Isbn: 9780002117432 - strange fate of the "morro castle" (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 16 Illus. 287 Pages. 13 x 20cms. Human drama of luxury Cruise Liner catching fire in Sept. 1934 off New York with great loss of life. Was it accident.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a small inscription and one tiny short closed tear to the jacket.

ISBN 0-00-211743-6. Hardback. Softcover. Very good condition book in a Very good condition dustjacket. Light wear and darkening to dustjacket, slight smoky odor, otherwise Tight, sound, unmarked copy.

1973, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy , met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy , met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 252 pages. Dust jacket stained & tornEn la madrugada del 8 de septiembre de 1934, el crucero de lujo Morro Castle, qu e transportaba 316 pasajeros, 230 oficiales y tripulantes, se incendió horas de spués de partir de Nueva York. 90 pasajeros y 35 tripulantes murieron esa noche . Los autores plantean incognitas tales y como por qué no había suficientes bo tes salvavidas, o por qué los dispositivos antincendios no funcionaron.…

1st UK edition. 252 PP with 1 map and 1 ship plan, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Extracts from Ward Line brochures. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5. The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle in 1934 with the loss of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Cloth hardcover y. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. y First Edition. First Edition. 252 p.; ill.; includes Appendices (p. 240-6) and Bibliography (p. 247-52). Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine exhibits mild dent/bumping to tip and heel of spine and a small bit of minor damage to the edge of page near end of book, but otherwise Fine, being clean, clear, and tightly bound, with no other evidence of wear and endpapers illustrated in blue. Please see listing images for detail of damaged pages and list of illustrations. Dust jacket exhibits some sunning and very minor shelfwear, including small (1cm) closed tears, otherwise Very Good+ From the dust jacket: In 1884 an editorial in the Daily Spray, a journal circulating in the Asbury Park area of New Jersey, suggested one way for Asbury Park to improve its resort status. We want a first-class shipwreck. Why ? To make Asbury Park a famous winter resort. There is a very comfortable berth for a big ship between the fishing pier and the Asbury Avenue Pavilion. She should strike head-on, so that her nose would ram the Baby Parade grandstand, and her tail might hop around even with the end of the pier. We could accommodate her all winter. Pontoon or suspension bridges could be built from the pier and the pavilion, so that the ship could be used as a casino. We need a spectacular ship. Fifty years later, almost to the day, the newspaper's demands were fulfilled. This is the story not only of how it happened, but of why. In the early morning hours of September 8, 1934, the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle, carrying 316 passengers and 230 officers and crew, caught fire a few hours out of Now York harbour on a return voyage from Havana. The fire spread with terrifying swiftness. Why was a proper alarm never given ? Why did the fire-fighting equipment, such as it was, not work ? Why were lifeboats in short supply and why were the ones that were used defective ? 90 passengers and 35 crew members died that night. Was it an accident ? Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts have written a spell-binding moment by moment account of one of the most spectacular disasters ever to stir the Atlantic Ocean. Interviews with eye-witnesses—survivors, rescuers, investigators—emphasize the human drama of the Morro Castle story, a tale of obvious incompetence, tragedy, heroism, and quite possibly murder. £3.00 net Table of Contents PROLOGUE HAVANA: SEPTEMBER 5, 1934 A Likely Suspect Charade Rumours of Sabotage Playing with Fire Poison The Storm Rises A Fatal Evening Who Killed the Captain? The Smell of Smoke FIRE AT SEA: SEPTEMBER 8, 1934 Panic The SOS Out of Control Nightmare The Rescue Armada Jump! She's Worth a Fortune to the Town Abandon Ship Beached ON THE BEACH 19 Indictments 20 The Verdict APPENDICES BIBLIOGRAPHY. [various] (illustrator).…

[0-00-211743-6] 1973, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 252pp. Illustrated endpapers, maps, plans, photographs, appendices, bibliography. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and has a small diagonal crease to the inner front flap. "In the early morning hours of September 8, 1934, the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle, carrying 316 passengers and 230 officers and crew, caught fire a few hours out of New York harbour on a return voyage from Havana". Book about Arson, Morro Castle. Time Period 1930's & 1934. (Transportation, Cruise Ships, Disasters, Mysteries).…