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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, Recuses, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., ect,; with Full Accounts also of the Destruction of the Susquehana and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Ealge Creek
by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
(Philadelphia): Edgewood Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Generously illustrated with full-page, B&W photographs of the aftermath of the flood and a frontispiece map.. Ex-Library with the usual markings and pocket, head and heel of spine worn with loss, edges worn, gilt faded, poem by former reader on reverse of ffep, old price on first preliminary page, both hinges sprung, else very good; otherwise unmarked, tight, and square. GOOD. . Ex-Library. Photographs and Maps. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 459 pp .
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- Seller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 27522
- Title
- 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, Recuses, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., ect,; with Full Accounts also of the Destruction of the Susquehana and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Ealge Creek
- Author
- Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edgewood Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- (Philadelphia)
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- History;, US History;, Pennsylvania;, Johnstown;, Natural Disasters;, Johnstown Floor;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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