Very rare first edition of second-class passenger Lawrence Beesley's account of the tragedy that befell Titanic.  Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, in 1912.  Very good condition with some scuffing to cover.  Rare and very interesting to read.  Beesley set the standard!  $245.

A novel about Titanic from 1940?  That is just what this is.  Long ago someone pressed a couple of four leaf clovers in the book.  They have not damaged it, and I will leave them for the new owner to find.  368 pages.  $50. 

An interesting book with great cover art by Ken Marschall. Examines the coincidences and psychic happenings connected with this legendary disaster.  The appendix lists all the names and known dates of survivor deaths up until that time.  Compiled by Don Lynch of the Titanic Historical Society.  Hardback and runs 163 pages.  Well indexed.  $25.

A fine book and one I recommend.  When this book came out in 1987, it was one of the few (if not the only one) that told the story of all three sisters.  The chapters about Olympic after the Titanic disaster offered fresh and new info that was to be found almost no where else.  Hardcover and 64 pages long.  Much use of color.  Some tearing to the upper edge of the dust jacket and some slight flea bites to the edges of the cover.  $5

Although produced in 2004, this book is very hard to find.  Not too many were printed.  Excellent look at Nomadic and her history though never-before-seen black & white and color photos.  An amazingly well-illustrated book.  Lots of photos you will not find anywhere else!  134 pages with hundreds of photos.  Soft cover and in excellent condition.  Text in French.  $50.

192 pages.  Profusely illustrated in color with artifacts related to the sinking.  Has a list of passengers and crew and lists who was lost and saved.  A must-have for anyone interested in original Titanic memorabilia.  $12.

Super text about one of history's most well-known shipping lines.  In very good condition and getting very hard to find, especially in this shape.  Hardcover.  284 pages.  $185.

Published in 1925, this biography is about one of White Star's most well-known captains, Sir Bertram Hayes.  For some reason, compared with Cunard captains, there are not too many biographies of White Star officers.  Some photos.  310 pages.  Great condition.  $50.

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A complete history of the White Star Line, published in 1964.  Included is a full-color fold out for the "glory that was not to be," White Star's Oceanic of 1928.  Published nearly 50 years ago and still a must have in any liner library.  In excellent condition with original dust jacket that has some issues.  See photo.  238 pages with lots of photos.  I always wondered what happened to Anderson.  Does anybody know?  He wrote this superb book and then doesn't seem to have done anything else with White Star.  $135.

These memorial books swept the nation immediately after the disaster.  This 1912 first edition however is in the best shape of any I have seen recently.  Tight binding and with little dirt on the covers. Quite rare at 100 years old.  $85.

The fantastic reprint of the 1911 Shipbuilder covering these two liners.  This edition, published in 1983, is getting tough to find now at a reasonable price.  I wish I had bought a stack of them back in 1990 when I got my copy!  It cost $60 back then and was worth every penny.  I was just a kid so I had to get my mother to buy me a copy for Christmas.  I was an Olympic nut even then! 

The details are the reason to buy this book.  It is the Olympic and Titanic bible, and it is all here from foldout plans to specs.  A must have for researcher and armchair enthusiast alike.  The bonus is the fantastic epilogue by John Maxtone-Graham.  His texts are always a treat to read; however, it is his analysis and conclusions that make this 33-page epilogue a treasure.  I don't believe that I have ever read a more succinct and well-considered review of Olympic and the world she inhabited.  John covers it all with amazing insight, particularly with regard to Olympic compared to her competition.  He wrote this 30 years ago, talk about being ahead of his time!  Where others try, John succeeds.  In excellent condition.  $60.

Back in 1992, when this book was published, not too many full-color photos of Titanic's wreck has been released.  This book changed all that.  Runs 96 pages with about 80 images, mostly in full color and mostly of the wreck  Some slight waster damage to the top edges of a few pages at the back of the book.  This does not affect the text or images at all.  $15. 

Full hard-back report of the results from the British Enquiry into the Titanic disaster.  75 pages and each one fascinating.  Loads of technical details and testimony. Excellent condition.  $6.

Perhaps the best Titanic book to come out of the early 1990's.  Titanic Voices is impressive with its deep local research and amazing unseen photos.  The story of Southampton's close connection to White Star and Titanic was long over due.  Packed with hundreds of pages of glossy photos including some color.  I recommend this book highly. 

Hardcover.  296 pages and near mint.  $8.

Softcover.  296 pages and near mint.  $6.

A classic book on the history of the White Star Line as told through postcards.  A must have for any White Star fan.  Signed by the author.  $18. 

An unsigned copy is also available for $12. 

For many years, the RMS Olympic deserved a book about her.  Simon Mills was the first to oblige back in 1995.  Soft cover, 65 pages and in excellent condition.  $20. 

Another great book by Simon Mills covering the life of the least famous 1/3 of the Olympic class.  Quite hard to find as it was published 20 years ago.  Soft cover 65 pages and in excellent condition.  $50.

44410    Steel Ships Iron Men: Shipbuilding in Belfast, 1894-1912 by Michael McCaughan

A fascinating account of Harland & Wolf using their own photographs currently at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.  Some amazing and never-seen-elsewhere photos in this work.  Any liner enthusiast with an interest in H&W or Titanic should own it.  A large part of the book is an appendix of the ships covered and the photos in the collection for that ship. Soft cover, 105 pages and in excellent condition.  $22.

44786    The Irish Aboard Titanic by Senan Molony

Very well-researched and well-written copy of this rare work by Irish writer Senan Molony.  Among his many talents is that he can claim to be an excellent tour guide of Dublin!  Thanks for showing me around Senan.  Highly sought after and quite rare now 12 years after it was published.  This copy is signed to its former owner.  In excellent condition soft cover and running 256 pages.  This is selling elsewhere for $200.  My price is more reasonable at $75.

Very rare copy of the highly sought after book about how Titanic was connected to Canada.  Soft cover 172 pages.  Near mint condition.  $45.

Dating from 1896, this book covers all lines, including White Star, Guion, CGT, down to the Hill Line and the Petroleum Line.  With over 50 illustrations, the book is a must have from the 19th century.  Separation at spine to be expected with its age but nothing is falling out.  Runs 325 pages.  $45.

The latest book on Cunard's lovely cruise ship Caronia.  I have just co-authored this with well-known maritime author and lecturer Bill Miller.  Sporting nearly 150 photos from my personal collection acquired over a 15 year period, most have not been published before.  Mint condition and signed by me.  $35.

The Story of Shaw Savill's Southern Cross and Northern Star.  I have read this book and can tell you it is fascinating.  A very interesting story indeed.  Did you know the president of Shaw Savill was Basil Sanderson, the son of Harold Sanderson (president of White Star) and that he was married to an Ismay duaghter!  In excellent condition.  $18.

Frank Braynard's magnum opus about the Leviathan.  Included are all 6 volumes, including the very hard-to-find Volume 1.  More than 2,250 pages in total and lavishly illustrated throughout. These books are a tour de force of historical detail, art, and photography with thorough footnotes and index.  All are first editions, and each volume is signed by the author.  In some cases, the books are inscribed to previous owners.  Each volume is in excellent condition and have the dust jackets, but the jackets all have some slight issues around the edges.  These are not library copies as is so often seen now days.  Sets are selling on the internet for up to $675 so this is as cheap as you'll find a complete set anywhere!  $275.

Covers the history of transatlantic travel in the 19th Century.  Very interesting illustrations not usually seen.  Hard cover and sporting 208 pages.  A tremendous amount of information.  I have read this book and enjoyed it greatly.  Lovely graphics on the front cover.  Contents fine but some splitting inside the cover at the spine.  In very good condition for being over 100 years old.  $50.

An overview of Atlantic passenger service from 1900 onward.  Seems to be a continuation of The Atlantic Ferry by A.J. Maginnis, which covers 19th Century passenger ships.  Has a color foldout frontispiece of White Star's Britannic of 1930.  Dates to about 1929 with some color illustrations.  278 pages.  Very good condition.  $25.

274 pages with illustrations with an ex libris sticker on the inside from cover.  8 pages in full color with 48 half-tone illustrations, each full page.  Dates to the late 1920's.  Has some very interesting photos, particularly of Berengaria.  Divided into three parts -- sailing ships, steamships, and the British Navy.  Very good condition.  $20.

Written back in the 1980's when the Mary was being run by the Wrather Corporation, this book runs 122 pages and has lots and lots of photos, most taken from the ship's own archive.  Many in full color.  Hardcover.  $10.

An overview of transatlantic travel up to the time of the record breaker Europa.  418 pages with over 40 illustrations.  Dates to 1930 and is in very good condition.  Not too many period publications floating around from this time frame.  The details and insight are quite interesting to read considering the author had in person experience.  $45. 

Covers all types of ships from the Queen Elizabeth and Victory to a Thames tug.  Paperback.  64 pages, well illustrated, with some wear to the cover and chip off the corner.  An oddity.  $14.

128 pages.  About 150 photos of the ill-fated liner, most of which have never been seen in print before, and loads of information you won't find anywhere else.  Second edition.  A must have book for any ship library.  Signed by the author.  $25.

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Runs 160 pages.  Tons of photos.  Has some dirt on the end papers.  Otherwise excellent.  Bill Miller at his best. Hardcover dating from 1986.  $14.

Dates to around the early 1930's.  This book tells the story of the transatlantic service.  It's interesting to get the perspective of an author just at the point where they were switching from the Edwardian ships to the Ship of State.  208 pages with over 25 photos.  Some interesting appendices.  Some fading to spine otherwise in very good condition.  $25. 

256 pages  Included is the great final Union Castle ad, consisting of a shot out of a plane window, looking at the engines  The text reads:  "The view on your way to South Africa after we're gone."  Very sad.  Profusely illustrated.  $10.

Very lavish coffee-table book with tons of photos and illustrations, many in full color.  Runs 232 pages.  Always a crowd pleaser.  $25.

A look at the Titanic disaster in that it is made up of newspaper accounts from April 5 to May 7, 1912.  My favorite image in the book is of a first-class dining room chair that had been recovered after the sinking.  Where is it now?  242 pages with about 200 illustrations.  Excellent condition.  $50.

Fascinating account of Cunard's history, written while the company was still in its heyday.  Illustrated and runs 234 pages.  Dates to 1931.  Very good condition hardcover with some fading to the spine, which is typical of almost every copy I've seen.  $30.

Volume 12 of Haws's huge effort to cover all the major shipping lines.  Soft cover 108 pages and near mint condition save for some ink on the cover.  $22.

Cute hard cover where someone raided the archives to find interesting information and photos about the Cunard fleet from 1840 to 2004 up to and including the arrival of the QM2.  Mint.  A full fleet list, 158 pages.  A few available @ $5 each.

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Bonsor the name is synonymous with extensive, informative, even exhaustive work.  This book is no exception and is a full list of all ships for all companies including photos and drawings for many.  Comes with a very handy bookmark with fleet list abbreviation key, ruler for judging the scale of drawings and chapter list.  It is faster to look up details in this book than to use Wikipedia! Dust jacket is rough but the book is fine.  $30.

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Volume 19 of this extensive series.  Covers the White Star Line and as such is the most sought after volume of the set.  Complete fleet list with small bio and illustrations of every White Star ship ever built.  Paperback, 104 pages.  Loads and loads of info!  Mint condition.  $20.

Mark Chirnside's books just keep getting better and better.  The Majestic is one of his best efforts so far.  Soft cover and running the typical Tempus Press 96 pages.  Excellent condition and signed to the former owner.  $30.

The sad story of the Collins liner Arctic and her tragic sinking in 1854.  In one of the worst sea disasters to happen to a liner up to that time.  Not a single women or child survived.  240 pages with illustrations.  Paperback and in excellent condition.  $5.

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40008    Crossing & Cruising by John Maxtone-Graham

Another classic from the master storyteller himself.  Very well illustrated, this hard cover edition is 311 pages.  Some slight scratches and marks on the cover, but otherwise book and dust jacket are in near mint condition.  I really enjoy the way this book is setup with one chapter about cruising alternating with one about liners.  The chapter where John imagines what Normandie would have been like had she survived the war is a must and makes this book worth the price.  I went to the launch lecture for this book way back in 1992.  20 years ago now.  $18.

Extremely well illustrated.  192 pages.  Book is in very good condition but the dust jacket has some issues.  $10

Covers many shipwrecks and accidents from the last century.  192 pages.  Lots of color.  Excellent condition with a plastic cover over the dust jacket to protect it.  $8.

Published by The Pentecostal Union Pillar of Fire....  You may say that the author is preachy and judgmental, and you'd be right.  An interesting perspective on the disaster, thouh.  First published in 1912, this copy dates from 1916.  Hardback, and in very good condition with a bit of discoloration on the back cover.  Not counting the advertising in the back for Christian schools, etc., runs 210 pages.  Considering when it was published, there are a number of good illustrations, 36 of them.  $75.

George Behe takes a look at the psychic phenomena surrounding the sinking of this most famous of shipwrecks.  Illustrated.  Published in 1988.  Hardcover, 176 pages.  $25. 

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Doesn't get any more mint than this paperback.  Still in its original cellophane!  I had to go to my copy to write this description for you.  Printed in 1997 and running 88 pages, this work is by renowned Titanic historian and former vice president of the Titanic Historical Society.  Unusual look at the tragedy, suggesting that the sinking was avoidable and that Titanic's bridge officers were criminally negligent.  $40.

Where else can you read about a White Star stewardesses experience on board Olympic?  Her life was fascinating.  As you all know, she was on Olympic for the Hawke collision, as well as the Titanic and Britannic when they sank.  A hat trick, if you will.  238 pages with 36 photos.  Near mint hardback.  $15.

A superb sequel to A Night to Remember.  Walter had so much material that after the discovery of the wreck, he put out this volume.  A Night To Remember is a tough act to follow.  The Night Lives On follows up nicely.  272 pages with 25 photos.  Excellent condition, hardcover.  $8.

One of the better books for color photos of salvaged artifacts.  There are only a few books showing salvaged Titanic items anywhere.  205 pages.  Dust jacket torn at edges.  $10.

The best Titanic book available in the 1960's and still considered a classic.  Ex-library copy.  In very good condition with dust jacket.  Missing the plans that came with it in the back.  $8.

One of the first looks at the Californian controversy.  A controversy that continues to rage to this day.  This first American edition dates to 1966.  318 pages.  In excellent condition with just a couple of small tears to the dust jacket.  $65.

When this came out in 1976, it was arguably the best Titanic book out there, and it still holds up well today.  Great selection of images.  A must for any Titanic book shelf.  Soft cover in very good condition with some slight folding to covers.  Complete with mylar cover.  $12.

Compendium of the wireless signals regarding the disaster.  184 pages.  Illustrated.  Very good condition with one slight rub to the dust jacket. Rather tough to find now. $45.

Chronicles Jack Grimm's futile search for Titanic. Excellent condition with plastic sleeve protecting dust jacket.  Once in the early 1990's I cold called Mr. Grimm on the phone.  He was quite gracious and spoke with me for well over an hour.  He was however still somewhat bitter about his expeditions and clung to the fact that he had indeed found the ship.  $10.

Full-color children's book about the lost liner.  Running 48 pages.  Excellent condition.  $5.

64 pages.  Lots of photos, many in color.  Soft cover.  Excellent condition.  Several copies available @ $6 ea.

13101    Roster of Valor: The Titanic-Halifax Legacy by Arnold and Betty Watson

96 pages with lots of illustrations, many in full color, including some of her salvage.  If you're a Normandie fan (and who isn't?), you really need this book.  $15.

The photos in this book show Normandie in all her art deco glory.  When this book came out there were only two other readily available Normandie books.  Frank's wonderful photo book really filled a big gap.  This is Frank Braynard at his best and that's saying something.  Running 133 pages and printed in 1987. In very good condition.  $12. 

One of the best books about her.  25 years after printing, this book is getting hard to find.  435 pages and well illustrated.  Excellent condition with some small tears to the dust jacket.  So many books have been written about Queen Mary have you ever noticed how few books are around for Normandie?  $45.

One of the better ocean liner books to come out of the early 1990's.  Running 176 pages with lots and lots of never-before-seen photos.  Includes a color section.  There are very few people who will do a six-volume set on a single ship and then give her and her sisters another volume later and actually be able to produce something very worthwhile!  Excellent condition.  Signed by the author.  $20.

32773    R.M.S. Lusitania, Triumph of the Edwardian Age by Eric Sauder and Ken Marschall

A superb tour de force of this sadly neglected liner in stunningly clear photographs.  Archives and private collections throughout the world were scoured to find these amazing photos, most of which have not been published since 1915 or before.  50 pages. 110 illustrations.  The foreword was written by Avis Dolphin Foley, who survived the sinking at the age of 12.  Also included is a complete set of drawings of the torpedoing and the sinking done by first-class survivor Oliver P. Bernard, a scenic designer for Covent Garden.  This is a book that no ocean liner collection should be without.  In very good condition with some scuffing to cover.  As this book was self published in a very limited quantity, it is very difficult to find.  Soft cover.  $20.

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Potter and Frost wrote a trio of books about the three Cunard Queens, but it's obvious they loved the Mary best.  And who can blame them?  The publication of the book coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Mary's maiden voyage.  The book is dedicated "To Herself."  320 pages with 38 photos. This is the updated 1971 version with more on the sale of QM and her "conversion."  One of the best histories you can find.  Excellent condition.  $25.

A catalog of sorts for an exhibit of art from Queen Mary held off the ship in 1994.  Having spoken to a few folks who went to this exhibit they all came away very impressed.  The book is broken down by room with most of the art on-board covered including small biographies of many of the artists.  64 page paperback.  Excellent condition.  $45.

32 pages with loads of excellent photos.  NOT the 7C's reprint!  Softcover.  $15.

A fascinating book for a fascinating ship.  Loads of color and many never before seen photos.  Near mint condition soft cover running 96 pages.  $10

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In my opinion, one of the best photo books available.  Printed in 1989, this book features photos taken by Ocean Pictures on board ships of the Cunard Line.  Mostly unseen, and many showing very rarely seen parts of the ships.  I learned a lot from looking at these photos.  Most are on the Mary and the Elizabeth.  128 pages and lots and lots of photos!  Excellent condition.  $18. 

Over 30 ships are covered, including Empress of Ireland, Adriatic, Lusitania, Mauretania, Nomadic and Traffic, Olympic, Titanic, France (1912), and on and on and on....  Printed on high-quality paper with numerous foldouts and hundreds of illustrations.  Particularly interesting are all the ads for the various suppliers.  225 pages.  Mint condition.  $65.

One of the first real coffee table photo books about ocean liners.  Amazingly illustrated, covering the entire era of the great liners.  Mint condition with dust jacket.  270 pages.  This is not the reprint.  This is a first printing which sports much better paper and photo reproduction than the Barns and Noble reprint.  $20.

In very good condition.  Some very slight chipping to the cover.  Collecting only Bill Miller books would result in a fine liner library. He's very prolific.  Well illustrated.  22 pages.  $14.

145 pages in very good condition.  The title says it all.  Bill has written 80 books!  Soft cover.  $8.

Assorted tales of steamship tragedies.  360 pages.  Near mint condition.  $20.

It is quirky, funny, sarcastic, and glib.  An interesting perspective of someone who actually sailed on these liners.  One of the best condition copies I have seen in some time.  No foxing and tight binding.  Sold by Charles E. Lauriat book importer as we are told by the sticker inside.  Charles, as we know, survived the sinking of the Lusitania.  On the first page the owner has written their name and Rotterdam, 1928.  I suspect the book was bought on board.  $55.

A compilation of 30 articles by Isherwood that had appeared in Sea Breezes magazine since 1949.  Printed in England in 1966.  115 pages.  Near mint.  Very well illustrated with drawings by Isherwood.  $15

Recounting of the sinking of the City of Cairo in 1942.  While on her way from Cape Town to Brazil, she was torpedoed by U-68.  The second torpedo to finish the ship off sank one of the lifeboats and damaged another.  Amazing tale of survival.  Excellent condition.  Runs 251 pages.  Illustrated.  $35.

Well illustrated history of the sea in movies.  Hardcover published in 1988.  248 pages. $20.

Running an impressive 352 pages this is almost certainly the only ocean liner book in German, French, and English.  Hundreds and hundreds of photos almost none of which I have seen before.  There is even a shot taken in the 1920's inside Aquitania's lower and unused pre-war bridge.  Some small tears to dust jacket.  Otherwise excellent.  $20.

This is a very interesting book, but all too often, the pages fall out.  Happily this copy is tight and in great shape.  226 pages in hardback format with only the slightest tearing of the dust jacket.  $5.

Bill Miller at his best.  Not your paperback photo book but a great overall history of ocean liners.  From 19th century ships of steam all the way to concept designs for modern cruise ships.  Runs 144 pages with lots of color.  Very good condition.  $25.

The picture books produced by Dover and Bill Miller fill a special need in liner bookshelves.  The French Line history is no exception.  Dozens of never before seen photos.  In excellent condition.  Softcover 113 pages.  $20.

You gotta love the Dover ocean-liner books.  Glossy pages, oversized format, and amazing photos.  Too bad they are not publishing them any more.  I've got to give Bill Miller credit.  He always finds great unpublished images for each of his books.  Has bumping to the corners and edges.  A great book for a great company.  $15.

Produced in 1984 this first-rate photo book is a must have for any liner library.  The Dover books are excellent for reference when you need info on a particular ship.  Builder, speed, and capacity are all listed in an easy to find way.  Softcover and in excellent condition.  $10. 

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What fantastic photos!  This 1981 book by Dover and Bill Miller is another must have for your liner library.  How does he do it ALL?  Bill Miller's capacity to work and produce great ocean liner books is inspiring.  Softcover and in excellent condition.  $10

Sporting 417 photographs, this work is a history of all the ships over 15,000 tons up to 1995.  Soft cover and 142 pages.  Near mint in condition.  $12.

Leave it to Bill Miller, a true liner expert, to cover even the most modern of ships. The real last of the line so to speak. 130 pages soft cover. In excellent condition. $8.

Ah, for the days when Patrick Stephens was turning out fantastic hard-bound liner books.  This look at every passenger liner lost in WWI & II was long over due.  A description of the ship and how she meet her end is included as well as a photograph for each one.  Some particularly amazing shots of the ships sunk or salvaged that I have not seen elsewhere.  Conte di Savoia being salvaged, the bombed Vaterland of 1943, or amazing views of the sunken Stockholm/Sabaudia are all examples.  A must for the liner book shelf.  $25.

A very interesting book written in the period of the great liners.  It is not dated but judging from the ships covered it would have been printed around 1930.  Chapters about Cunard, White Star, Royal Mail, P&O, etc.  Hardcover and in very good condition with some foxing.  $15. 

Book full of tipped-in prints of 19th Century steamships.  Full color.  Among the prints included are the sinking of the Collins liner Arctic, the massive Great Eastern, and the burning of the steamship Golden Gate.  Also includes a complete listing of the 160 Currier & Ives early steamship prints.  Dated 1933.  Good condition with some damage to the top and bottom of the spine.  $20.

80 pages printed on full glossy pages with lots of color so the reproduction is quite good.  A lot of unseen photos for the various lines.  A good overview.  Published in 1996.  In excellent condition.  $10.

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Great compilation of facts about liners that plied the Atlantic.  336 ships are covered.  160 pages in very good condition.  $15.

Chronicles the fire on board the Morro Castle and indicts the chief radio officer for killing the captain and starting the fire.  $8.

A fictional account of a 1931 crossing on the H.M.S. Manchia.  I haven't read it so I can't share my opinion!  $10.