The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle Tapa dura - 1973

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Collins, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0002117436

Collins, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed, soiled and edgeworn but has suffered minimal paper loss. Internally clean (very minor foxing) and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0002117436 . 252pp, illustrated, maps, illus endpapers, bound in original red cloth/gilt with dustwrapper; Octavo .

London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0002117436 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .

UK: Collins. Good. Hardcover. 1973. 252 pages. .

Collins, January 1973. Hardcover . 6.5 Bulk HB Low.

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… Leer más

Collins, London - first edition ISBN:0002117436 1973 Hardcover, 8¼" x 5¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Rebound hardcover book with illustrated endpapers, 16 pages b&w photographs, map (US east coast), elevation view of liner, appendices, and bibliography. The luxury cruise line 'Morro Castle' caught fire a few hours out of New York habour on a return voyage to Havana. Ninety passengers and 35 crew members died. But was it an accident? Here is a spell-binding moment-by-moment account with eye-witness interviews (survivors, rescuers, investigators), which reveal a tale of obvious incompetence, tragedy, heroism, and quite possibly murder.