Forgotten Empress: The Empress of Ireland Story
by Zeni, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0864922485
- ISBN 13
- 9780864922489
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: G.L.E., 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Many wonderful archival photographs in colour and black and white. Two fold-outs present deck plans of the Boat, Upper and Shelter decks. Appendices include Chronology, Passenger Manifest, and Inventory of Purser's safe. Bibliography. Index. "In a moment-by-moment reconstruction, David Zeni tells how, blinded by fog, the captain of the Dominion Coal Company collier Storstad rammed the CPR ship Empress of Ireland directly between the boiler rooms on May 29, 1914." - from dust jacket. "Magnificently written and illustrated." - Toronto Sun. Library stamp upon front endpaper and title page. Bit of writing atop title page. No other markings. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this remarkable work..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 527c5881
- Title
- Forgotten Empress: The Empress of Ireland Story
- Author
- Zeni, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0864922485
- ISBN 13
- 9780864922489
- Publisher
- G.L.E.
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Forgotten Empress: The Empress of Ireland Story Shipwreck CPR Storstad
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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