A 2 Volume Companion Set As Follows:
Beancaker To Boxboat - Steamship Companies In Chinese Waters (329 Pages)
By H.W. Dick & S.A. Kentwell
Published by The Nautical Association Of Australia Inc: Melbourne 1988 1st Edition
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Sold East - Traders, Tramps and Tugs Of Chinese Waters (337 Pages)
By H.W. Dick & S.A. Kentwell
Published by The Nautical Association Of Australia Inc: Melbourne 1991 1st Edition
"This valuable two-volume companion set by H.W. Dick and S.A. Kentwell offers a deeply researched and richly detailed account of commercial and coastal shipping in Chinese waters during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Beancaker to Boxboat (1988) examines the rise, operation and eventual transformation of the major steamship companies that served China's coastal, river, and international routes. The authors trace the evolution from traditional "beancakers" and regional traders to the modern boxboat era, documenting ownership, ship types, political pressures, and the shifting dynamics of East Asian maritime commerce. Illustrated with company histories, ship lists and archival material, it provides an authoritative reference for anyone interested in merchant marine operations in the region.
Its companion volume, Sold East (1991), shifts focus to the colourful and often precarious world of independent traders, tramps and tug operators who plied the same waters under far less structured conditions. This volume explores the small shipping firms, harbour craft, post-war surplus ships, and improvised maritime ventures that helped shape the economic life of Chinese ports. With detailed register data, fleet notes and historical commentary, the authors reconstruct a vibrant maritime landscape populated by ships of every description—from battered coastal freighters to hard-worked harbour tugs—set against the turbulence of war, revolution and rapid industrial change.
Published by The Nautical Association of Australia Inc., both volumes are produced to high scholarly and archival standards, reflecting the Association's commitment to documenting maritime history not well covered by commercial publishers. Together they offer one of the most comprehensive English-language studies on shipping in Chinese waters and will strongly appeal to maritime historians, ship enthusiasts, collectors of nautical reference works and anyone interested in the commercial seafaring heritage of East and Southeast Asia.Is this conversation helpful so far?"
Light wear and chipping to dust jackets. Both books are clean, well presented and in very good condition overall. An excellent 2 volume companion set. Please study photos to further understand condition.
