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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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Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History

By: Ballard, Robert; Dunmore, Spencer; Sauder, Eric

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Warner / Madison Press: 1995

Seller ID: 2304037

ISBN: 0446518514

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1/4 inch closed tear to jacket spine head. 1995 Large Hardcover. 227 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps throughout. An examination of unanswered questions about the sinking of Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine attack on May 7, 1915, killing nearly 1200 people on board.
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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: 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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Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror

By: Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel; Linthicum, Richard; White, Trumbull

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hubert D. Russell: 1906

Seller ID: 2286816

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Memorial edition. No jacket. Spine very faintly toned, minor general wear. 1906 Hard Cover. 408 pp. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Introduction by Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows. A comprehensive and connected account of the terrible tragedy that befell the people of our Golden City--The Metropolis of the Golden Gate, and the death and ruin dealt many adjacent cities and surrounding country. Destroying earthquake comes without warning, in the early hours of the morning; immense structures topple and crumble; great Leland Stanford University succumbs; water mains demolished and fire comple...
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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 destroyed Pompeii 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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Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters

By: Jessop, Violet

Price: $9.00

Publisher: 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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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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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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What Really Sank the Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries

By: McCarty, Jennifer Hooper; Foecke, Tim

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Citadel Press: 2008

Seller ID: 2302824

ISBN: 0806528958

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. A few light spots. 2008 Hard Cover. On the night of April 14, 1912, the unsinkable RMS Titanic, with over 2,200 passengers onboard, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and plunged to a watery grave. For nearly a century, the shocking loss has haunted the world. Now the same CSI techniques that are used to solve modern murder cases have been applied to the sinking of history's most famous ship. Researchers Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke draw on their participation in expeditions to the ship's wreckage and experiments on recovered Titanic materials to build a compellin...
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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: 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: 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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Pictorial Story of the Flood: Southern Tier - New York State - July 1935

By: Rochester Kiwanis Club

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kiwanis Club of Rochester: 1935

Seller ID: 2132935

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

1 inch tear to spine base. 1935 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. Printed wrappers. Stapled binding. A brief pictorial account of the flood of July 7, 1935, which affected the Southern Tier region of New York State and caused over 40 deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage. Rather scarce - only 5 copies located in OCLC.
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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-sloop Ontario, 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 Lake is 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 mariti...
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Image for The Johnstown Horror!!!; or, Valley of Death, Being a Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin. Containing Graphic Descriptions of the Terrible Rush of Waters; the Great Destruction of Houses, Factories, Churches, Towns, and Thousands of Human Lives; Heart-Rending Scenes of Agony, Separation of Loved Ones, Panic-Stricken Multitudes and Their Frantic Efforts to Escape a Horrible Fate. Comprising Thrilling Tales of Heroic Deeds; Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Death; Frightful Havoc by Fire; Dreadful Sufferings of Survivors; Plundering Bodies of Victims, etc., together with Magnificent Exhibitions of Popular Sympathy; Quick Aid from Every City and State; Millions of Dollars Sent for the Relief of the Stricken Sufferers. Fully Illustrated with Scenes of the Great Calamity.

The Johnstown Horror!!!; or, Valley of Death, Being a Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin. Containing Graphic Descriptions of the Terrible Rush of Waters; the Great Destruction of Houses, Factories, Churches, Towns, and Thousands of Human Lives; Heart-Rending Scenes of Agony, Separation of Loved Ones, Panic-Stricken Multitudes and Their Frantic Efforts to Escape a Horrible Fate. Comprising Thrilling Tales of Heroic Deeds; Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Death; Frightful Havoc by Fire; Dreadful Sufferings of Survivors; Plundering Bodies of Victims, etc., together with Magnificent Exhibitions of Popular Sympathy; Quick Aid from Every City and State; Millions of Dollars Sent for the Relief of the Stricken Sufferers. Fully Illustrated with Scenes of the Great Calamity.

By: Walker, James Herbert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Forshee & McMakin: 1889

Seller ID: 2303829

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards a bit soiled, gilt mostly rubbed away on spine and front board, first gathering sprung but holding. 1889 Hard Cover. xiv, [18], 504 pp. 8vo. Grey decorative cloth, decorated endpapers. Full title: The Johnstown Horror!!!; or, Valley of Death, Being a Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin. Containing Graphic Descriptions of the Terrible Rush of Waters; the Great Destruction of Houses, Factories, Churches, Towns, and Thousands of Human Lives; Heart-Rending Scenes of Agony, Separation of Loved Ones, Panic-Stricken Multitudes and Their Frantic Efforts t...
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