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19562 vols., 8vo., First Edition (of first work), First UK Edition (of second work) , with plates and endpaper plans, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (first work); blue boards, black cloth back lettered in silver (second work), both very good, bright, clean copies in unclipped dustwrapper. The first work remains the best general account of the 'Titanic' disaster, and the basis of Roy Ward Baker's memorable feature film (1958) starring starring Kenneth More in one of his finest roles. The sequel collects new thoughts, theories and revelations on the disaster. Dustwrapper artwork by Ley Kenyon (first work) and Vittoria Semproni (second work).
réf. 20854No place English. Dated at end 'May 1912'. 4pp. 4to. On three leaves. In fair condition aged and creased. The poem headed 'Titanic' is 64 lines long divided into 15 stanzas the first ten numbered and is signed and dated at the end following 'R.I.P.' 'William Hall May 1912'. The verse is heartfelt and devout in style something of a cross between Walt Whitman and William McGonagall. Apparently unpublished. The author is unknown but the poem reflects the popular response to the celebrated maritime disaster. The four stanzas on the first page read: 'T'was sic the eve of the Day of Rest That the mighty Leviathan Plowed her way through the Ocean's Sleeping breast. Lis't sic to the throb of her stately tread Mark her proportions From anchor to lofty head Its harmony sublime True to her name Titanic = the vast Immensity with triumphant symmetry bold Tis like the pondrous Greeks sculptured cast This though is silent this energy untold. Her maiden voyage! See how she sweeps along Joyful and free but alas alas The retreating waves echo Alpha and Omega = The first and the last.' The poem continues through the remaining eleven stanzas with references to 'Gloomy forebodings' and 'silent heroism'. The Titanic's captain is envisioned as a 'noble figure on yonder sloping bridge' 'As the hymn "Nearer my God to thee" Wafts its kindly benediction from below.' Final stanza: 'So do not mourn nor fret their loss They are in His Presence & tender care Rather learn from the Vast never mind what it costs That in our life the Eternal God must have a share'. No place [English]. Dated at end 'May 1912'. unknown
1930réf. 6645ALondon, Witherby, 1930. 8°. 239 Seiten. Mit 1 Karte u. 6 Tafeln. OLeinenband. Rücken oben 5 mm eingerissen.
réf. DADAX1338133993New unknown
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo from deck of battleship "North Carolina" with guns firing; Two pages of photos from the Russian front include an armoured Russian train about to be blown up, a Soviet armoured car ablaze, German troops occupying the city of Dniepropetrovsk, a crippled panzer unit, terrified horses as shells explode nearby, large Soviet motorized gun, and bridge blown up by the Soviets on their retreat from Narva; photo of De Gaulle inspecting Free French troops in Surrey; Photo of Averill Harriman with Lord Beaverbrook, Mr. Eden and M. Maisky; Photo of rail crash wreckage in Cheshire where nine died; Photos of the Shah of Iran and the former Crown Prince of Iran, Shahpoor Mohammed Riza; Two pages of photos showing Russia's women at war - determined to take over men's jobs and hold key positions in U.S.S. R. workshops; Detailed illustrations explain the Acoustic Mine - a new terror of the under-sea war; Photo of HItler and Mussolini strolling through a devastated Russian village; Six photos of Russia's industrial might; Photos of Lieut.-Comdr. G.A. Thring and Squad.-Leader J.H. Thompson; Photo of Captain Margesson presenting award to Sandhurst cadet N.B. Erskine; Illustrated article explains the life of a sailor with a corvette on convoy escort duty; Centredold illustration of convoy at sea; Seven intimate photos of the Royal family at home; Wow! photos of thousands of tanks inspected by the King - the greatest concentration of armoured land forces that has ever been witnessed in Great Britain; Photos of the new Handley Page "Halifax" bomber; Photos of the latest cannon-firing "Spitfire"; Photos of scorched earth to infrastructure and coal in Spitzbergen before the residents are removed to Britain - including photo of Canadian officers Brigadier Potts of Saskatoon and Major Geoffrey Walsh of Oakville; Photos illustrated "Luftwaffe Life-Boats" - pneumatic craft carried as small packs; Two pages with nine *fascinating* photos of the primitive people of Tierra Del Fuego; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary WWII issue. Book
1958Features: Letters about Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum - marvel or monstrosity?; Seeds of Revolt in Red China? - Richard Hughes writes of the chances of Chiang returning to the mainland; Close-Up of the First Earth Satellite - The U.S. will soon re-attempt to place a satellite in orbit some 225,000 miles up to study the moon; Children in a Crucible - "An account of the impact of the process of desegregation upon both white and Negro children at the high school in Clinton, TN, which was bombed after twelve Negro children were integrated with the 700 white students two years ago, as described by teacher Margaret Anderson; In Defense of the Politician - by Senator Richard L. Neuberger; 'To Learn and Teach the Truth' - Evaluating the performance of UNESCO; How to Mix a Cocktail Party ; A Painting That Tells Modern Art's Story - A Cezanne masterpiece sold last month for $616,000, exemplifying its soaring prestige; Why Russian Women Work Like Men; End of the Boffolo Texensis; Marks of Office - Photos of interesting items in Washington offices; Visitors to the U.N. headquarters in New York; Great color-photo ad for Rheingold Extra Dry beer features photo of Madelyn Darrow, Miss Rheingold 1958 in motorboat; Classy one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Noel Coward sipping tea in pounding surf; Article on Boy Scouts; Photos of women's fashions for enchanted; Photos of various fashionable home heating stoves; Four photos from the making of "A Night to Remember" about the Titanic; Six photos of the Aga Khan IV at Harvard; The New York Horse Show; and more. 92 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
réf. SONG1621252078Used: Good unknown
1913Attractive black and white photos and illustrations in text. Includes Panama Canal construction. The highlight of this article is the eleven-page article on the Rescue of Titanic survivors by the Carpathia. This article includes twelve black and white photos and is a must for Titanic collectors. Almost two inches thick - a substantive volume in marbled boards with maroon trim. Somewhat above-average wear. Narrow opening in binding at first page, which is partially loose. Narrow opening along back hinge. Usual library markings. Liquid paper applied to upper corner of front free endpaper. A worthy copy. Book
réf. DADAX0670589330New unknown
1988réf. 385551988. Matted and framed. Fine. Framed size: 22 x 20 inches ; image size: 15 x 12 inches. Watercolor signed but illegible birthday inscription. Wonderful watercolor drawing of passengers walking the deck. unknown
1988réf. 385551988. Matted and framed. Fine. Framed size: 22 x 20 inches ; image size: 15 x 12 inches. Watercolor signed but illegible birthday inscription. Wonderful watercolor drawing of passengers walking the deck. unknown books
réf. DADAX0762435046New unknown
réf. 97101875. Gibson & Sons Penzance & Scilly Isles. Three striking unfamiliar photographs the last two in particular excellent compositions of a significant historical event. The three slides are bound in 8 cm glass squares with none of the glass shattered and the images themselves in good condition clear and unfaded. Each mount carries the stamp of the photographers Gibson & Sons. With numbered labels carrying a shelfmark. Each mount titled in manuscript. ONE: ' Schiller" wreck. Lifeboat in which Survivors came ashore'. Shows the white lifeboat with 'SCHILLER' and 'HAMBURG' on the bow on a beach with the background showing sailing ships in the bay. TWO: ' "Schiller" wreck - Digging the last graves. <> Scilly'. Striking composition showing five workmen toiling among stones before a country wall in front of which appears to be a long row of wooden markers. Stone building and horse in background. THREE: 'Schiller wreck at Scilly. A Funeral.' Strking composition show a large group of people one lady with an umbrella gathered around a country grave with metal railings with a stone building behind. The Schiller has been dubbed in the title of a 2001 book by Keith Austin 'The Victorian Titanic'. It is said that the German army in both world wars were instructed to spare the Scilly Isles in recognition of the inhabitants' assistance to the survivors of the wreck. [1875.] Gibson & Sons, Penzance & Scilly Isles. unknown
1912réf. 101999Newspaper large folded newsprint sheets some ad illustration 12 pp. Probably removed paper is browned and brittle but mostly intact some small tears and chips at extremities pages partially split at center fold small hole in page of one article with loss of a letter or two paper name label on front page covering a letter or two of the lead Titanic article rubber stamp in upper right corner not affecting text front page indicates 22 pages but there are only 12 with this paper but it appears complete and all the Titanic articles are in these pages. While published about five days after the Titanic disaster this paper is full of articles on the sinking. The lead article provides details on testimony of second officer Lightoller which he gave to the American Congressional inquiry. However there are many articles on the subject and some of which appear to be the start of various Titanic legends and myths. A widowed woman tells how the men of the Titanic were "needlessly sacrificed and how she saw some men dressed as women to get into life boats. While the captain is praised for going down with the ship another article has American Senator Raymond denouncing White Star Managing Director Bruce Ismay who was CEO of the company as a coward he survived by getting into one of the boats and the person who risked lives for speed. Another article praises Col. John Jacob Astor who helped save a boy’s life by getting him on a boat when he was refused by a member of the crew there is also a story of how wireless operator Philips was pulled from the sea but died in a lifeboat. There is also one of the first reports about how first officer William Murdock shot a passenger aand than turned the gun on himself. The rescue by the Carpathia is covered and a strange comment on how some Chinese Coolies survived by hiding under lifeboat seats.
1912réf. 101999Newspaper large folded newsprint sheets some ad illustration 12 pp. Probably removed paper is browned and brittle but mostly intact some small tears and chips at extremities pages partially split at center fold small hole in page of one article with loss of a letter or two paper name label on front page covering a letter or two of the lead Titanic article rubber stamp in upper right corner not affecting text front page indicates 22 pages but there are only 12 with this paper but it appears complete and all the Titanic articles are in these pages. While published about five days after the Titanic disaster this paper is full of articles on the sinking. The lead article provides details on testimony of second officer Lightoller which he gave to the American Congressional inquiry. However there are many articles on the subject and some of which appear to be the start of various Titanic legends and myths. A widowed woman tells how the men of the Titanic were "needlessly sacrificed and how she saw some men dressed as women to get into life boats. While the captain is praised for going down with the ship another article has American Senator Raymond denouncing White Star Managing Director Bruce Ismay who was CEO of the company as a coward he survived by getting into one of the boats and the person who risked lives for speed. Another article praises Col. John Jacob Astor who helped save a boy’s life by getting him on a boat when he was refused by a member of the crew there is also a story of how wireless operator Philips was pulled from the sea but died in a lifeboat. There is also one of the first reports about how first officer William Murdock shot a passenger aand than turned the gun on himself. The rescue by the Carpathia is covered and a strange comment on how some Chinese Coolies survived by hiding under lifeboat seats. books
réf. DADAX1856484823New unknown
1912réf. TITANIC005956Elliot Stock London. 1912. First edition. Octavo. 304 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the Titanic. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. The poems whose quality is uniform throughout are original contributions or else taken from the newspapers in which they first appeared.Signs of damp! to covers but internally fine. No dustwrapper. Very scarce. Elliot Stock, London. hardcover
réf. DADAX1410447855New unknown
1900Roy. 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, and 21 plates (one double-page); original buckram gilt, gilt back, bevelled edges, uncut, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, internally spotless copy. King's work, first published in 1879, immediately established itself as the standard popular reference on the ancient New Forest town; local interest generated the inevitable additions and corrections, but the planned second edition, incorporating the numerous addenda, was deferred by the author's death. This best edition, compiled and published by the author's son from his father's meticulous notes, benefits from much new material and many fresh illustrations. This copy was formerly in the library of Professor [Sir] J H Biles, the eminent naval architect [of 'Titanic' Enquiry fame], and bears his elegant blind-embossed art nouveau bookplate (with press-mark in manuscript) on front paste-down. John Harvard Biles (1854-1933) was apprenticed at Portsmouth Dockyard, studied at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and joined the Admiralty in 1877. His talents were quickly recognised and in 1880 (at the age of only 26) he was appointed chief designer to the major shipbuilder J&G Thomson on Clydebank where he created the revolutionary designs for the 'City of Paris' and 'City of New York'. In 1883 he left to join the foundling consultancy established by Sir Edward Reed, where he quickly became a driving force (the consultancy continues to the present day as Sir J H Biles & Co.). In 1891 he was awarded the Chair of Naval Architecture at Glasgow University (then perhaps the most prestigious such appointment in the world) where he devoted himself to teaching and consultancy on a world-wide scale. IN VIEW OF HIS EMINENCE IN THE FIELD OF SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, PROFESSOR BILES WAS AN ASSESSOR IN THE ENQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF RMS 'TITANIC' AND SUBSEQUENTLY HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY INTO LIFEBOATS AND LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES WHICH AROSE AS A RESULT OF THE TITANIC LOSS. For his services to the 'Titanic' Enquiry and naval architecture in general, Biles was knighted in 1913
réf. DADAX096652330XNew unknown
réf. 52701The most famous maritime disaster of all time occurred when the "unsinkable" British passenger liner sunk in the icy North Atlantic on April 15 1912 two hours and forty minutes after striking an iceberg. Signed Broadside 40" X 30" n.p. n.d. 1969. Very good. Faintly age toned and even more faintly edgeworn with original fold lines as issued; some with expert archival strengthening on blank verso. This large facsimile of a December 1911 floor plan depicts all five passenger levels A-E with "A" of course at top surrounded by seven small photographs mostly room interiors and a fine print column of "Notes." Near the top margin right of center just above the printed line "Plan of First Class Accommodation" WALTER LORD 1917-2002 author of the 1955 bestseller "A Night to Remember" signs large and bold in black fineline BERTRAM V. DEAN 1910-92 signs in black fineline and EVA M. HART 1905-96 signs in blue ink. At lower right just above the "D" level floor plan appears the crabbed old age signature in blue ballpoint of MARJORIE N. ROBB 1889-1992 -- who signs there as it is near the D-36 stateroom in which she and her sister stayed. This floor plan came with Geoffrey Marcus's book "The Maiden Voyage" New York: Viking Press 1969. Quite unusual and an exceptional display item -- a superb assemblage signed in old age by several last survivors and the author who really got the Titanic juggernaut rolling -- most unusual to see these together on one item. unknown
1911Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911réf. 259144N.p. London 1911. With two full page watercolor heraldic drawings in first volume: Arms Crest and Badge of Clarence Moore; Armorial Bearings of Edwin Carleton Swift; both signed Archibald G.B. Russell Lancaster Herald College of Arms London. Manuscript on paper 28 lines in a fine cursive hand in black ink with occasional red initials within red rules. 160; 253 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Full red morocco gilt upper boards titled in gilt spines with raised bands dentelles gilt marbled endsheets a.e.g. Some inoffensive traces of damp along lower portion of boards of Moore volume occasional superficial scuffs otherwise fine. Internally immaculate. With two full page watercolor heraldic drawings in first volume: Arms Crest and Badge of Clarence Moore; Armorial Bearings of Edwin Carleton Swift; both signed Archibald G.B. Russell Lancaster Herald College of Arms London. Manuscript on paper 28 lines in a fine cursive hand in black ink with occasional red initials within red rules. 160; 253 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Monumental genealogical manuscript volumes recording the descent of Clarence Moore of Washington D.C. who died aboard the S.S. Titanic in April 1912 and his second wife Mabille daughter of Edwin Carleton Swift of Prides Crossing Massachusetts. They were married in 1900 and had four sons: Edwin Swift Moore born 1901 died in childhood 1907; Jasper Moore born 1905; Clarence Moore born 1910; and Lloyd Moore born 29 November 1912. In addition to the detailed genealogical reports the volumes include extenisve extracts from historical documents and records in England Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Maryland. The Swift Genealogy William Swyft of Sandwitch and some of his descendants 1637-1887 includes 1296 entries and concludes with a family tree for Mabille Florence Swift. The researches for Moore were conducted by "Hester Dorsey Richardson and Albert Levin Richardson experts in Original Research of Baltimore Maryland". The Moore pedigree is updated through 1926 noting that Mabille married again in 1915 to Aksel de Wichfeld of Maribe Denmark. Clarence Moore 1865-1912 a banker and sportsman of Washington. D.C. and M.F.H. of the Loudoun Hunt and the Chevy Chase Hunt had travelled to England to buy a pack of hounds and sailed for home on the Titanic. Survivors reported Moore's heroic conduct. He lowered women and children into the lifeboats and refused to take a place in the boats. A beautiful and imposing genealogy. unknown
1911réf. 259144N.p. London 1911. With two full page watercolor heraldic drawings in first volume: Arms Crest and Badge of Clarence Moore; Armorial Bearings of Edwin Carleton Swift; both signed Archibald G.B. Russell Lancaster Herald College of Arms London. Manuscript on paper 28 lines in a fine cursive hand in black ink with occasional red initials within red rules. 160; 253 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Full red morocco gilt upper boards titled in gilt spines with raised bands dentelles gilt marbled endsheets a.e.g. Some inoffensive traces of damp along lower portion of boards of Moore volume occasional superficial scuffs otherwise fine. Internally immaculate. With two full page watercolor heraldic drawings in first volume: Arms Crest and Badge of Clarence Moore; Armorial Bearings of Edwin Carleton Swift; both signed Archibald G.B. Russell Lancaster Herald College of Arms London. Manuscript on paper 28 lines in a fine cursive hand in black ink with occasional red initials within red rules. 160; 253 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Monumental genealogical manuscript volumes recording the descent of Clarence Moore of Washington D.C. who died aboard the S.S. Titanic in April 1912 and his second wife Mabille daughter of Edwin Carleton Swift of Prides Crossing Massachusetts. They were married in 1900 and had four sons: Edwin Swift Moore born 1901 died in childhood 1907; Jasper Moore born 1905; Clarence Moore born 1910; and Lloyd Moore born 29 November 1912. In addition to the detailed genealogical reports the volumes include extenisve extracts from historical documents and records in England Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Maryland. The Swift Genealogy William Swyft of Sandwitch and some of his descendants 1637-1887 includes 1296 entries and concludes with a family tree for Mabille Florence Swift. The researches for Moore were conducted by "Hester Dorsey Richardson and Albert Levin Richardson experts in Original Research of Baltimore Maryland". The Moore pedigree is updated through 1926 noting that Mabille married again in 1915 to Aksel de Wichfeld of Maribe Denmark. Clarence Moore 1865-1912 a banker and sportsman of Washington. D.C. and M.F.H. of the Loudoun Hunt and the Chevy Chase Hunt had travelled to England to buy a pack of hounds and sailed for home on the Titanic. Survivors reported Moore's heroic conduct. He lowered women and children into the lifeboats and refused to take a place in the boats. A beautiful and imposing genealogy. unknown books
