A Night to Remember [with] The Night Lives On
LORD, Walter
LORD ON TITANIC COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Longmans [and] William Morrow New York NY, [1956, 1986]
Stock code: 51963
Price: £320.00
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition , with plates and endpaper plans, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpaper of first volume, neat signatures on titles of first volume; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (first work); blue boards, black cloth back lettered in silver (second work), both very good, bright, clean copies in unclipped dustwrapper, wrapper of first volume rubbed at extremities.
The first work remains the best general account of the 'Titanic' disaster, and the basis of Roy Ward Baker's memorable feature film (1958) starring starring Kenneth More in one of his finest roles. The sequel collects new thoughts, theories and revelations on the disaster. Dustwrapper artwork by Ley Kenyon (first work) and Vittoria Semproni (second work).