Lusitania, Signed (62 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. 1st Edition. Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by the author. Clean pages with no other markings. Minor wear on the corners and edges.Ships same day in most cases!The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters! Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed., 7th Printing. 430 pages. Dust jacket covered in clear plastic. No reference to Colin Simpson's The Lusitania, which exposed the fact that Churchill and Wilson conspired to use the Lusitania as a means of drawing the US into WWI. Signed by Author. World War I--Incidents.

hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Signed 4th printing, Crown hardcover w/ DJ, 2015. Book is VG, w/ clean text, solid binding. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Signed by author on title page. Free delivery confirmation. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2015; New York; black illustrated matte paper dust jacket with white titles; dust jacket contains minimal rubbing and edge wear; sticker on front cover of dust jacket; author's signature on ffep; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 430 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, Second Printing Hardcover copy with dust jacket. SIGNED by author (Erik Larson). Dust jacket has light shelf and edge wear. Book is in good condition. Inside cover has what appears to be adhesive from previous owner's stickers. Interior pages are in good clean condition, fore edge has small stains. Images are included. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The classic, pathbreaking study of the World War 1 1915 torpedo'ing and sinking by Germany of the passenger liner 'Lusitania'. Author clearly demonstrates that the ship was carrying contraband munitions and was thus a legitimate military target for Germany, and that the passengers had been amply warned of combatant status beforehand. Author also details the propaganda 'spin' on the event as taken by Britain, and the post-war coverup. Hardcover, 295pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Owner Stamp & Signature. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Flat signed by the author on endpaper after the cartographic endpapers. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing--full numberline. "Signed Copy" sticker on front dj.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition First Printing. This work is a historical novel based on the true life event that occurred on May 7, 1915, when a German submarine torpedoed and sank the "Lusitania," a British ocean liner, killing 1,200 civilian passengers. 128 Americans were among the dead, so this war crime caused a storm of protest in the United States, and began a chain of events that plunged the U.S. into World War I. In this gripping novel, an insurance investigator and his finance attempt to help a murdered longshoreman's widow who has been unjustly denied her husband's life insurance. The book contains photographs, illustrations, and a bibliography. This copy is clean and solid. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. (2015), 450pp, map to eps, signed by author to title pg, light soiling to cover, no dj, contents clean & unmarked. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 0307408868 First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed, price clipped or otherwise marked. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Full # line starting with a 1. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Not inscribed. The book is in fine condition. The jacket is in near fine condition. First Edition, Second Printing. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. From the author: I first started reading about the "Lusitania" on a whim, following my between-books strategy of reading voraciously and promiscuously. What I learned both charmed and horrified me. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the incident, but, as so often happens when I do deep research on a subject, I quickly realized how wrong I was. Above all, I discovered that buried in the muddled details of the affair--deliberately muddled, in certain aspects--was something simple and satisfying: a very good story. My goal was to try to marshal the many nodes of real-life suspense and, yes, romance that marked the "Lusitania" episode, in a manner that would allow readers to experience it as did people who lived through it at the time (although squeamish readers may wish to skip the details of a certain autopsy that appears late in the narrative). In any event, I give you now the saga of the "Lusitania", and the myriad forces, large and achingly small, that converged one lovely day in May 1915 to produce a tragedy of monumental scale, whose true character and import have long been obscured in the mists of history. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. 1st ed/1st printing. Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Gray, John. Gift inscription by the author. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Signed.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. Author inscribed copy: "With best wishes to Harry Ferguson, Dolph Heohling 4/6/56." (First author's first name was Adolph, Dolph his nickname.) Very good with some internal foxing and a bit of rubbing to the extremities. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed. First Edition. Flat signed by the author on the title page. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing--full numberline.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stiff bright book that was working copy (underlining) for history professor whose name is on front endpaper, under which is signature of the author; 144 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page (dated 2015). This copy is crisp, clean, tight, and unmarked. The dust jacket is unclipped and there are no remainder marks or owner names. A collectible book in collectible condition. ; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 219 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a 1 inch cut in the middle of the front of the dust jacket. There is a label from "The Prologue Society of Miami " that is signed by Erik Larson free inside the book. Of course, this title follows in Mr. Larson fantastic non-fictioin stories. It explains so much about this sinking by the German Sub that changed the rules of Warfare and pushed the USA into the War against Germany. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black clothbound with dustjacket is like new: very clean, square along the edges, and tightly bound. Only mark(s) to book are prior owner gift inscription on half-title page; also author's signature (single letter E on end paper) with front cover sticker (Signed Copy). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. Paperback original - first printing. The fourth novel in Collins's series of disaster mysteries, issued as paperback originals. Each centers around a famous historical disaster and has a different famous mystery writer involved who solves the murder - in this book, it is S. S. Van Dine, and the Pinkerton detective on board is Philomena Vance, the inspiration for Van Dine's hero, Philo Vance. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. xv, 254 pp plus ads. Very near fine (usual light toning to pages).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing with full number line down to 1. Signed by author (Erik Larson) on tipped-in page. Small tear in binding after tipped-in page (see photo 3). Small tear on back paste-down (see photo 5). Nudging at the top of page 155 (see photo 8). Otherwise inside is clean and unmarked. Tilt to spine. Sticker on front of dust jacket that says "Signed Copy". Dust jacket has creasing at edges and wear. See photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. S2 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. The Lusitania tells the story of a great ship that made history from the day her keel was laid, but is remembered more for her loss than for her life. 9.25"x6.25", 291 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later. Lusitania held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing and was briefly the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister ship Mauretania three months later. The Cunard Line launched her in 1906 at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. She was sunk on her 202nd trans-Atlantic crossing. German shipping lines were aggressive competitors for the custom of transatlantic passengers in the early 20th century, and Cunard responded by trying to outdo them in speed, capacity, and luxury. Cunard used assistance from the British Admiralty to build Lusitania, on the understanding that the ship would be available as a light merchant cruiser in time of war. She had gun mounts for deck cannons, but no guns were ever installed. Both Lusitania and Mauretania were fitted with revolutionary new turbine engines that enabled them to maintain a service speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). They were equipped with lifts, wireless telegraph, and electric light, and provided 50-percent more passenger space than any other ship; the first-class decks were noted for their sumptuous furnishings. The Royal Navy had blockaded Germany at the start of the First World War; the UK declared the entire North Sea a war zone in the autumn of 1914 and mined the approaches. In the spring of 1915, all food imports for Germany were declared contraband.[5] RMS Lusitania left New York for Britain on 1 May 1915 when German submarine warfare was intensifying in the Atlantic. Germany had declared the seas around the United Kingdom a war zone, and the German embassy in the United States had placed newspaper advertisements warning people of the dangers of sailing on Lusitania. On the afternoon of 7 May, a German U-boat torpedoed Lusitania 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland inside the declared war zone. A second internal explosion sank her in 18 minutes, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The Germans justified treating Lusitania as a naval vessel because she was carrying hundreds of tons of war munitions, making her a legitimate military target, and they argued that British merchant ships had violated the cruiser rules from the very beginning of the war.[8][9][10][11][12] The internationally recognized cruiser rules were obsolete by 1915; it had become more dangerous for submarines to surface and give warning with the British introduction of Q-ships in 1915 with concealed deck guns. The Germans argued that Lusitania was regularly transporting war munitions; she operated under the control of the Admiralty; she could be converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser to join the war; her identity had been disguised; and she flew no flags. They claimed that she was a non-neutral vessel in a declared war zone, with orders to evade capture and ram challenging submarines. However, the ship was not armed for battle and was carrying thousands of civilian passengers, and the British government accused the Germans of breaching the cruiser rules. The sinking caused a storm of protest in the United States because 128 American citizens were among the dead. The sinking shifted public opinion in the United States against Germany and was one of the factors in the declaration of war nearly two years later. After the First World War, successive British governments maintained that there were no munitions on board Lusitania, and the Germans were not justified in treating the ship as a naval vessel. In 1982, the head of the British Foreign Office's American department finally admitted that there is a large amount of ammunition in the wreck, some of which is highly dangerous and poses a safety risk to salvage teams. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 22 Illus. 184 Pages. 13 x 23cms. good in frayed d/w The last days of the Lusitania. Passengers & U Boat Crew in the fateful sinking of 1915. Index. Unsigned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. First Edition. Second printing. Signed by author on title page. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, red remainder dot on bottom edge, word on ffep blanked out by black ink, else pages clean and binding firm. Overall, very good plus. DJ lightly creased on ends of spine and ends of flap folds, rubbed on ends of flap folds, "Signed Copy" sticker and fingerprints on front, else very good minus. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed and dated by author ("January 24, 2024") direct to title page. Not a pub insert. 1st printing. Book is new, thus binding is tight, crisp, and clean. Immacuate. Dust jacket is protectedin mylar like plastic sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition, 20th Printing. Not price-clipped ($30.00 price intact). Published by Crown, 2015. Octavo. Black cloth over black boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Signed by Erik Larson on title page (flat signed, not inscribed). Signed in person directly on title page; not tipped-in or a bookplate. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. A scarce signed copy of this classic of modern narrative non-fiction. ISBN: 9780307408860. 430 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. Signed by Author(s).