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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Payne, Kenneth; Brown, Ulick

Ellermans In South Africa

Published: self published, Cape Town, 1992

Edition: 1st

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This book, published 100 years after the first Bucknall ship sailed from London ith cargo for Cape ports, records one company's role in South Africa's seaborne trade over that period. None of the names of the various British shipping companies which traded to South Africa in 1892 is in use today - except that of Bucknalls which is still borne by the South African agency company.

This book traces 70 years of ownership by Sir John Ellerman and his son and tells the intriguing story of why the company thereafter changed hands five times in only 20 years. And now another link with the past has been forged with the acquisition of Ellerman Lines by P&O, the oldest and largest British shipping group whose passenger ships called at the Cape as far back as 1842; 162pp.

Condition: boards, text and illustrations excellent; jacket: top edge creased, two closed tears on front panel have been crudely repaired on the inside with tape; head of spine and top corners worn, lamination on rear panel showing creases.

  • Jacket Condition: good (creased)
  • Binding Condition: very good
  • Overall Condition: good
  • Size: 4to
  • Sold By: Imagine Books
  • Contact Person: Steven Duckworth
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833587398
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT only
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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