Rostron Arthur (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: New. The story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors. The Carpathia was on its regular voyage to New York City, when early on 15 April 1912 it received a distress signal from the White Star Line ocean liner Titanic, which had struck an iceberg and was sinking. Rostron was asleep when his wireless operator, Harold Cottam, by chance left his headset on while undressing for bed and so heard the signal. Cottam ran to Rostron's cabin to alert him. Rostron immediately ordered the ship to race towards the Titanic's reported position, posting extra lookouts to help spot and manoeuvre around the ice he knew to be in the area and extracted every bit of speed the ship's engines could muster. Even so, Carpathia, travelling through dangerous ice floes, took about 3A hours to reach the Titanic's radioed position. During this time Rostron turned off heating to ensure the maximum amount of steam for the ship's engines and had the ship prepared for the survivors; including getting blankets, food and drinks ready, and ordering his medical crew to stand by to receive the possibly injured survivors. Altogether, a list of 23 orders from Rostron to his crew was successfully implemented before Carpathia had even arrived at the scene of the disaster. Carpathia began picking up survivors about an hour after the first starburst was seen by those in the lifeboats. The Carpathia would end up rescuing 710 survivors out of the 2,228 passengers and crew on board the Titanic; at least one survivor is said to have died after reaching the ship. Later, Rostron testified about the events the night Titanic sank at both the U.S. Senate inquiry and the British Board of Trade's inquiry into the disaster.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Beige cloth hardcover in fine shape. No underlining or markings within. Clean and bright pages. Solid binding. Scarce First American Edition. 259 pp. Fascinating auto-biographical work by Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia, who famously came to the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Ships from Ottawa, ON. Guaranteed to be as described, after having been thoroughly checked by a seasoned bookseller. Thanks.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1931. First edition. ix, 278pp., a frontispiece portrait of the author and 8 other black and white illustrations. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron (1869-1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line, and is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when she rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912. In this book, he describes his career at sea from late 19th century, first serving on sailing ships before joining Cunard where he went onto to become Commodore of their fleet, and the loss of the Titanic. Other chapters include his time with the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War, where he served at Gallipoli, and H.M.H.S. Mauretania. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and wear with a small bit of damage to the cloth on the tip of the bottom front corner. The spine is very slightly faded, the top of the spine is lightly bumped and there is slightly heavier to the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with a little scattered light foxing. There is no inscription.…

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Macmillan, NY, 1931, no other prtgs.listed, 8vo., cloth, 259pp., G in deco badly torn dj $.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 277, [1] p : front. (port.) plates ; 22 cm. Subjects; Seafaring life. Merchant marine Great Britain. Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 277, [1] p : front. (port.) plates ; 22 cm. Subjects; Seafaring life. Merchant marine Great Britain. Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd. 1 Kg.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors.&Uumlber den AutorArthur Rostron spent an eventful life at sea, captaining a number of ocean liners and Royal naval vessels includ.…