TITANIC: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, A CHRONICLE IN WORDS AND PICTURES [Signed by nine Titanic survivors]

Author: Eaton, John P.; Haas, Charles A.
Title: TITANIC: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, A CHRONICLE IN WORDS AND PICTURES [Signed by nine Titanic survivors]
Publication: New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986
Edition: First Edition, First Printing

Description: Quarto, 319 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine beige with navy text. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price unclipped: "$39.95." Minimal shelfwear and soiling, light toning to upper and lower edges. Textblock clean. Inscribed by Eaton and Haas on title page. Includes various ephemera from the Titanic Historical society, including the author's contact information and materials from previous organizational events. Signed at the The Titanic Historical Society Convention, April 10-11, 1987, where nine survivors gathered in what was the largest gathering since 1958, the premiere of the film 'A Night To Remember.'




Signed by nine Titanic survivors (plus one wife) on the half title page. Listed in order with nationality, boarding status, and age at the time of disaster as follows: Eva Miriam Hart (English, 2nd class, age 7), Philip Aks "Frank Aks" ( English, 3rd class, age 10 months), Victoria Goldsmith, wife of Frank Goldsmith (English, 3rd class, age 9) signed on her husband's behalf, Bertram Vere Dean (English, 3rd class, age 1), Luise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann "Lousie Pope" (Swiss, 3rd class, age 4), Edith Haisman nee Brown "E.E. Haisman" (South African, 2nd class, age 15), Michel Navratil (French, 2nd class, age 3), Eleanor Ileen Johnson Shuman (American, 3rd class, age 1), Ruth Elizabeth Becker Blanchard (American, 2nd class, age 12). Marjorie Anne Robb nee Newell (American, 1st class, age 23)




SC consignment. Shelved case 3.

Seller ID: 1375974

Subject: Dupont Circle, Travel, Exploration, & Geography, US History