A Night To Remember.
“But legends are part of great events, and if they help keep alive the memory of gallant self-sacrifice, they serve their purpose": Walter Lord's A Night To Remember; Inscribed by Him
A Night To Remember.
LORD, Walter.
Item Number: 137449
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, which mainly served as the basis for the 1997 film Titanic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Walter J. Fox with best wishes Walter Lord.” Near fine in a very good jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
A Night to Remember is a work by Walter Lord that depicts the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. The book was hugely successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the Titanic. Lord interviewed 63 survivors of the disaster as well as drawing on books, memoirs, and articles that they had written.
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