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Scarce lot of four early White Star Line promotional items from circa 1910 and 1911, printed in the lead-up to the highly anticipated launch of the RMS Titanic on May 13, 1911. The lot includes:
- Rare circa 1910 booklet entitled ‘The Largest Steamers in the World: Olympic / Titanic,’ twenty-two pages, 8.5 x 5.25, which contains images and detailed information on the construction of both ships at the Harland & Wolf shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Pamphlet for ‘Second Class Rates, 1911’ issued for the White Star Line and the White Star-Dominion-Canadian Service on February 10, 1911, twelve pages, 6.75 x 10.75, with the cover promoting the “Titanic, 45,000 Tons (Building at Belfast, Ireland),” next to an image of the Olympic, “First Sailing from New York, June 28, 1911.”
- Two “Proposed Sailings” fold-out booklets from the White Star Line, 3.5 x 6.5 (both measure 27.25 x 6.5 unfolded), identified as “Sailing Schedule No. 1, 1911. January 11, 1911” and “Sailing Schedule No. 2, 1911, March 14, 1911,” both of which feature several mentions of the under-construction Titanic: under an image of the Olympic on the front page, “‘Titanic’ (Building at Belfast)”; the opening section notes how the Olympic will be “followed in due course by her sister-vessel ‘Titanic,’ now building at Belfast”; the upper border of the inner schedule section is marked twice, “The Largest Steamers in the World, ‘Olympic (Launched)’ and ‘Titanic (Building),’ 45,000 Tons Each”; and another section is devoted to the “Triple-Screw Sea Giants ‘Olympic’ and ‘Titanic,’” which are “nearing completion at the yards of the famous Belfast builders, Harland & Wolff.”
In overall very good to fine condition. Accompanied by an assortment of early 20th-century promotional booklets, pamphlets, and brochures for various shipping lines, which include items related to White Star-Dominion and the Cunard Line, the latter of which bears information on both the RMS Lusitania and the RMS Mauretania.
