Miller, J. Martin

The Martinique Horror and St. Vincent Calamity. .

Np, D. Z. Howell, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. (1902). Octavo; pp. 560; Frontispiece plus many photographs and drawings; pictorial decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt, with an oval pictorial inset at center of the front board, green patterned end papers; Very good; "The Martinique Horror and St. Vincent Calamity containing a full and complete account of the most appalling disaster of modern times including a vivid description of the terrible volcanic eruptions; the destruction of St. Pierre and other towns and loss of nearly 50, 000 lives; heart-rending scenes, etc. In collaboration with Hon. John Stevens Durham, Ex-Minister of Hayti. No such frightful calamity, unequalled for the suddenness of the blow, the number of victims, the completeness of the desolation has ever come upon the civilized world.. Very Good .

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Book number: 11978

Catalogue: Disaster Books

Keywords: World History; Disaster; Natural Disaster; St. Vincent; Martinique; Volcano

Morris, Charles. Editor

Morris's Story of the Great Earthquake of 1908 and Other Historic Disasters; Embracing Two Books in One Volume;...

Np, (E. M. Scull, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (6), 7-448; frontispiece, map and nearly one hundred black and white plates; green cloth, lettered in gilt and black with an oval pictorial inset at center of the front board, patterned endpapers. A classic example of the American Published Disaster Book, quickly brought together with illustrations and sensational survivor reports to capitalize while the event is still fresh and in the news. Covers the 1906 San Francisco uake & the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii & Herculaneum. Very Good .

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Book number: 14008

Catalogue: Disaster Books

Keywords: World History; Earthquake; Disaster; Volcano; Italy; Sicily; San Francisco;