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Lot 1009
Sale 1096 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Nov 11, 2022
Lots Close
Nov 21, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[NATURAL SCIENCE]. A group of 4 works related to natural disasters, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, comprising:
Perils of the Ocean, or Disasters of the Seas. New York: Murphy, [ca 1840-1850]. 16mo. Embellished with engravings. (Minor toning, offsetting.) Original illustrated boards (soiling, some chipping at spine).
[With:] Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror. N.p.: Hubert D. Russell, 1906. 8vo. Photographic plates. (Toning.) Original blue cloth gilt with lithographed pastedown (spine sunned, some loss to gilt). FIRST EDITION account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
[With:] BANKS, Charles Eugene and Opie READ. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror. [Chicago]: C.E. Thomas, 1906. 8vo. Photographic plates. (Minor toning.) Original illustrated red cloth gilt with lithographed pastedown (staining, spine sunned). With 1906 gift inscription.
[With:] WALKER, James Herbert. The Johnstown Horror!!! or Valley of Death. Philadelphia: J.J. Staley & Co., 1889. Second or later edition, published same year as the first issued by the National Publishing Co. Bradford 5656
[With:] BANKS, Charles Eugene and Opie READ. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror. [Chicago]: C.E. Thomas, 1906. 8vo. Photographic plates. (Minor toning.) Original illustrated red cloth gilt with lithographed pastedown (staining, spine sunned). With 1906 gift inscription.
[With:] WALKER, James Herbert. The Johnstown Horror!!! or Valley of Death. Philadelphia: J.J. Staley & Co., 1889. Second or later edition, published same year as the first issued by the National Publishing Co. Bradford 5656
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota