1995, ISBN: 9780297815280

San Francisco: Saint Heironymous (sic) Press, 1972. First Edition. Good. First edition, one of 500 copies designed and printed by James Mundy. Cream wraps over thin blue card stock. Cov… More...

San Francisco: Saint Heironymous (sic) Press, 1972. First Edition. Good. First edition, one of 500 copies designed and printed by James Mundy. Cream wraps over thin blue card stock. Cover art by David Lance Goines. Inscribed by Jeffery Mundy on the blank page preceding the colophon. With drawings by Jeffery Mundy throughout. Although ascribed to JM, the inscription is signed by Jeffery Mundy, with another apparent signature from a Jas. Mundy. OCLC records indicate this was by James Mundy. A collection of poetry and prose. GOOD condition. Faint dampstaining along the back wrapper fore edge, with a small dampstain at the upper front corner. Minor general soiling and toning to the wraps., Saint Heironymous (sic) Press, 1972, 2.5, UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp [Same year as 1st edn]. MINT/NMINT.Blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,two colour illustrations of Titanic in section,endpapers.Colour art-deco style dw/dj.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj. 1st edn,4th imp, 312pp includes b/w plan of Titanic,24pp b/w photographs,appendices(2),notes,a bibliography and an index. Ten years after the Titanic was found and eighty-three after she sank,the world's most famous sea disaster seems all the more mysterious.Even the recovery of 3,600 Titanic relics of the great White Star liner from her wreck two and a half miles under the North Atlantic has settled none of the main issues.Why did Captain Smith accelerate in uniquely treacherous weather towards an exceptionally dangerous ice-field of which he had been warned many times? In the disaster that followed more than 1,500 people died while barely 700 were saved.This book lays bare as no other the full scope of Smith's astonishing accident record and explores his motives - and the pressures on him - anew.What caused the hole near the bow? The notorious iceberg cracked the plates for 300 feet along the ship's side,but the hole looks more like an explosion.Why is the position of the wreck - pinpointed by the latest technology - irreconcilable with the Titanic's SOS calls? The authors conclude that the apparently ruthless American disaster hearings covered up the role of the ship's true owner the arch-capitalist, J.Pierpont Morgan; that the apparently dispassionate British inquiry,dominated by an insider-dealing Attorney-General,whitewashed a complacent government; and that White Star covered up its own gross negligence by bribing key witnesses.And what of the wreck itself? Here the mystery deepens.When Dr Robert Ballard - who first located the Titanic in 1985 - explored its wreck a year later he found the bulkhead not shown on any plans.The most diligent searches have since failed to trace the imposing stern nameplate with its embossed letters eighteen inches high.The authors have gone so far as to explore the breathtaking idea that the Titanic was replaced by her sister ship,the seriously damaged Olympic,in a plot to recover the huge losses she ran up.The results are tantalising.See my book ID rja1065623 for GARDINER's 'THE GREAT TITANIC CONSPIRACY.' Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of a less expensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1995., 5<

1995, ISBN: 9780297815280

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp [Same year as 1st edn]. MINT/NMINT.Blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,two colour illustrations of Titanic in section,en… More...

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp [Same year as 1st edn]. MINT/NMINT.Blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,two colour illustrations of Titanic in section,endpapers.Colour art-deco style dw/dj.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj. 1st edn,4th imp, 312pp includes b/w plan of Titanic,24pp b/w photographs,appendices(2),notes,a bibliography and an index. Ten years after the Titanic was found and eighty-three after she sank,the world's most famous sea disaster seems all the more mysterious.Even the recovery of 3,600 Titanic relics of the great White Star liner from her wreck two and a half miles under the North Atlantic has settled none of the main issues.Why did Captain Smith accelerate in uniquely treacherous weather towards an exceptionally dangerous ice-field of which he had been warned many times? In the disaster that followed more than 1,500 people died while barely 700 were saved.This book lays bare as no other the full scope of Smith's astonishing accident record and explores his motives - and the pressures on him - anew.What caused the hole near the bow? The notorious iceberg cracked the plates for 300 feet along the ship's side,but the hole looks more like an explosion.Why is the position of the wreck - pinpointed by the latest technology - irreconcilable with the Titanic's SOS calls? The authors conclude that the apparently ruthless American disaster hearings covered up the role of the ship's true owner the arch-capitalist, J.Pierpont Morgan; that the apparently dispassionate British inquiry,dominated by an insider-dealing Attorney-General,whitewashed a complacent government; and that White Star covered up its own gross negligence by bribing key witnesses.And what of the wreck itself? Here the mystery deepens.When Dr Robert Ballard - who first located the Titanic in 1985 - explored its wreck a year later he found the bulkhead not shown on any plans.The most diligent searches have since failed to trace the imposing stern nameplate with its embossed letters eighteen inches high.The authors have gone so far as to explore the breathtaking idea that the Titanic was replaced by her sister ship,the seriously damaged Olympic,in a plot to recover the huge losses she ran up.The results are tantalising.See my book ID rja1065623 for GARDINER's 'THE GREAT TITANIC CONSPIRACY.' Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of a less expensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1995., 5<

1995, ISBN: 9780297815280

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, slightly marked and sunned, watermark to top edge; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last … More...

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, slightly marked and sunned, watermark to top edge; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last blank), 312, with illustrations + pictorial endpapers. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780297815280

Hardcover

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in VG clean condition with some light spottin… More...

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in VG clean condition with some light spotting to the page edges. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. ., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780297815280

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. Paperback. Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Damaged dust jacket. Edition 1995. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity org… More...

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. Paperback. Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Damaged dust jacket. Edition 1995. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995, 2.5<