The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook (Ex-library copy) by Koshalek, Richard; Amatullo, Mariana - 2008

Los Angeles: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design, 2008. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Library tamp to top edge of pages, remnant of label to front cover, marker dots to bottom edge of pages, library notation to copyright page, otherwise Good ex-library copy; no dust jackdt a publsihed. Blue cloth with B&W pastedown, 342pp, colour illus. This is a cool eathquake preparedness book priduced by the Art Center. The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook combines practical advice with compelling graphics - an essay advising the reader what to include in a personal disaster "supplies kit," for instance, is illustrated with a comic that gives voice to a more jaundiced view of disaster preparedness, in which a character anticipates, "Three days after the quake, panic sets in. Marauders who didn't prepare will go foraging for food. A heavy book. (2.4 JM FO 13/3. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library.