About this title: On the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by a violent earthquake that shook the city and ignited an even deadlier menace - a three-day fire that burned up and down the city's streets and incinerated its buildings and neighborhoods. Landmarks, homes, hotels, churches, and artwork were reduced to rubble and ash. Hundreds died, and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. E. Scull
Date Published: 1906
Description: Fair. A complete and accurate account of the fearful disaster which visited the great city and the Pacific...people and the world-wide rush to the rescue. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS; spine/cover poor shape; inner cover shows previous owner; pages show water damage, smudges and small tears; binding is loose. " San Francisco was struck by a violent earthquake that shook the city and ignited an even deadlier menace--a three-day fire that burned up and down the city's streets ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780252070969ISBN:0252070968
Description: Good. 0252070968. Softcovers lightly rubbed, rear corner creased. Interior very good, crisp and clean. A good reading/working copy.; 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Edition: Salesman's Sample Copy
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: None Stated
Date Published: Circa 1890
Description: Circa 1890 Salesman's Sample copy is in poor but very readable condition. A rare piece of history from the way books were sold in the old days by door to door salesmen. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 1906
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "...A Compete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster which Visited the Great City and the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic and Lawlessnes, the Plight of 300, 000 Homeless People and the World-wide Rush to the Rescue" Spine has a wrinkle in the cloth, covers lightly soiled with some shelf wear. Top and bottom of spine and corners are bumped. Sticker on inside front cover. Hinges split in front and back. Previous owner's name in pencil on end paper. ... read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Not Listed, Not Listed
Date Published: 1906
Description: Good. No Jacket. History Tight binding with small separation on the inside bottom cover and wear on the external cover. Full title: The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire: complete and accurate account of the fearful disaster which visited the great city and the Pacific Coast, the reign of panic and lawlessness, the plight of 3000, 000 homeless people and the world-wide rush to the rescue. An account of the earthquake written the year of the earthquake that includes information about ... read more
Description: Eye Witnesses (told by) & edited by Charles Morris., pub. by W.E. Scull? , nd, c1906, illus. cloth w/gilt titles, decorated end papers, vg (no dj), 446 pp, B & W illus., Sm 4to, "A Complete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster..." read more
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: W.E. Scull
Date Published: 1906
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Illustrated compilation of eye-witness accounts of the devastating San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. Covers have considerable wear with the cloth covering fraying at the botton. Possible slight water damage to lower edges. Interior of the volume is good with a stable binding and intact illustrations. read more
Description: Black and red stamped pictorial green cloth w. fiery disaster design, 8vo, 446 pp., b/w plates & illus., decorative endpapers. A fragile copy w. binding intact but hinges broken and super exposed, cloth lifting from spine; covers significantly rubbed, faded, soiled, w. fraying at extremities; damage to endpapers incl. rear free ep missing; some foxing and finger marks to pp., pencil marks on a couple of page margins. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.E. Scull, Washington, D.C.
Date Published: 1906
Description: Illustrated. Good. No Jacket. This antique hardcover book is bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and color illustrations on the front and spine showing the buildings of San Francisco collapsing in flames. Cover is worn, soiled, edges worn; page edges browned/spotted; inner pages browned. Illustrated with black-and-white photos, engravings and diagrams detailing the San Francisco calamity as well as other natural disasters such as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. 446 pages; approx. 6 ... read more
Description: 100 ilust. Good cond. Shaken, cov wear. 6x9" ilust covers 446ps Accurate, Rush to Rescue etc. Also Much on Vesuvius, Other eruptions. Pelee, Krakatoa, Yellowstone... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409903628ISBN:1409903621
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
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