Home From the Sea

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.…