CHAPIN, Howard M.
The Titanic Disaster.
Providence: E. A. Johnson & Co., Printers , 1913.
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"The world's largest, newest and fastest ocean liner, on her maiden trip, struck an iceberg and plunged to the bottom of the ocean, carrying with her over 1600 souls": Scarce first separate edition of The Titanic Disaster; Inscribed by Howard M. Chapin
First edition of this scarce first-person account of the aftermath of the Titanic. 12mo, original cloth, one of 20 copies printed for the author's personal distribution, engraved frontispiece of the iceberg that wrecked the Titanic after a "the only illustration of the iceberg on which the Titanic struck" - a photograph by Mrs. Howard M. Chapin taken from the deck of the R.M.S. Carpathia (Chapin, Bibliotheca Titanica, 3). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Paul Coe Nicholson with compliments of Howard M. Chapin." In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare and desirable.
Originally published in both the Paignton Magazine and the Brown Alumni Monthly, The Titanic Disaster remains one of the few extant first-hand accounts of the aftermath of the British passenger liner, the R.M.S. Titanic, which sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. The author, Howard M. Chapin, and his wife were passengers aboard the R.M.S. Carpathia, the ship diverted to rescue the Titanic's survivors. The Carpathia arrived just under two hours after the Titanic sank, and brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.
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