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The Tragedy of Pelée: A Narrative of Personal Experience and Observation in Martinique
by Kennan, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Outlook Company, 1902. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Varian, George. Gorgeous FIRST EDITION (Nov. 1902) of this classic eye-witness account of the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée in the French island of Martinique in May 1902. NOT a modern reprint, NOT ex-lib. Photographic frontispiece + 17 more photographs throughout text taken by the author, complemented by additional line drawings by George Varian. Hardcover octavo has brown cloth-covered boards with cover design, lettering to front & spine, & top page edges in Gilt. Deckle bottom page edges. is in VG condition: exceptional. No DJ, as issued by publisher. Flaws: bumped corners, rubbing to extremities, square piece cut out of last blank page at bottom. Short tearing to both front & rear hinges. Erased pencil marks from former Boston bookshop on ffep; their sticker still there. Infrequent, random foxed spots. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012497
- Title
- The Tragedy of Pelée: A Narrative of Personal Experience and Observation in Martinique
- Author
- Kennan, George
- Illustrator
- Varian, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Outlook Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- VOLCANO ERUPTION DISASTER MARTINIQUE 1900S TWENTIETH 20TH CENTURY EYE WITNESS TRAGEDY MOUNTAINS ISLAND TOURIST TOURISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana-Regional History; Hawaiiana/Other Islands;
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La Mesa, California
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- Foxed
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- VG
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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