Antique Book 1904 "Lace Its Origin and History" Titanic Survivor Goldenberg

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Antique Hard Cover Book 1904 "Lace Its Origin and History" Brentano's Booksellers New York Samuel L. Goldenberg. A wonderful comprehensive book about lace, its history and beginnings. In very good condition, though there is staining on the front cover which appears to be from water (see photo) , a small crack on the bottom of the spine, not all the way through, other than that it is in very good condition. Many black and white photographic plates with great detail. All 77 pages intact, heavy weight paper pages. Measures 7.5" x 10" . The author,
Samuel L. Goldenberg, was a survivor of the Titanic, see info below. Thank you for looking and good luck with your auctions ! * There are copies of this book listed for 0 online!!
Mr Samuel Levi Goldenberg was born in New York on 8 September 1864.
He was the son of Levi Goldenberg (1827-1884), a Lace importer, and Sarah Weinberg (b. 1832). Both his parents were Jewish and originally from Germany, his father coming to the USA around 1846.
Samuel appears on the 1870 and 1880 censuses living with his family in Manhattan. He later settled in France in 1894, living in Paris and representing his Lace-importing firm Goldenberg Brothers & Co, based at 109 Fifth Avenue, New York, but returned to New York in 1900.
He was married in Manhattan on 3 September 1901 to Nella Carlynne Sondheim
Mr and Mrs Goldenberg boarded the
Titanic
at Cherbourg on 10 April 1912 as first class passengers (ticket number 17453 which cost £89, 2s, 1d) and they occupied cabin C92. They were
en route
to attend the French Bull Dog of America show on 20 April, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria.
Mr and Mrs Goldenberg were rescued in lifeboat 5. Dressed only in his pajamas and dressing gown, with a raincoat and heavier coat over the top and with only slippers on, he brought two rugs from the stateroom, one for he and his wife, and a large canvas bag containing luggage. Mrs Goldenberg later recalled (
New York Herald
, 21 April 1912):
Mrs. Goldenberg ran out on deck. Mrs. Goldenberg, who had not waited to dress, but had only pulled a skirt over her night dress, was helped into one of the first boats by Mr. Goldenberg, Mr. Ismay and one of the Titanic's officers. She begged her husband to follow her, but he refused. The boat was unfilled when the crew started to lower it, according to Mrs. Goldenberg, and she urged her husband to take a place, as other men had done. "When I saw that he was not coming," said Mrs. Goldenberg, "I called, 'For God's sake say goodby to me then,' and suddenly Mr. Ismay and one of the crew seized Mr. Goldenberg and threw him over the side. He managed to catch the boat ropes and I and others pulled him in..."