The Nautilus Library no. 12: The Loss of the TITANIC by Lawrence Beesley
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The 'Nautilus Library' begun in the 1920s, and built up to more than thirty volumes. A few were given slightly different titles but most were classic nautical works issued in a pocket sized edition by Philip Allan, who owned the copyright to many of the original editions.

THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC

by Lawrence Beesley

First published 1912 by William Heinemann, London
Second edition NAUTILUS LIBRARY No. 12 1929 by PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD

Front and back blue non-shiny cloth and the boards are clean and uniformly coloured although the spine is sunned and gilt is lack lustre, and because of this, I have included an image of the spine area of a facsimile Jacket. Corners sharp and book’s overall condition VERY GOOD PLUS. No foxing at all, all pages from pastedown to pastedown are pristine and white and the rough cut edges of the page block are surprisingly very neat for these Nautilus editions. No inscriptions.

Price £25.00 plus postage
No dust wrapper but in fascimile. 222 pages. Volumes are 115 mm. wide; 175 tall and about 18 mm. thick. Weight unwrapped approximately 220 grams.

Blurb

A vivid contemporary, yet dispassionate account by a survivor of the most famous of all disasters at sea. Beesley writes in his preface; ‘ .  .   . the duty that we, as survivors of the disaster, owe to those who went down with the ship, to see that the reforms so urgently  needed are not allowed to be forgotten.’

  

A full-size facsimile wrapper which is available free on request with purchase.

Number 12


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The Loss of the TITANIC by Lawrence Beesley - Nautilus Library no. 12: Due to faded condition of the spine of an important book in otherwise excellent condition I have included an image of the spine area of the facsimile jacket. Front and back blue non-shiny cloth and the boards are clean and uniformly coloured although the spine is sunned and gilt is lack lustre. Corners sharp and book’s overall condition VERY GOOD PLUS. Place cursor on image of title page (Right!) to see the condition of the front board.

The Loss of the TITANIC by Lawrence Beesley - Nautilus Library no. 12: The lightness seen at the bottom of at the bottom of the uniformly coloured front board is a by-product of the scanning procedure. No foxing at all, all pages from pastedown to pastedown are pristine and white and the rough cut edges of the page block are surprisingly very neat for these Nautilus editions. No inscriptions. Remove cursor to revert to image of title page superimposed on the front board.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

  • 1. CONSTRUCTION AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST VOYAGE
  • 2. FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO THE NIGHT OF THE COLLISION
  • 3. COLLISION AND EMBARKATION IN LIFEBOATS
  • 4. THE SINKING OF THE "TITANIC," SEEN FROM A LIFEBOAT
  • 5. THE RESCUE
  • 6. `THE SINKING OF THE "TITANIC," SEEN FROM HER DECK
  • 7. THE "CARPATHIA'S" RETURN TO NEW YORK
  • 8. THE LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE LOSS OF THE "TITANIC"
  • 9. SOME IMPRESSIONS

 

 

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