Search Results: fire at sea the story of by thomas gallagher

UsedGood. Inscribed. DJ has some wear.

Frederick Muller, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Pencil inscriptions to rear pastedown. Boards have visible white marks and rubbing with heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and moderate rubbing to spine.

Pan Books Ltd, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. This Edition. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pan book G569. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Rinehart, 1959-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.4000 in x 8.5000 in x 6.0000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Rinehart. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on inside.

Frederick Muller, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. 280 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.

Rinehart & Company, NY, 1959,, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Octavo, hardcover, VG in edgeworn black dj with chips and tears. (not price-clipped). First Ed. 280pp, illustrated with 8 pages of photos, about a ship plunging to NY from Havana in the late 1920's. Suddenly sheets of fire engulfed the ship.

New York: Rinehart, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover. 280 pp. with passenger list and crew list. Illustrated with photos. Fine in very good, price clipped dust jacket with modest wear at the spine ends. Laid in are a first day cover from the 75th anniversary of the wreck as a folded facsimile of the ship's dinner menu from June 1934. The SS Morro Castle (named after the 16th century fortress that guarded Havana harbor and first launched in 1930) was an American passenger liner that caught fire at sea and ran aground off Asbury Park, New Jersey on September 8, 1934. The previous night, the ship's captain, Robert Willmot, had suddenly died in his cabin and replaced in command by Chiel Officer William Warms. Just before three in the morning, a fire broke out in a storage locker; the fire quickly burned through the electical cables, plunging the ship into darkness, and quickly spreading through the ship. The response of the crew was slow, as was the launching of rescue ships by the Coast Guard… Read More

Frederick Muller Limited, London, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Poor. 280 pages (complete). The desperation and destruction of Morro Castle in 1934, four years after her maiden voyage, by fire led to considerable safety changes to the construction and maintenance of cruise-liners. The dustjacket of this copy of Gallagher's investigation into the fire, is scruffy, worn, wrinkled from damp but filmicly dramatic. It is secure and sure. The contents are mild, bold, aged, confident, clean and clear. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 280 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Related magazine clippings glued to preliminary pages. Price clipped dust jacket with foxing, wear along edges. Clean, unmarked pages. Record # 613678

London: Pan Books Ltd., 1962. Soft cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tears, scuffing, creases on corners of front cover affecting first few pages. Fluid stain from a liquid spill on the first few pages. Two inch tear and a little peeling at the base of the spine.

Pan Books London, 1962. Paperback. Book Condition: Good Plus. Light reading wear. Very clean interior..

Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover Very Good Standard used condition May have some wear, highlighting, notes, creasing, previous owner's name, etc May or may not include supplements such as infotrac or other web access codes (the dust cover may be missing) Fast & reliable delivery Exceptional customer service

Muller 1959. First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Rinehart. DJ in archival cover tiny tears and large chips. . Fine. Hardcover. 1959.