Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, 1857-1970: History, fleet, ship mails

SIGNED COLLECTIBLE AS NEW FIRST EDITION dust jacket hardcover, VOLUME TWO, Cordillera Publishing Company, Vancouver, B.C. 1994-5, free tracking number, clean NEW text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; 678 pages WE SHIP FAST. Extensively illustrated, 472 pages. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201605622 SIGNED: "For Ralph Groot: His Volume II of my NDL. Keep Steam on Whistle! This shipping history is worth blowing about. Edwin Dreschel" Drechsel was born in Bremen. His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1924 when his Captain-Father was transferred to New York as Inspector by the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. He is a graduate of Trinity School, of Dartmouth College and of its Amos Tuck Business School. The epic of Norddeutscher Lloyd of Bremen, Germany continues in this second volume as a reflection of much which unfolded as part of the troubled history of modern times. By 1920, a prostrate Germany had lost its entire empire of overseas colonies. All but a handful of its large merchant fleet had been turned over to the victorious allies as reparations. It called for a new start as Norddeutscher Lloyd like other German lines sought to pick up the pieces and reshape itself in the light of a new political and commercial world. The author is a foremost international expert on the great German shipping lines and the history of ship mails, and here presents a masterpiece in two volumes covering what is probably the most exciting period in the history of international shipping commerce. In the period from the middle of the 19th century until the end of the first half ot the 20th, shifts in population, especially to the United States, were massive. The maritime industries of most western European countries flourished, with shipbuilding and shipowning becoming major concerns. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)