Ocean Liner Postcards in Marine Art 1900‐1945

When a book deals with a specialised aspect of a specialised subject, the result is often of interest only to a few readers; but in this case, as will soon be apparent, we find a book which will be attractive to followers of both of the general topics addressed. On the one hand, there is an introduction explaining how to obtain old postcards, what to collect, what prices might be expected, and so on, together with information on the development of postcards in general. It is explained that as the heyday of postcards coincided with the peak period of passenger...