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THE RAGING SEA: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
New York: Kensington, (2005.). First edition - An account of the 1964 tsunami - triggered by an earthquake in Alaska - that all but destroyed Crescent City on the California coast. Photographs, index. xiv, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-806-526823.
Condition: Fine (a new copy.)
Book ID: 50787More details Price: $12.00 -
AGADIR.
Edition: First printing (limited edition.)
Pittsburgh: Byblos Editions II, (1979.). Hardcover first edition - A long narrative poem describing the events of the 1960 earthquake in Southern Morocco that detroyed the city of Agadir, Preface by William Jay Smith; translated from the Swedish by Smith and Leif Sjoberg. One of only 230 copies, Illustrated with a sepia-toned frontispiece by William Libby (details from the frontispiece are used in the book to separate sections. 55 pp. Fine in marble covered boards with linen spine. No dust jacket, likely as issued. One of 230 copies.
Condition: Near fine in red and gold marbleized papers with a black linen cloth spine,gilt lettering, in the original acetate wrapper (gift inscription on front endpaper, tear to acetate wrapper.)
Book ID: 41494More details Price: $40.00 -
THE WHITE DEATH: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - From Peter Matthiessen: 'a dramatic account of an ill-fated mountaineering family, and a well-researched study of the avalanches and the mysterious nature of snow.' Photographs, index. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50303x.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27211More details Price: $14.00 -
THE WHITE DEATH: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - From Peter Matthiessen: 'a dramatic account of an ill-fated mountaineering family, and a well-researched study of the avalanches and the mysterious nature of snow.' Photographs, index. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50303x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26704More details Price: $16.00
