Order Nr. 134363 LOST ON THE TITANIC. Rob Shepherd.
LOST ON THE TITANIC.
LOST ON THE TITANIC.
LOST ON THE TITANIC.
LOST ON THE TITANIC.
LOST ON THE TITANIC.

LOST ON THE TITANIC.

(Bookbinding).
  • London, England: Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf, 2001.
  • 4to.
  • leather, cloth clamshell box, leather spine label with title and author in gilt
  • x, 60, (2) pages
  • ISBN: 0954107209

Price: $1,950.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 134363

Limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this was one of the unnumbered copies set aside in sheets for bookbinders. This particular copy is bound in full goatskin, with marbled leather onlays spelling out the title on the front cover on top of 'ribbed' textured leather grids, in blind, by Don Etherington. The rear cover shows the same title, but the leather is moulded over the lettering, creating a smoother pattern. The endpapers and pastedowns are marbled in a metallic ink. The cloth clamshell box with marbled pastedowns protect this remarkable binding. An absolutely fine copy. Table of contents, preface, bibliography.

Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 1911, the Great Omar was, at the time, known as the most extravagant binding ever issued. Just as the title proclaims, which was taken from a newspaper clipping from 1912, the Great Omar was lost during the famed sinking of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1911, tragicly ending the lives of over 1,500 people.

Tipped-in color frontispiece and tipped-in color illustrations in text. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Lacks poster which accompanied this book.