These APL award trophies are very well crafted and sinfully heavy. This one needs a little polish and love and will look right at home among other ship models. Beastly Heavy … you could cause injury with this …

Great little passenger list for the lovely intimate America with some minor bumps and signs of age.

Matson’s version of a deck plan was called a room plan and this one is a great post war plan for the Lurline. Now I have to Admit , Matson reused the name Lurline so many damn times I don’t know off the top of my head which 1930’s ship this was actually was originally. Great condition

I love these great deck plan booklets that AE did for their ships in the 60’s. These are sturdy and well done … love the graphics!

4 menus from the famous Americian Flagship! These  do have some bumped edges and some discoloration 2 for Breakfast and 2 for dinner .. all different dates and voyages.

Great Gala Menu dated June 9. 1962. Lots of good food … Captain Alexanderson in charge. A small stain inside … could be a spot from wine.

Super lot of menus … 3 Breakfast and 4 luncheon from a voyage in November of 1954. These folks ate very well. In nice clean used condition.

So famous was the SSUS when she was launched, many manufacturers capitalized on her image and story. This needle packet is almost complete and bears a cartoony image of the mighty ship! IT Sparkles!

Lovely set of 6 menus … some from the Brazil and some form the Argentina . There are 7 total ( one is a blank) .. though one is hiding in the photo as only six menus are shown (damn the camera man). The art work on these menu’s is the real prize!

A good solid mini deck plan for the Big U! It was folded oddly at one point and has a few edge blemishes so I’d judge it to be in average plus condition .. a good item for reference!

Great lovely set of deck plans for the American “sunlane” sisters. Excellent condition.

The BEST brochure ever done for America’ Proud speedy Flagship. Designed and filed with renderings by Lester Beal .. this is a world of 50’s graphic design at its best …24 pages of glory with an unforgettable centerfold of the ship that would make Hugh Hefner blush! Exceptionally Excellent Condition.

Even in 3^rd class … these folks ate like royalty. Excellent Graphics… made to look like an officers uniform sleeve, with gold banding and star.

Great Cabin Passenger list for the voyage leaving Hamburg July 18^th 1931. Great Compass Graphics.

Lovely cabin Passenger List for the voyage Leaving Hamburg July 8^th, 1930 and a nice Concert invite for June 15^th.

Excellent condition!

Lovely set of postcards for both sisters … shown with hulled, so later in their careers.

Probably the most detailed and through book on the “refit” of the Leviathan for passenger service. The Americans were certainly proud of this magnificent war prize that gave our nation our first giant flagship. WF Gibbs was on cloud nine as well. Packed with lots of historic info and filled with pictures and period ads etc. The cover has a little wear, a bit of the lower left hand side is detached from the binding.

Excellent copy of the best book ever written about the SS United States by impassioned author Frank O. Braynard. This is still the go to work on the ship from her (and WF Gibbs) early history to her sale to US Cruises in late 1979. Fancy wrapped dust jacket and excellent condition … I’m sure this was once someone’s cherished copy.

Great like new copy … this was a basic republication of FOB’s thriller “The Big Ship”, with some added text from Preservationists Robert Westover and Susan Gibbs. Susan is still fighting to save the vessel her grandfather designed and built! Please help join her …www.savetheunitedstates.org.  Excellent book!

Excellent color and Portrait President Van Buren Writing Paper and Envelope. A little yellow discoloration from age … but excellent overall.

Excellent and rare deck of cards for the Merchants and Miners Line! The cards are all present and in excellent condition for being open and lightly used … The box is not in great shape at all.

Great 1959 copy of the America’s Miniature deck plan. These plans subtly changed year to year with refits, updates and new photography. Great shape!

Once of the best books written about the ship … certainly a book Billy poured the good parts of his soul into (with keen FOB Oversight). The forward is by Margaret Truman Daniels.. Harry’s daughter who was on the SSUS maiden crossing. Well written and lots of great photos. excellent author unsigned copy. An excellent read of the ships life until the early 1990’s.

A super great copy of the Superliner United States Billings book. The dust jacket is intact … though cello taped in a  few spots and kind of scuffed. A great read … especially from the standpoint of the ship being new and the true pride Americans had in their achievement. Great line drawn renderings inside.