Royal Mail Correct Information Map (1 results)

Three pieces. 1st - 8vo. 16, [4] pp. Colour-illustrated covers, cover art of the RMSP Arcadian, yapp edges, NF; 2nd - 12mo. 2.75 x 3.5 in. [24 pp (unpaginated).], w/ photo illustrations, double-page centerfold map, colour-illustrated softcovers, wraparound cover art of the Road around Harrington Sound; 3rd - 16mo. 3.75 x 5.25 in. which folds out to 21 x 7.5 in. pictorial map printed in black & light blue, decorative borders, lettering, text on verso (minor shelfwear), still all VG, from the library of noted opera singer, Marion Talley (1906-1983), whose name along with her sister & mother appear in the list of passengers. First editions, thus, of these travel items to Bermuda in January of 1930, including the passenger list for the RMSP Arcadian which would be taken out of service later that year in October, as well as two souvenir travel guides and maps. The RMSP Arcadian was originally built as the HMHS Asurias, turned Hospital Ship and torpedoed during World War I, and later as ammunition hulk before Royal Mail purchased her back and converted her into the Arcadian in 1923. Trimingham Brothers was a venerable Bermuda department store in Hamilton, which sold everything from china to perfume, golf shoes to rugs, which sadly closed in 2005 due to severely falling sales. Herrington Co. was a very successful publisher of postcards, travel guides, maps, and souvenirs in Bermuda. No copies in Worldcat.