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GARDINER**, ROBIN: : THE GREAT TITANIC CONSPIRACY

UK.HERSHAM,SURREY.IAN ALLAN PUBLISHING LTD.,2010.

ISBN 9780711034969.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,Olympic/Titanic(?)  ship's colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,grey-lettered title,author'a other grey-lettered name,a white spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered title,author's other black-lettered name and publisher's green illustrated+lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with b/w thumbnail ship photograph of front's ship's photograph with black lettered paragraph extract from book. Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - but both lower corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Internally to foot of the spine/backstrip and a small portion of the rear lower edge of the dw/dj,a small waterstain minimally affecting the commensurate area of the board,and is visible externally.Inevitable age-acquired,but minimal and superficial scoring/ indents to either panel of dw/dj but without penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-224pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table, Acknowledgements,an Introduction,22 chapters includes Conclusion,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp96/7,appendices (1-4),a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication page. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness.                                     Since the best-selling 'Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank' was published in 1998,author Robin Gardiner has unearthed a wealth of new evidence in support of his theory that the sinking of the Titanic was a vast conspiracy,and that the ship that went down on 15th April,1912 was in fact the Olympic,Titanic's sister ship,and the sinking was planned as one of the world's greatest insurance frauds.But,tragically,the planned staging of the sinking of the Titanic, wherby other ships from the company would normally be on hand to rescue all the passengers and crew,went disastrously wrong,and 1,500 souls perished on the supposedly unsinkable ship's maiden voyage.This book concentrates on the conspiracy,with evidence of why the White Star company intended to defraud the insurance company by swapping the identity of Titanic and the recently damaged Olympic - involved in a collision with HMS Hawke - with new conclusive photographic and documentary evidence of the swap.The subsequent staged collision with the iceberg went horribly wrong as those in charge of Titanic completely underestimated the scale of the panic and the ensuing disaster as the ship quickly sank and the rescue boats failed to arrive,thus it became a disaster that would reverberate around the world. This gripping story recounts the author's theory concerning the build up to the disaster and its aftermath,in which all parties were involved in collusion,conspiracy and cover-up on an unprecedented scale.After a life-long interest in the maritime history,in particular "Titanic", Robin Gardiner published 'Riddle of the Titanic' in 1995,as he became increasingly unhappy with the "story as it is told". Feedback from that convinced him that further investigation of the subject was inevitable.He has continued to put forward his reasons for still believing in his original conspiracy theory,that Titanic and her sister ship were switched and that the disaster of April,1912 was not entirely accidental. Hence his research became more detailed and eventually led to his series of books on the subject,of which this is one.See also,my book ID rja1487 THE RIDDLE OF THE TITANIC. by GARDINER, ROBIN & van DER VAT,DAN -also from that series.  Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of a less expensive book! 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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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