| Description | Incomplete set of North of Scotland & Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company Ltd brochures, advertising the sailings of Caithness, Orkney and Shetland steamers. Consists of 'delightful summer tours in Norway' (1897, including a map); brochures for 1906, 1911, 1913-1914, 1922 [two copies], 1924, 1926, 1937 [two copies], 1939 [two copies], and 1946 - 1973 [one or two copies each]. 1957 brochure includes the following note: 'Oil Emergency. We are reluctantly compelled to apply a Surcharge of 5% on Passage and Inclusive Cruise Fares, due to the staggering rise in the cost of Oil, upon which the maintenance of our service is entirely dependent'. |