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TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.

TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.

TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.
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TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.

by EATON, JOHN P. and HAAS, CHARLES A:

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1852605340
ISBN 13
9781852605346
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UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,2nd rpt,2nd edn [revised+ expanded].FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour artwork illustrated upper wrap [Titanic leaving White Star Dock,Southampton,on 10 April 1912 at start of her maiden voyage by E.D. Walker]; with negligble shelf-wear,rubbing or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - a light reading crease to spine/backstrip though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,8vo wraps,2nd reprint,2nd edn(revised+expanded),8-184pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table, author's introduction,11 chapters,appendices(4),profuse b/w contemporary photographs+illus throughout the text and book,8pp contemporary colour photographs between pp96/7,and an index. More than eight decades after the most famous sinking of all time, interest in the Titanic tragedy remains as strong as ever. In the second edition of this best-selling paperback,two of the world's foremost Titanic experts - the only historians to have made the two and a half mile dive down to the wreck - present a fascinating summary of the disaster and its aftermath,complete with historic photographs,technical data,and a log of the ship's brief life.They bring the story right up to date (then 1998) with a new chapter detailing the inter-continental struggles for salvage rights,the controversial recovery,preservation and exhibition of artefacts,and fresh evidence on the Californian mystery.Also featured are the authors' own exclusive colour photographs. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes -particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.
Author
EATON, JOHN P. and HAAS, CHARLES A:
Illustrator
illus with b/w+colour contemporary photographs and b/w illustrations.
Format/Binding
UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,2nd rpt,2nd edn[revised+expanded].
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj,as issued,softback.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo wraps,2nd rpt,2nd edn[rev+expnd].
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1852605340
ISBN 13
9781852605346
Publisher
UK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHANTS,1998.
Place of Publication
Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom
This edition first published
April 15, 1996
Keywords
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