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Tropical Storm Agnes!

By: N/A

Price: $9.00

Publisher: ., United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1972

Seller ID: 2005575

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing. 1972 Large Softcover. Unpaginated. Oblong. Stapled binding. An account of Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, with color and black & white photographs throughout.
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Floods and High Water, 1936: Pennsylvania's Greatest Flood Disaster in Pictures

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, The Telegraph Press: 1936

Seller ID: 2265079

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper creased, edges lightly rubbed. 1936 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. A collection of black-and-white photographs of the Pittsburgh flood of 1936. On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at 46 feet (14 m). This flood became known as The Great St. Patricks Day flood, and also affected other areas of the Mid-Atlantic on both sides of the Eastern Continental Divide.
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The Last Days of Pompeii

By: Bulwer-Lytton, Edward

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., A.L. Burt:

Seller ID: 2207364

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A.L. Burt Home Library edition. Boards lightly rubbed. A fictional retelling of the doomed city in the years leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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The Last Days of Pompeii

By: Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Edward

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Collins: 1960

Seller ID: 2205653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1960 printing. Imitation leather hardcover in publisher's slipcase with clear acetate jacket. Slipcase lightly rubbed. A fictional look at the famous and tragic Roman city leading up to it's destruction by a volcano.
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Ghost Ships - Hamilton & Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812

By: Cain, Emily; McCulloch, William M.; McNaught, Kenneth; MacInnis, Joe;

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Windsor, Fountain Press: 1984

Seller ID: 2304038

ISBN: 0863430902

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket edges rubbed, 1 inch closed jacket tear and 1/2 inch closed jacket tear, sticker on front jacket flap. 1984 Hard Cover. 227 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps throughout. Cain presents eyewitness accounts of the naval campaigns in which Hamilton and Scourge were involved as well as a documented picture of their pre-war role on the lake as merchant schooners. In particular, Seaman Ned Myers recounts firsthand the sinking of Hamilton and Scourge as told to one-time shipmate James Fenimore Cooper.
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Great Train Disasters

By: Eastlake, Keith

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Wisconsin, Motorbooks International: 1997

Seller ID: 2265864

ISBN: 076030453X

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 1997 Large Hardcover. 96 pp. Despite the engineering ingenuity that has gone into making trains safe, rail disasters have occurred since the early days of steam locomotion. Great Train Disasters is a fascinating account of horror and heroism on the world's railroads. First-rate illustrations of the aftermath of these catastrophic accidents, a text written by a railroad enthusiast, and details and photographs of more than 50 rail disasters around the world make Great Train Disasters a significant compilation worthy of the library of any railroad enthusiast.
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Un Viaggio al Vesuvio: Il Vesuvio visto attraverso diari, lettere e resoconti di viaggiatori

By: Gasparini, Paolo; Musella, Silvana; Galasso, Giuseppe; Luongo, Giuseppe

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Napoli, Liguori Editore: 1991

Seller ID: 2199372

ISBN: 8820720892

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

First paperback printing. Corners slightly pushed. 1991 Large Softcover. 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 century A.D., and embracing the area's history from the disasterous eruption that destroyedPompeii and Herculaneum, to the mid-20th century. Reproductions of illustrations throughout, including many in color, along with a number of color photographs and maps.
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Discretions and Indiscretions

By: Gordon, Lucy Duff ('Lucile')

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1932

Seller ID: 2307277

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, advance review copy with slip tipped in on half-title page, which states the publication date as Sep 12 1932, and the retail price as $3.00 (the equivalent of $57 today!). Boards faintly soiled, top edge faintly stained (does not affect interior). vi, 333 pp. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece and plates. A memoir by the first internationally acclaimed fashion designer, Lucy Duff Gordon, who went by the professional name Lucile. She pioneered the 'mannequin parade' which presaged modern fashion shows; trained the first professional fashion models; modernized lingerie; dev...
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Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters

By: Jessop, Violet

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Dobbs Ferry, Sheridan House: 1997

Seller ID: 2302398

ISBN: 1574090356

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

5th printing. Remainder mark. 1997 Hard Cover. After a childhood in Argentina and formative years in England, Violet Jessop spent her entire career at sea. She was a stewardess for first-class passengers on the Titanic and she wrote an absolutley unique eyewitness account on the ost written about disaster of our time. Four years later, Violet was a nurse onboard the hospital ship BRitannic when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that could be told only by a Titan...
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History of the Johnstown Flood, Including All the Fearful Record; The Breaking of the South Fork Dam; The Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; The Overthrow of Johnstown; The Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, Etc., Etc.

By: Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Price: $20.00

Publisher: ., Edgewood Publishing Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 2204811

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Boards lightly rubbed, front free endpaper removed, ink name on front paste-down endpaper. 1889 Hard Cover. 459 pp. 8vo. 7 5/8 x 5 1/2. Numerous photographs. Including: all the fearful record; the breaking of the South Fork Dam; the sweeping out of the Conemaugh Valley; the overthrow of Johnstown; the massing of the wreck at the railroad bridge; escapes, rescues, searches for survivors and the dead; relief organizations; stupendous charities, etc, etc. The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the failu...
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History of the Johnstown Flood, Including All the Fearful Record; The Breaking of the South Fork Dam; The Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; The Overthrow of Johnstown; The Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, Etc., Etc.

By: Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Edgewood Publishing Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 2284285

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards a bit rubbed with loss of all gilt from spine titles and some from front board, rear hinge loosening, ink owner information on front endpaper and flyleaf. 1889 Hard Cover. xiv, 15-459, [3] pp. 8vo. 7 5/8 x 5 1/2. Numerous photographs. Including: all the fearful record; the breaking of the South Fork Dam; the sweeping out of the Conemaugh Valley; the overthrow of Johnstown; the massing of the wreck at the railroad bridge; escapes, rescues, searches for survivors and the dead; relief organizations; stupendous charities, etc, etc. The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became kn...
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History of the Wallingford Disaster (Illustrated)

By: Kendrick, John B.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Hartford, Conn., The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.: 1878

Seller ID: 2304773

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Front hinge starting, ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1878 Hard Cover. 76 pp. Includes 8 engravd plates from photographs by E. Valentine and N.R. Worden. An account of the F4 tornado that struck Wallingford, Connecticut on August 9, 1878, which was the deadliest New England tornado on record until the 1953 Worcester tornado.
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Dive Ontario Two! More Ontario Shipwreck Stories, Illustrated with Photographs, Maps, and Drawings

By: Kohl, Cris

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., Cris Kohl / Chamberlain-Mercury Press: 1994

Seller ID: 2135025

ISBN: 0969232683

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Lightly rubbed, sticker on front jacket flap. Very Good. 1994 Hard Cover. vii, 312 pp. 8vo. From the jacket: 'Ontario's maritime history includes hundreds of shipwreck stories, some relatively commonplace, many tensely dramatic... these true shipwreck stories, over 130 in all, with settings ranging from the St. Lawrence River to the wilds of Lake Superior, and from the year 1679 to 1975, [detail] events which transpired in Ontario waters.'
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A Night to Remember (Illustrated Edition)

By: Lord, Walter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1976

Seller ID: 2306692

ISBN: 0030150760

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

BCE of revised illustrated edition. Jacket rubbed with some tears to edges. 1976 Large Hardcover. 232 pp. 10 x 7 1/2. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings, and reproductions of historical documents. She was the world's biggest-ever ship. A luxurious miracle of twentieth-century technology, the Titantic was equipped with the most ingenious safety devices of the time. Yet on a moonlit night in 1912, the unsinkable Titantic raced across the glassy Atlantic on her maiden voyage, with only twenty lifeboats for 2,207 passengers. A Night To Remember is the gut-wrenching, minute-by minute ...
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Image for The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado. The Appalling Loss of Life, the Terrible Suffering of the Homeless, the Struggles for Saftey, and the Noble Heroism of Those Who Risked Life to Save Loved Ones; the Unprecedented Loss of Property, Resulting in the Laying Waste of Flourishing Cities and Towns. How the Whole Nation Joined in the Work of Relief.

The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado. The Appalling Loss of Life, the Terrible Suffering of the Homeless, the Struggles for Saftey, and the Noble Heroism of Those Who Risked Life to Save Loved Ones; the Unprecedented Loss of Property, Resulting in the Laying Waste of Flourishing Cities and Towns. How the Whole Nation Joined in the Work of Relief.

By: Marshall, Logan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: U.S., L.T. Myers: 1913

Seller ID: 2304455

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket. Gilt on spine and front board rubbed, page ridges lightly foxed. 1913 Hard Cover. 352 pp. Profusely illustrated with authentic photographs. A history of disasters throughout Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Alabama, New York and more.
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Image for Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters: A Detailed and Accurate Account of the Most Awful Marine Disaster in History, Constructed from the Real Facts as Obtained from Those on Board Who Survived, Including Records of Previous Great Disasters of the Sea, Descriptions of the Development of Safety and Life-Saving Appliances, a Plain Statement of the Causes of Such Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them, the Marvelous Development of Shipbuilding, etc.

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters: A Detailed and Accurate Account of the Most Awful Marine Disaster in History, Constructed from the Real Facts as Obtained from Those on Board Who Survived, Including Records of Previous Great Disasters of the Sea, Descriptions of the Development of Safety and Life-Saving Appliances, a Plain Statement of the Causes of Such Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them, the Marvelous Development of Shipbuilding, etc.

By: Marshall, Logan; Van Dyke, Henry

Price: $150.00

Publisher: ., L.T. Myers: 1912

Seller ID: 2303710

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, ink gift note on front endpaper, light 1/2 inch stain on fore-edge margin of a couple pages. 1912 Hard Cover. 350 pp. 4to. Original yellow cloth, photographic plate of Titanic mounted on front board. An account of the Titanic disaster, published the year it occurred. Notable for inclusion of first-hand accounts obtained during interviews with survivors. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, include 32 plates.
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The Johnstown Flood [The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating 'Natural' Disasters American Has Ever Known]

By: McCullough, David

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 2264598

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

3rd printing. Very good book in fair jacket. Large chip from front jacket corner. Jacket now protected under fresh mylar. Owner sticker on front endpaper. 1968 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 302 pp. 8vo. Includes section of black & white photographs, maps on endpapers. The first book the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. David McCullough is known to millions as the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling books The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas, and Mornings on Horseback, and as host of the popular PBS television series 'Smithsonian World?' The Johnsto...
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The Johnstown Flood [The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating 'Natural' Disasters American Has Ever Known]

By: McCullough, David

Price: $225.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 2283498

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Remainder mark on page base, jacket flap price crossed out (but still visible), jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1968 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 302 pp. 8vo. Includes section of black & white photographs, maps on endpapers. The first book the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. David McCullough is known to millions as the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling books The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas, and Mornings on Horseback, and as host of the popular PBS television series 'Smithsonian World?' The Johnstown Flood, David McCullough's fi...
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Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections

By: Pellegrino, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 2004

Seller ID: 2307674

ISBN: 0380973103

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 2004 Hard Cover. 489 pp. A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned...
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Legend of the Lake: The 22-Gun Brig-Sloop Ontario, 1780

By: Smith, Arthur Britton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Kingston, Quarry Press / Quarry Maritime Heritage Books: 1997

Seller ID: 2304056

ISBN: 1550821865

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1997 Hard Cover. 159 pp.On Halloween 1780, near Fort Niagara, the worst shipwreck in the history of Lake Ontario occurred. The 22-gun brig-sloopOntario, built at the Carleton Island shipyard near present-day Kingston to defend British North America against the revolutionary forces of George Washington, foundered in a violent storm.Legend of the Lakeis the story of the building, launching, foundering, and recent discovery of Ontario in deep water, almost intact, with both masts in place. Features British Admiralty plans for the ship, with scale drawings by renowned maritime archi...
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A Debonair Scoundrel: The Flamboyant Story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco's Infamous Era of Graft

By: Thomas, Lately

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1962

Seller ID: 2200351

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Pages toned. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1962 Hard Cover. 422 pp. With illustrated photographs. In the year 1906, San Francisco was rocked by two calamitous earthquakes. Nature herself was responsible for one; a man named Ruef was responsible for the other. Abraham Ruef (September 2, 1864 San Francisco, California February 29, 1936 San Francisco), known as Abe Ruef, was an American lawyer and politician. He gained notoriety as the corrupt political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco during the period before and after the 1906 San Francisco ...
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

By: Winchester, Simon

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 2005

Seller ID: 2307668

ISBN: 0060571993

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Top corner of front jacket panel chewed, small tear along top edge of front jacket panel. 2005 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 462 pp. 8vo. Map illustrated endpapers & several photographs. Unleashed by ancient geologic forces, a magnitude 8.25 earthquake rocked San Francisco in the early hours of April 18, 1906. Less than a minute later, the city lay in ruins. Bestselling author Simon Winchester brings his inimitable storytelling abilities to this extraordinary event, exploring the legendary earthquake and fires that spread horror across San Franci...
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