SS190408 Lot:180A-208

180A	R.M.S. TITANIC: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT "THE TITANIC STORY". ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED, AND APPARENTLY UNFINISHED, MANUSCRIPT BY AUTHOR RALPH WHITNEY, ENTITLED "THE TITANIC STORY". 36 TYPED PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, ON 8.1/2" x 11" PAPER HELD TOGETHER BY A PAPER CLIP. A SCHOLARLY REVIEW OF "TITANIC" BOOKS WRITTEN IN THE WAKE OF THE DISASTER AND ALSO OF MORGAN ROBERTSON'S "FUTILITY", THE 1898 FICTIONAL BOOK WHICH SEEMED TO FORETELL THE STORY OF THE "TITANIC" DISASTER. HOWEVER, WHITNEY DEVOTES MUCH OF THE SPACE TO A REVIEW OF WALTER LORD'S BEST SELLER, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER", PROVIDING SOME PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN INSIGHTS INTO ITS PUBLICATION. WHITNEY APPARENTLY KNEW LORD AND WAS INVOLVED WITH "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER". HE WRITES THAT HE PROVIDED LORD WITH RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HIS COLLECTION FOR USE IN THE BOOK, AND DESCRIBES EACH OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED. WHITNEY LAMENTS ON HOW "TITANIC'S" NAME HAS BEEN USED IN SOME UNUSUAL WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE, HE WRITES OF A TOWN IN OKLAHOMA, U.S.A. NAMED TITANIC (POPULATION 8!) AND OF A TITANIC DELICATESSEN OPERATED BY A SURVIVOR IN BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND. THE MANUSCRIPT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A TYPED DRAFT, 16 PAGES PRESENT, SOME DOUBLE-SIDED, CONTAINING HANDWRITTEN INK NOTATIONS AND CORRECTIONS PRESUMABLY IN THE AUTHOR'S HAND. ALTHOUGH NEITHER THE MANUSCRIPT NOR DRAFT IS DATED, THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY WHITNEY'S COPY OF A LETTER HE WROTE TO WALTER LORD DATED MAY 2nd,1956 COMMENTING ON THE ORIGINAL, LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST OF "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER". AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE SOURCE FOR THE CONNOISSEUR OF TITANIC BOOKS, PARTICULARLY "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER".	Nil
180B	R.M.S. TITANIC: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT "PREVIEW OF DISASTER". ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY AUTHOR RALPH WHITNEY ENTITLED, "PREVIEW OF DISASTER". 17 TYPED PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED ON 8.1/2" x 11" PAPER HELD TOGETHER IN A THREE-HOLE BINDER WITH AUTHOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS HANDWRITTEN ON COVER. ACCOMPANIED BY AN 11 PAGE DRAFT ALSO IN A THREE-HOLE BINDER WITH AUTHOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS HANDWRITTEN ON COVER. EACH WITH INK AND PENCIL NOTATIONS AND CORRECTIONS PRESUMABLY IN THE AUTHOR'S HAND. THE MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS MORGAN ROBERTSON'S "FUTILITY", THE 1898 FICTIONAL BOOK WHICH SEEMED TO FORETELL THE STORY OF THE "TITANIC" DISASTER. ALTHOUGH NEITHER THE MANUSCRIPT NOR THE DRAFT IS DATED, THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY WHITNEY'S COPY OF A LETTER HE WROTE TO PROFESSOR J.B. RHINE OF DUKE UNIVERSITY, DATED FEBRUARY 14th 1956, IN WHICH HE STATES THAT HE WAS THE ONE TO PROVIDE WALTER LORD WITH A COPY OF "FUTILITY", WHICH LORD REFERRED TO IN THE INTRODUCTION TO "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER". IN THE LETTER HE STATES THAT HE PLANS TO WRITE ABOUT "FUTILITY". THIS MANUSCRIPT IS APPARENTLY THE RESULT.	Nil
181	R.M.S. TITANIC NEWSPAPER INTEREST: "EXCELSIOR" - JEUDI 2 MAI 1912 "QUELQUES HEURES APRES QUE LE TITANIC EUT SOMBRE" JEUDI 9 MAI 1912 PAGE 7 "LES DEUX ENFANTS SAUVES DU TITANIC", 2 COPIES.	Nil
182	R.M.S. TITANIC NEWSPAPER INTEREST: "EXCELSIOR" - LUNDI 13 MAI 1912 "L'ARRIVEE A LIVERPOOL DE M. BRUCE ISMAY", MARDI 14 MAI 1912 "LE RETOUR A HALIFAX DES VICTIMS DU TITANIC", 2 COPIES.	Nil
183	R.M.S. TITANIC NEWSPAPER INTEREST: "BELFAST EVENING TELEGRAPH" MONDAY APRIL 22 1912, STAINED AND TORN x 2, "THE IRISH NEWS" SATURDAY APRIL 20 1912, ALL IN DISTRESSED CONDITION.	Nil
184	R.M.S. TITANIC: "SEMI WEEKLY RECORDER - DEMOCRAT" APRIL 16th 1912 ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER. THE HEADLINE IS "STEAMER TITANIC CRASHES INTO ICEBERG".	Nil
185	R.M.S. TITANIC NEWSPAPER INTEREST: "ROCKINGHAM DAILY RECORD" 23rd APRIL 1912 HEADLINE "ISMAY DID NOT WANT TO LAND ON AMERICAN SOIL". FRONT PAGE AND PAGES 6 AND 7 PRESERVED IN PLASTIC.	Nil
186	R.M.S. TITANIC NEWSPAPER INTEREST: "THE STANDARD" LONDON MONDAY APRIL 22nd 1912 "THE TITANIC INQUIRY", "RELIEF FUNDS", "DAY OF MOURNING", "LESSONS OF THE DISASTER", "LINERS RUSH TO HELP", "WOMEN FIRST" (PAGE 9), TUESDAY APRIL 23rd 1912 "TRUTH ABOUT TITANIC BRITISH INQUIRY", "AMERICAN FINANCE" (PAGE 7)WEDNESDAY APRIL 24th 1912 "THE TITANIC INQUIRY OFFICERS AMAZING ADMISSIONS" (PAGE 9), FRIDAY APRIL 26th 1912 "TITANIC INQUIRY MR MARCONI ON WIRELESS" (PAGE 9), TUESDAY APRIL 30th 1912 "THE TITANIC SENATE INQUIRY NEAR ITS END" (PAGE 7) (5 COPIES).	Nil
187	R.M.S. TITANIC: IN MEMORIAM CARDS, ONE ON A POEM BY C.J. THE OTHER SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 1635 HEROES BY HARRY SIMMONS TRURO MAY 1912.	Nil
188	R.M.S. TITANIC: JUMBO BOOK POSTCARD FROM A ROTARY PANORAMA PHOTO PUBLISHED BY FRANK AND SONS, POSTALLY UNUSED.	Nil
189	R.M.S. TITANIC MUSIC SCORES: "THE SHIP THAT WILL NEVER RETURN" AND "JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN" (2).	Nil
190	R.M.S. TITANIC: "THE TITANIC DISASTER" VERSE LEAFLET, COMPOSED BY MR E.H. SMITH, THE BLIND EVANGELIST AND FOUNDER OF THE OPEN-AIR RESCUE MISSION, SHEFFIELD.	Nil
191	R.M.S. TITANIC: "THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC" VERSE LEAFLET, BY J. GREEN THE TRAVELLING BARD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS J. BARD THE SOUTHAMPTON PEDESTRIAN). A/F.	Nil
192	R.M.S. TITANIC BOOKS: "THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC" LAURENCE BEESLEY 2nd EDITION 1929 AND "THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC" BY LOGAN MARSHALL HARDBOUND.	Nil
193	R.M.S. TITANIC: POSTCARDS - "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE", THREE POST DISASTER CARDS, ONE POSTALLY USED JUNE 1912.	Nil
194	"R.M.S. TITANIC" POSTCARDS: POSTALLY UNUSED TITANIC J.M. VAUXHALL CARDS, TITANIC MEMORIAL DECEMBER 1916, HARLAND AND WOLFF GREAT GANTRY PLUS UNRELATED BI PLANE TRANSPORT CARD (4).	Nil
195	R.M.S. TITANIC: A COLLECTION OF MISC. TITANIC RELATED VOLUMES INCLUDING A PRINTED PRAYER SHEET ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON SUNDAY APRIL 21st 1912 AND PRINTED POEM BY R.E. FLANNIGAN "LOSS OF THE TITANIC", FRAMED AND GLAZED. 6ins. x 8ins.	Nil
196	R.M.S TITANIC: A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS TITANIC RELATED VOLUMES INCLUDING "LOSS OF THE TITANIC" BY LAWRENCE BEESELY 4th EDITION 1912 STOKER'S MANUAL."TITANIC" BY ROBERT PRECHTL, MORGAN ROBERTSON "WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD" TAFT AND ROOSEVELT "THE INTIMATE LETTERS OF ARCHIE BUTT", "MARCONI" MASTER OF SPACE BL JACOT, "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ANDREW JACKSON SLOPER" BY WILLIAM T. SLOPER PLUS COLOURED LITHO 1912 CALENDAR PUBLISHED IN FRANCE.	Nil
197	R.M.S. TITANIC: RARE FRAGMENT OF A "DAILY CHRONICLE" NEWSPAPER BILL POSTER FROM TUESDAY APRIL 16th 1912, FRAMED AND GLAZED. 12ins. x 12ins.	Nil
198	R.M.S. TITANIC ISMAY FAMILY: AN EDWARDIAN TWO PIECE EVENING DRESS OF PEACH SATIN ORNATELY EMBELLISHED WITH FAUX PEACHES, TOGETHER WITH A SECOND EDWARDIAN BODICE OF LIME GREEN VELVET. THE DRESS BELONGED TO JULIA FLORENCE ISMAY, WIFE OF WHITE STAR LINE MANAGING DIRECTOR J. BRUCE ISMAY. THE BODICE IS NAMED ISMAY. THE ITEMS COME WITH A LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM THE VENDOR WHO WAS GIVEN THEM AFTER THE DEATH OF MRS ISMAY.	Nil
199	R.M.S. TITANIC: "LIFE AND LETTERS OF W.T. STEAD" BY FREDERICK WHYTE 2 VOLUMES. 1st EDITIONS WITH DUST COVERS.	Nil
200	R.M.S. TITANIC: VERY RARE 1st EDITION "THE TITANIC" BY E.J. PRATT, BLUE CLOTH BOARDS, PUBLISHED MACMILLAN 1935.	Nil
201	R.M.S. OLYMPIC: "RAILWAY AND TRAVEL MONTHLY" FEATURING NUMEROUS COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE OLYMPIC, EMBOSSED BLUE BOARDS.	Nil
202	R.M.S. TITANIC: "THE STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC". 1912 FIRST EDITION, GREEN BOARDS.	Nil
203	R.M.S. TITANIC: "THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS". 1912 FIRST EDITION, CREAM BOARDS WITH RED & BLACK PRINTING.	Nil
204	R.M.S. TITANIC: MEMORIAL EDITION OF "THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC - THRILLING STORIES TOLD BY SURVIVORS", DARK BLUE BOARDS.	Nil
205	R.M.S. TITANIC: "HOME FROM THE SEA" BY SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON 1931 FIRST EDITION, WITH HANDWRITTEN CARD FROM JACK ROSTRON IN REAR COVER, RED CLOTH BOARDS.	Nil
206	R.M.S. TITANIC: "THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC APRIL 14th - 15th, 1912" BY JOHN B. THAYER. THE BOOK HAS A PERSONAL INSCRIPTION TO LADY ARTHUR H. ROSTRON "WITH BEST WISHES JOHN THAYER", SIGNED AND NUMBER 62/500, DARK BLUE BOARDS WITH GILT TITLE.	Nil
207	R.M.S. TITANIC: RARE POCKET PENNY "SOUVENIR OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC", PRINTED BY JOHN NUTTER OF 92 ATKINSON ST., COLNE, APRIL 1912. THE PIECE COMMEMORATES WALLACE HARTLEY AND CAPTAIN SMITH. IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE VENDOR'S GRANDFATHER IN NELSON, LANCASHIRE.	Nil
208	WHITE STAR LINE: R.M.S. TITANIC RARE SOFTBOUND VOLUME "OCEAN'S GREATEST TRAGEDY", PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE PUBLISHING Co. CHICAGO.	Nil

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