Dollar Steamship Line Round the World. S.S. President Van Buren, Voyage Thirty-Eight. Bill of Fares. Sailing from August 22nd, to Dec. 2nd, 1935, New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe... New York and Boston. J.F. McPherson, Chief Steward

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Sale 458: Americana - Travel & Natural History - Cartography: with Material from Calvin P. Otto Collection (#458) 07/14/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #48Dollar Steamship Line Round the World. S.S. President Van Buren, Voyage Thirty-Eight. Bill of Fares. Sailing from August 22nd, to Dec. 2nd, 1935, New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe... New York and Boston. J.F. McPherson, Chief Steward

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Dollar Steamship Line Round the World. S.S. President Van Buren, Voyage Thirty-Eight. Bill of Fares. Sailing from August 22nd, to Dec. 2nd, 1935, New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe... New York and Boston. J.F. McPherson, Chief Steward

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Place Published:

At Sea

Date Published:

1935

Description:

Approx. 330 leaves, printed on rectos only. 22x14 cm. (8½x5½"), printed wrappers.

Compilation of all the bills of fare, i.e. menus, for each of the three daily meals aboard the world cruise of the President Van Buren. The meals were large and elaborate (imagine grilled lamb chops on toast for breakfast, cold buffet with prime rib for lunch, roast haunch of veal with brown gravy for dinner); also, instructions were given for adjusting timepieces ("Clocks to be Retarded 30 Minutes During the Night"). The bills of fare were printed on board the ship by Z.W. Zee.

Condition:

Wrappers foxed and stained, some foxing within, very good.

Item#:

213816

Headline:

Bills of Fare for round world cruise 1935
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