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Walter Lord.

Books about Titanic by this author in order of publication
A Night to Remember. 1955.
Maiden Voyage. Article in American Heritage. 1955.
A Night to Remember, Illustrated Edition. 1976.
The Night Lives On. 1986.

.Non-Titanic books by this author in order of publication.
The Fremantle Diary. 1954.
Day of Infamy. 1957.
The Good Years, from 1900 to the First World War. 1960.
A Time to Stand. 1961.
Peary to the Pole. 1963.
The Past that Would Not Die. 1965.
Incredible Victory. 1967.
Dawn's Early Light. 1972.
Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons. 1977.
The Miracle of Dunkirk. 1982.

Walter Lord's Titanic Books

Winner of the Titanic Book of the Year Award for 1955.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. 1st printing. NY: Henry Holt. 1955. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: fairly common.

The most famous Titanic book of them all, and rightly so. Walter Lord single handedly kick started renewed popular interest in the disaster with this book, and with ebbs & flows, that fascination has continued to this day.

Lord’s book is full of information, a great deal of it from the words of the survivors themselves, as the author interviewed every survivor he could find. It is also enthralling to read, and ranks to this day as one of the best written books ever published on the subject. Right from the opening line the book just grabs you. Would there ever have been a renaissance in Titanic interest if not for this book?

I reread this book at least once a year, and am spellbound anew by it every time. If you haven’t read it in a while, give yourself a treat and pull it down from the shelf. You won’t be sorry.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. 1st printing, SIGNED by Lord. NY: Henry Holt. 1955. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: hard to find.

Lord was not shy about autographing books, so you would expect signed copies to be a lot more abundant than they are. Apparently most of these copies have found their way into private collections, with the result that they are quite scarce in the open marketplace.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. 1st British printing. Lon: Longman’s, Green. 1956. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: fairly common.

This is the first British edition, printed about a year after the original American edition.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. special limited edition, SIGNED by Lord. Norwalk: Easton Press. 1998. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: hard to find.

A leatherbound edition by the Easton Press. Each copy is signed by Lord and the print run is limited to 3,000 copies.

Winner of the Titanic Book of the Year Award for 1976.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember, Illustrated Edition. 1st illustrated edition. NY: HR&W. 1976. hardcover. isbn: 030150760. scarcity: fairly common.

This new edition of Lord’s excellent book truly does stand out from the original edition, as it is packed with photographs and drawings. Now-a-days, extra illustrated books are common, but when this book was released there was nothing else like it available with such a wealth of images.

The first British printing of this book more or less simultaneously with the American edition by Allen Lane, London. hardcover.

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember, Illustrated Edition. 1st illustrated wraps edition. NY: Bantam. 1978. wraps. isbn: 0553010603. scarcity: fairly common.

This is the first edition of the softcover version of the illustrated edition.

Lord, Walter. Maiden Voyage. Article in American Heritage, December, 1955. NY: American Heritage. December, 1955. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: scarce.

This is a hardcover copy of the December, 1955 issue of American Heritage magazine. What makes the issue special to any collector of Titanic books is the ten and a half page article, Maiden Voyage. The first and last trip of the “unsinkable” Titanic, by Walter Lord. The article includes six and a half pages of text, and four pages of photo illustrations.

The article was written by Lord as an introduction to his book, A Night to Remember. It includes all original material in which Lord sets the stage, introduces some of the players, and ends with a classic cliffhanger ending just as Titanic strikes the iceberg. It is a wonderful companion piece to Lord’s equally excellent book.

Lord, Walter. The Night Lives On. 1st printing. NY: Morrow. 1986. hardcover. isbn: 0688049397. scarcity: common.

Lord’s sequel to A Night to Remember, written some 30 years after the original, and shortly after the wreck had been found. The book is full of new answers and even more questions amassed over the years he has been researching all aspects of the disaster since the release of his first book. He delves into many of the mysteries and riddles that Titanic readers have puzzled over for decades.

Lord, Walter. The Night Lives On. 1st British printing. Lon: Viking. 1987. hardcover. isbn: . scarcity: hard to find.
Non-Titanic books by this author
in alphabetical order by title.
Lord, Walter. Dawn’s Early Light. 1st printing. NY: WW Norton. 1972. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common. The story of the climactic turning point in the War of 1812, when America, on the brink of collapse, achieved an incredible reversal of fortune.
Lord, Walter. Day of Infamy. 1st printing. NY: Henry Holt. 1957. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common. The story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lord, Walter (editor). The Fremantle Diary. 1st printing. Boston: Little, Brown. 1954. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: fairly common. The diary of an English army officer who traveled through the Confederate South on his way from Texas to Gettysburg during the Civil War.
Lord, Walter. The Good Years, from 1900 to the First World War. 1st printing. NY: Harper & Brothers. 1960. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common.
Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory. 1st printing. NY: Harper & Row. 1967. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common. Story of the battle of Midway.
Lord, Walter. Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons. 1st printing. NY: Viking. 1977. hardcover. isbn: 0670437654. scarcity: common. How a remarkable band of men forwarded intelligence to the Allies and rescued downed flyers deep behind Japanese lines.
Lord, Walter. The Miracle of Dunkirk. 1st printing. NY: Viking. 1982. hardcover. isbn: 0670286303. scarcity: common. The story of the incredible evacuation of the British Expeditionary Forces in June of 1940. There are two pages about Charles Lightoller’s role in the rescue, plus a photo illustration of his yacht, the Sundowner.
Lord, Walter. The Past that Would Not Die. 1st printing. NY: Harper & Row. 1965. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common. The history of racial attitudes and politics in Mississippi, the focal point being the riot at the University of Mississippi in 1962 when African-American James Meredith enrolled there.
Lord, Walter. Peary to the Pole. 1st printing. NY: Harper & Row. 1963. hardcover. children’s book. isbn: none. scarcity: fairly common. The author's only children's book. Not a scarce title, though it is tough as nails to find a copy that isn’t ex-library.
Lord, Walter. A Time to Stand. 1st printing. NY: Harper & Brothers. 1961. hardcover. isbn: none. scarcity: common. A recreation of the battle at the Alamo.