SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS

L. T. Myers, n.p., 1912.  Hard cover, 351 numbered pages.  Blue cloth boards with red leather half binding, gilt lettering on decorative spine; a few spots and stains on boards.  Three of the four corners are worn to boards, losses at top, bottom and along spine edges, some tears; marbling on outer page block; headbands.  Hinges cracked but all pages secure.  30 pages of illustrations (double-sided plates) including black & white frontis of the Titanic, and Captain Smith on verso; one double-sided plate missing, believe formerly located at pp. 128/9 where binding is cracked; other illustrations within text.  Pages are tanned with occasional age spot.  Includes a Message of Spiritual Consolation by Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D.D.; Edited by Logan Marshall; Illustrated with Numerous Authentic Photographs and Drawings.  ‘A Detailed and Accurate Account of the Most Awful Marine Disaster in History, Constructed from the Real Facts as Obtained from Those on Board Who Survived   ONLY AUTHORITATIVE BOOK -Including- Records of Previous Great Disasters of the Sea, Descriptions of the Development and Safety and Life-saving Appliances, a Plain Statement of the Causes of Such Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them, The Marvelous Development of Shipbuilding, etc.’ (from title page)