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![Excerpts from San Francisco Municipal Reports for the fiscal year 1905 - 6, ending June 30, 1906 and fiscal year 1906 - 7, ending June 30, 1907 published by order of the Board of Supervisors: San Francisco Earthquake and fire 1906 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/979/176/1532176979.0.b.jpg)
Excerpts from San Francisco Municipal Reports for the fiscal year 1905 - 6, ending June 30, 1906 and fiscal year 1906 - 7, ending June 30, 1907 published by order of the Board of Supervisors: San Francisco Earthquake and fire 1906 [cover title]
San Francisco: Neal Publishing/George Lithograph Co, 1971. Pamphlet. pp. 701 - 797, 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled wraps, reprint of the original 1908 report offered by the Public Service Dept., Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. Spinefold has a small tear near one staple. An underlined copy, expect ink to pages 744-764, and back cover covered with dim penciling. A fair-only copy.
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$12.00
Physical Geography
by Robert E.; Petersen, James F.; Trapasso, L. Michael; Sack, Dorothy Gabler
2009 hardback as pictured. Binding is firm. Pictorial boards are rubbed with slight edge wear and lightly bumped corners. Text is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)
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$49.00
Earthquakes
by Eiby, G.A
London: The Scientific Bookclub. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's name to DJ front flap. Some age -toning to rear DJ cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Diagrams/Drawings. 207 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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$13.07
After the Tangshan earthquake: how the Chinese people overcame a major natural disaster
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1976. Paperback. 79 page paperback, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates; mild shelfwear.
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$12.00
Life Along The San Andreas Fault
by FRIED, John J
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Spine ends rubbed, page edges browned, dustwrapper shelf rubbed with browning of whites.
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$20.00
NJERF Fund Summary Report: March 11, 2011 to March 31, 2014
by Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
San Francisco: Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 2014. 127p., very good softcover, 8.5x11 inches. Color photographs. Report on aid by the San Francisco-based organization, with help from community groups and institutions such as the Giants baseball team.
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$20.00
We are the earthquake generation: Where and when the catastrophes will strike
by Goodman, Jeffrey
Seaview Books : trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.39
Earthquake the Destruction of San Francisco
by Thomas, Gordon and Morgan-Witts, Max
New York: Souvenir Press. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Mild age-toning to dustjacket spine. Small tear to bottom edge to rear of dustjacket. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 316 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$9.81
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA The 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, Earthquake. Vol. 77, No. 3, June 1987
by Boore, David M. ; (Ed. )
Seismological Society of America. Good+. 1987. Softcover. Includes large folded map in rear pocket. One inch edge tear to rear cover. Like New otherwise. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 691-1088 pages .
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$23.00
The San Francisco Earthquake
by Thomas, Gordon & Witts, Max Morgan
New York: Stein & Day. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ lightly rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 316 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$9.81
United States Tsunamis (Including United States Possessions), 1690-1988
by Lander, James F. and Patricia A. Lockridge
National Geophysical Center, 1989. Trade Paperback. 265 pages. Publication 41-2. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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$25.00
The Origin of Earthquakes
by Davison, Charles
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1912. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition no Dustjacket. Spine mildly age-toned. Illustrated with black and white plates, diagrams & maps. 144 pages. Contents include The Earthquake Phenomena; Earthquakes and the Growth of Faults; Simple earthquakes and Their Origin The Inverness earthquake of 1901; Twin Earthquakes and Their Origin The Derby earthquakes of 1903 and 1904; Complex Earthquakes and Their Origin The Californian earthquake of 1906;...
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$32.68
Wings of Destiny
by LANIGAN, Catherine
FL: HCI, 1999. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper, an as new copy. First edition. Signed by author on title page. Pages, cover and dustwrapper are clean.
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$23.00
Reports From the Yushu Quakezone; The Unbreakable Jade Tree
by ZHANG JIN BIAN
China Intercontinental Press, 2010. Book. Very Good. Paperback. VG green pictorial softcover. 2010. Some photos throughout. TEXT IN ENGLISH. Pages all clean/unmarked. Light scuffs. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. 233 pp..
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$18.00$16.20
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
Berkeley: the Fund, 2011. 15p., glossy stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, photo illustrations, very good condition. Published after the January earthquake, highlights efforts to rebuild and to improve civil society in Haiti.
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$12.00
Tidal waves on the south coast
by O'Flaherty, Joseph S
Exposition Press, Hicksville, New York, 1979. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & map. the right-hand margin of the front cover has been darkened through exposure to light, there was no other damage, no annotations. Illustrated with some photographs & two maps. A history of the Seismic sea wave warning system and water movement sensors around the Pacific basin. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 23...
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$19.63
Shin'etsu dai jishin basho 信越大地震場所
1847. Illustrative map with text, depicting the ravages of the earthquake that struck the Nagano region in 1847. Two woodblock prints are linked together, total dimensions 26.5x17.75 inches. Dated Kōka year 4, 28th day of the 5th month (new edition). Right side is mounted on a sheet of modern generic card stock. The rolling hills and shifting alignment of the text contribute to a tumbling effect, appropriate for this record of an earthquake. Among the burning structures and tiny figures shown running...
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$750.00
The Edge of Fire: Volcano and Earthquake Country in Western North America and Hawaii.
by Robert Wenkam
San Francisco, CA Sierra Club, 1987. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ shows only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ very slightly rubbed; ; residue of price sticker at upper front corner; 1/4” closed tear at top and bottom of rear hinge; unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. Bright, clean, crisp copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a...
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$5.29
Tsunamis; Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Workshop; May 1979
by Hwang, Li-San and Y. Keen Lee, organizing & editing
Pasadena CA: Tetra Tech Inc, 1979. Paperback. vii, 328p., text reproduced from keyboard-set ms, illustrated with diagrams, tables, formulae; softbound in 10x10 inch decorated wraps. Slightest edgewear with a tiny corner-tip bump, completely clean, sound and unmarked, a very good copy.
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$30.00
The Big One; A Story of San Francisco
by Littlejohn, David
Durham, CT: Strategic Book Group, 2011. Paperback. v, 474p., pictorial wraps, in very good condition.
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$22.00
Requiem a una ciudad muerta
by Gutierrez, Pedro Rafael
Managua: Editorial y Litografia "San Jose, 1973. Pamphlet. 61, [3]pp., illustrations, oblong printed wraps. 8 x 5.25 in. Eighth edition. Small stain near top of title page, pages toned, else very good. Eighth edition of this photo-illustrated poem commemorating a devastating earthquake that struck Managua on December 23, 1972. Also issued as an LP. The Somoza administration's mishandling of aid was seen as a contributing factor to the revolution that overthrew him.
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$20.00
The Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake, Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster. January 17, 1995. Preliminary Reconnaissance Report
by Comartin, Craig D.; Marjorie Greene; Susan Tubbesing, editors
Oakland: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 1995. 116p., lightly shelfworn softcover; numerous black and white photos highlighting destruction from the Kobe earthquake and drawing attention to mistakes in construction or planning that led to unnecessary damage.
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$15.00
Earthquake Country
by Iacopi, Robert
Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Publishing, 1964. 1st edition, 2nd printing. Hardback. Very Good. How, why and where earthquakes strike in California. Foreword by Dr. Charles F. Richter (developer of the Richter Scale for measuring earthquakes). This edition was printed in April 1964 and so includes a page of discussion of the Alaskan Earthquake that occurred on March 27, 1964. 191 pages plus index. Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings. Previous owner embossed stamp on title page, some scuffing...
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$15.00
