Sinking of the 'Titanic' Most Appalling Ocean Horror, with Graphic Descriptions of Hundreds Swept to Eternity Beneath the Waves; Panic Stricken Multitude Facing Sure Death, and Thrilling Stories of the Most Overwhelming Catastrophe to Which is Added Vivid Accounts of Heart-rending Scenes, When Hundreds Were Doomed to Watery Graves, Compiled from Soul Stirring Stories Told by Eye Witnesses of this Terrible Horror of the Briny Deep (Memorial Edition)

Spine faded, boards rubbed and soiled with minor loss from spine head and some loss of gilt from titles, minor surface tears to paste-down endpapers from removal of a previously adhered protective cover (now replaced with a removable archival cover), smudges on a few pages. Binding tight and square. 1912 Hard Cover. 287, [8] pp. 9 x 6 1/2. Memorial edition, including an 8-page report from the Titanic Committee censuring the captain of the Californian for failure to respond to the distress call. Picture paste-down of Titanic on front cover. Black-and-white illustrations and photo plates. Published just months after the tragedy, notable for its passenger list and timeline of maritime disasters. Includes: Preface; Introduction; Great Marine Disasters from 1866 to 1911; Hymn for the Survivors of the Titanic by Hall Caine, the Great English Novelists; 1. From a Day of Delight to Death; 2. Heart-Rending Scenes on Carpathia; 3. Band Played to the Last; 4. Neglect Caused Disaster; 5. Believed Ship Unsinkable; 6. How Survivors Escaped; 7. Woman's Thrilling Narrative; 8. Survivors' Stirring Stories; 9. How Astor Went to Death; 10. Notable Woman Saved; 11. Major Butt, Martyr to Duty; 12. Mrs. Astor's Bravery; 13. Lifeboats Bunglingly Handled; 14. Not Like Bourgogne Disaster; 15. Boy's Desperate Fight for Life; 16. Carpathia to the Rescue; 17. Refused to Leave Husband; 18. Lady Duff-Gordon's Experiences; 19. Senators Hear Startling Stories; 20. Surviving Operator's Experiences; 21. The Funeral Ship and Its Dead; 22. Inquiry by the United States Senate; List of Titanic Passengers Missing and Rescued.…