&O corporate crest stamped in bright gilt to one side. Accompanied by the exceptionally scarce, original executive calling card displaying the P&O emblem at the header and text reading: 'With the compliments of the Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company', which lays seamlessly across the front of the inner fanned console layout. Compliments card hosts a highly valuable, contemporary pencil date provenance log reading '1960'. No ISBN issued.CONDITION & ATTRIBUTES: An exceptional, archival-grade museum group presenting in pristine, unused Fine Plus (Fine+) condition overall. Dictionaries are completely unread, square, flat, and crisp, showcasing stark white pages and flawlessly bright marbled edges. Noted attribute: the stamped gilt lettering to the exposed spine panels shows entirely standard, age-appropriate minor dulling, remaining stable. The unique leather docking station holding chamber is structurally rigid, clean, and perfectly sound. Included volumes: 1. English Dictionary; 2. English-French; 3. English-Spanish; 4. English-Italian. A wonderful, complete maritime social history survivor.…

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Title
P&O Steam Navigation Company Executive Presentation Miniature Dictionary Set (4 Volumes Cased)
Author
Burgess & Bowes Ltd (Commissioned by P&O)
Publisher
Burgess & Bowes Ltd., London
Publication year
1960
Condition
As New
Dust jacket
Matching Holding Case
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition Thus
Dimensions
32mo - over 4 - 5" tall
Seller catalogs
DICTIONARIES, SHIPPING, Nautical, Maritime Interest

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