📚 Pre-Owned Titanic: The Story of the Great White Star Line Trio – Olympic, Titanic & Britannic (Hardcover, 1987)

 

🛳 Condition: Acceptable – Hardcover with original dust jacket. Jacket shows yellow stains inside and back, edge toning, and light shelf wear. Book itself is clean with firm binding, bright unmarked pages, no writing or highlighting. A solid, presentable copy for reading or collecting.

 

✍️ Author: Thomas E. Bonsall
📖 Publisher: Gallery Books
🖋 Edited by: Edward A. Lehwald
🎨 Graphic Design: Judy Craven-Madison
📐 Graphic Production: Hahn Graphics
📅 Publication Year: 1987
🌏 Printed in: Hong Kong
📚 ISBN: 0831787740
📦 UPC: 9780831787745

 

🌟 About This Book

Since 1912, countless books have been written about the Titanic, but few have been richly illustrated. This volume not only covers the tragic Titanic but also its two legendary sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic, together complete the story of White Star Line’s greatest liners.

With a wealth of rare photographs, art, and archival material, this is one of the finest visual collections ever assembled on the subject. Essential for Titanic enthusiasts ⚓ and lovers of maritime history 🌊.

 

📑 Contents Include:

• Designing & Construction of Olympic & Titanic 🛠
• Floating Palaces: The Luxury of the Liners 🏰
• Titanic’s Lucky Sister: Olympic (1911–1937) 🚢
• Titanic Disaster & Aftermath ⚓
• Discovery of the Wreck 🌊
• The Story of the Britannic ⚕
• Archival photos, rare illustrations, and historical commentary 📸

 

🎨 Cover Art Notes:

• Front: Illustration from an original White Star Line postcard, depicting the three Olympic-class liners.
• Back: Artwork from a 1920s Olympic brochure, highlighting the nearly identical interiors of the Olympic and Titanic.

 

👤 About the Author:

Thomas E. Bonsall is an award-winning historian and transportation writer with decades of research in maritime history. His extensive private archive of White Star Line materials provided the foundation for this richly illustrated work.

 

✨ Perfect for collectors of Titanic memorabilia, maritime history lovers, or anyone fascinated by the golden age of ocean liners.