New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine base and bottom edge of rear board bumped.
491 pp. Color and black-and-white plates. More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Hard Cover.
Former library copy with marks on front endpapers by nowhere else. One plate loose, edges lightly faded, minor wear to corners.
xviii, 395 pp. Blue cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, floral endpapers. Illustrated with 57 engravings, including a frontispiece and.....
Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1987. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fourth printing. A fine copy.
xx, 268 pp. In October 1947, Maine was engulfed by the worst fire in its history. Before the flames were quenched, 200,000 acres had burned. This is the definitive account of those terrible and exciting.....
Waukesha: Country Beautiful, 1973. Large Hardcover.
Jacket faintly rubbed.
208 pp. A look at the most deadly and destructive fires to have ever occurred in America.
Napoli: Liguori Editore, 1991. 1st Printing. Large Softcover.
First paperback printing. Minimal cosmetic wear along edges.
307 pp. Italian text. A collection of historical accounts of Mount Vesuvius, based on nearly 100 works, mostly from the 17th-19th centuries, but also including references dating as far back as the the first.....
Rochester, New York: Rochester Public Library, 1994. Stapled Binding.
Ink gift note on front wrapper.
23 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white maps and photographs. "One of the deadliest accidents* in our area's history took place exactly 100 years ago today. 29 people were killed and 62 injured when a Lehigh Valley.....
Hartford, Conn. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1878. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front hinge weakening, ink gift note on front endpaper.
76 pp. Includes 8 engraved plates from photographs by E. Valentine and N.R. Worden. An account of the F4 tornado that struck Wallingford, Connecticut on August.....
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
3rd printing. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with significant internal tear along spine edges repaired on reverse with tape, some minor chips, ink initials and numbers on front endpaper, fore edge of plate pages a bit.....
New York: Longmeadow Press, 1991. Susan Brady. 4th Printing. Large Hardcover.
Fourth printing. Jacket edges lightly toned.
191 pp. The Associated Press commemorates the events at Pearl Harbor with this stunning special edition. Packed with more than 100 photos-some never before published-Pearl Harbor intricately explores the historic relationship between Japan.....
. S.N. Unbound.
Creases and chips.
7" x 13 1/4". Black-and-white Photographic Reproduction of Eastland Disaster, July 24, 1915. Thousands of horrified onlookers witnessed Chicago's most deadly disaster on the morning of July 24, 1915. Warehouse workers along the Chicago River shouted, "Look out, she's tipping!" Suddenly the fully-loaded passenger.....
New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Minor wear to corners.
183 pp. Black-and-white photographs. "Author Robert C. Reed, whose Great-Grandfather lost his life on a train wreck, has written a fascinating survey on train wrecks fully illustrated. Here is an absorbing story of train wrecks on the.....
Beverly, Massachusetts: Commonwealth Editions, 2003. Reprint. Hard Cover.
2003 reprint. Jacket lightly bumped.
xv, 316 pp. Issued to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Edward Rowe Snow. This Snow classic includes the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, and the 1938 hurricane.....
Omaha, Nebraska: Bee Publishing CO., 1913. Powell, Doane. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers toned and lightly rubbed with 1 inch crease to front corner, spine and interior of front corner reinforced with clear tape.
[28 pp.] A collection of black-and-white photographs showing the devastation caused by the 1913 tornado that blew threw.....
New York: Harper Collins, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards a bit smudged, small sticker on rear jacket corner otherwise jacket is excellent.
xiv, 462 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers showing North American tectonic plates, past earthquakes and volcanoes, and author's travel route, black-and-white photographs and maps in.....
New York: Harper Collins, 2003. First US Edition. Hard Cover.
First U.S. edition. A couple tiny spots to jacket reverse, otherwise an excellent copy.
xvi, 416 pp. "Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of.....