Lord, Walter SIGNED BY AUTHOR; A Night to Remember 1912 sinking of the SS Titanic.
CHICAGO, HENRY HOLT, 1955 FIRST EDITION, HARD BACK
Overall Condition is: GOOD
BOOK ALSO INSCRIBED SIGNED BY WALTER LORD wear to cover and spine. clean illustrated endpapers. Red Christmas envelope and card from the author. Envelope is torn and has sticker with the address of the Walter Lord a 32 cent Christmas stamp and a Post Office cancelation dated 1995. also on the envelope is the name and address (165 East 35th Street , NY, NY 10016) of the man who sent the envelope, Robert Forrest. Red ink writing to Christmas card laid in which states: Bob - Hope to see you soon - Lots more Titanic ___ to be done! -Walter . top of front endpaper also has Robert's name and a different address (12 Sherbrooke RD, Hartdale, N.Y.) dated 11-10-55. colored photograph of the Titanic pasted to half title page. Inscription on title page by the author that states For Robert Forrest - With thanks for a very different and far happier Night to Remember. -Walter Lord 1/11/77. pages are clean. black and white photographic illustrations. THE GENTLEMAN I PURCHASED THIS BOOK FROM STATED ROBERT FORREST WAS AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF WALTER'S. WALTER NEVER MARRIED. And, from looking online at other references to Walter Lord and Robert Forrest, an item on Worthpoint (I'm attaching a screen shot) includes this: [Lord and Forrest] were Titanic enthusiasts and collectors, who contributed to various publications concerning the ill-fated ship. Walter Lord's papers relating to the Titanic in the Lord-MacQuitty Collection at the Royal Museums Greenwich: Walter Lord bequeathed his collection to the National Maritime Museum in 2002, encouraged by his close friend William Macquitty, the producer of 'A Night to Remember'. The collection also includes items previously owned by William Macquitty. William MacQuitty (15 May 1905 – 5 February 2004) was born in Belfast. He was six when he watched the launch of the TITANIC on 30 May 1911, and saw her set sail on her fateful maiden voyage a year later. During the Second World War he worked in film production for the Ministry of Information but it was only in the 1950s that his interest in the TITANIC was rekindled. His wife had been reading Lord’s 'A Night to Remember' and he realised that this was the film he had been waiting for. He took an option on the film rights, met Walter Lord, and together they developed a screenplay based on the book. MacQuitty then produced the film, also called 'A Night to Remember' (directed by Roy Ward Baker) and following its success won a contract for the Independent Television Authority’s franchise for Ulster.
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