Fyffes (6 results)

Gr.-8°, 4 Blätter, farbig illustrierter Originalumschlag (oben etwas knitterig). Heftung etwas angerostet. [SW-Banane].

Condition: Good. Single sheet dinner menu for the S.S. Tenadores. Menu features grapefruit juice and creamed ham. List of crew members handwritten on the back. Mimeographed. Creasing, marks from photo album on the back. Good.

Condition: fair. First edition, undated but probably circa 1900. Paperback booklet: stapled grey paper wrappers with brown and blue printed titles and picture to front. 48pp. Colour pictorial title page. Introduction on the benefits of eating bananas, followed by Elders & Fyffes fleet list of Banana Steamers and branches, then recipes, with some colour photo illustrations in text. It would seem that consumption of bananas on a widespread scale was fairly new in Britain. Wrappers creased with small corner losses, large split half way along spine, staples rusty in centre though pages holding. Page lower margins have some water stains.Title page bright and largely clean. a Fair copy.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. - 48 pages, over 150 recipes for banana deserts and salads, many illustrated with colour illustrations, coloured title page - [ circa-1910 ] rare Banana cookbook published Elders & Fyffes, a steamship Co. who built a fleet of special banana boats which near monopolized this niche trade at the turn of the century. Rare Cookbooks Banana Cookbook Steamship Companies Fruit Imports to Britain Jamaica Costa Rica Colon Santa Marta Teneriffe Las Palmas Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Anvers, Buschmann,1932, in-8, cartonné écru illustré en couleurs, 36 pages. Ouvrage publicitaire numéroté sur papier d'Auvergne fait à la main (n° 576), tiré à 1000 exemplaires. Edité à l'occasion du centenaire de cette firme spécialisée dans l'alimentaire. Avec un envoi de la firme en anglais. Légères usures au dos, intérieur très frais. . Illustrateur : BUSCHMANN (J.E.). (illustrator). …

Linthouse Glasgow, Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Shipbuilders - Elders & Fyffes Shipping Ltd, September 1957, album, oblong in-folio, 30 x 40 cm, blue cloth with gilt title on front cover ; contains 30 original photographs size 237 x 298 mm, mounted on stiff boards, with carefully calligraphed captions, one title page with calligraphed title (made for the shipbuilders, it mentions them as builders and Elders & Fyffes as owners). This beautiful and well preserved album was obviously made upon the completion of the ship. It shows overall views and many details of cabins, decks and the banana bins. The Changuinola was a purpose built banana ship with a limited number of passenger cabins. It was the second ship with this name owned by Fyffes. Tons 6293. In 1970 it was transferred to '' Empressa Hondurena de Vapores S.A. '' at Puerto Cortez, renamed Omoa. It was scrapped in 1975. The large fine photographs give an excellent idea of the equipment and interior decorations of this passengers carrying cargo ship. A few years after its launching the passenger cabin facility became obsolete due to the appearence of the jetliner.…