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John P. Eaton, Charles A. Haas

Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy

W. W. Norton & Company

1986

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First edition, first printing of Titanic, signed by nine survivors of the wreck.

  • John P. Eaton (British).
  • Charles A. Haas (British).
  • Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy, a Chronicle in Words and Pictures.
  • New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986.
  • 319 pages.
  • Quarto.
  • Inscribed by Eaton and Haas on title page.
  • Includes various ephemera from the Titanic Historical Society.
  • Beige spine with navy text in illustrated dust jacket.


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).

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Minimal shelfwear and soiling.

Light toning to upper and lower edges. 

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Dust Jacket, First Edition, Signed

Language

English

Subject

History, Popular culture, Modern first editions

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