Booth, John and Coughlan, Sean. This very rare signed Limited Edition reveals many of the wireless transmissions between the ill-fated HMS Titanic and other ships in the vacinity of the disaster as well as telegrams sent from the Carpathis the vessel under the command of Captain Rostron that arrived on the scene and picked up the surviving passengers. These telegrams convey that hoorifying diaster in the starkest of terms. One example is the first telegram from Bruce Ismay President of The White Star Lines who survived the sinking. Histelegram read in part " Iselfrank (White Star's cable address in NYC) New York--Deeply regret advise you Titanbic this morning fifteenth after collision iceberg resulting serious loss life--further particulars later. Bruce Ismay." (ILLUSTRATED BELOW). This is one of several telegrams sent by Ismay but in subsequent telegrams he signed them Yasmi to conceal his identity.

Is may was trying to make arrangements for the New York office of White Star to hold over a liner that was due to depart New York so that Ismy could board it alkong withthe crew and get out of the United States before andn inquiry could be held.The United States Government intervened and ordered that they all be held in the US where Senator Smith of Michigan conductred a thoroughgoing inquiry,

Book Description: 1993 White Star Publications, 1993. This book is one of a SIGNED and NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. These recently discovered and previously unpublished wireless messages offer an unadulterated transcript of events, almost a running commentary, of life on board the "TITANIC" before and after disaster struck. The harrowing hours of her sinking, the calls for help and the race to rescue survivors speak of both hope and despair, providing a poignant record of how the "TITANIC", the icon of the Gilded Age, turned to rust. First edition. Signed by both authors. Mint in Mint dj. 12x8. 184pp. Frontis photo of a young Mr Marconi aboard the SS Lucania in 1903.

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