Titanic
Proceedings Before The Right Hon. Lord Mersey, With Rear Admiral The Hon. S.A. Gough-Calthorpe, C.V.O., R.N., et al. On A Formal Investigation Ordered By The Board Of Trade Into The Loss Of The S.S. "Titanic". In The Wreck Commissioners' Court, May/June 1912. Published by HMSO, London. Unbound, handwritten paper cover 'Evidence Given At "Titanic" Inquiry 1st to 18th Days. Incomplete- missing days 1 to 4 in lists of witnesses, day 18 missing p.503-506, appendix inserted between days 17 and 18.
A rare and interesting annotated part copy of the proceedings. The First Day title page is named in ink 'Mrs Robinson', presumably Mrs Annie Robinson, First Class Stewardess and survivor, whose examination was on the Eleventh Day and which is partly highlighted in red pencil. The first eleven days also contain various pencil marginalia, hand unknown, together with a pencil cross-section drawing of the ship, with references to the pre-voyage fire and the engineers. The title pages of the Twelfth Day to the Eighteenth Day are all named in ink 'Mr Boyle', referring to Alexander Boyle, with the Twelfth Day also bearing his professional stamp as 'Engineer Surveyor In Chief 23 May 1912 Board Of Trade'. No marginalia is found on days 12 to 18.