Natural Disasters
Cuadernos de la Casa Chata 157; Terremoto y Sociedad
[Mexico City]: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, N.D. Paperback. Octavo in pale peach printed, illus self-wrappers; 145pp, bibliog. Text in Spanish. Sections entitled: Efectos del terremoto el el sector de Salud; Sismo y Educacion en la Ciudad de Mexico ; La Sociedad y los Riesgos Naturales..... More
It did happen here! : an illustrated review of the damage wrought in the western part of the Monadnock region by the hurricane and flood of 1938; designing and writing, John E. Coffin.
Keene, N.H. Granite State Studio, 1938. 2nd edition (stated -- presumably expanded). Paperback. Smal Octavo in illus brown, mottled wrappers; [80] p. : chiefly b/w photo reprods., ; 20 cm. Floods -- New Hampshire -- Monadnock Region. New England -- Hurricane, 1938 -- New Hampshire -- Keene;. More
Terremoto y sociedad; Cuadernos de la Casa Chata ;; 157
México, D.F. SEP, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, 1987. 1a ed. Paperback. Octavo in pale orange illus wrappers; 145 p. ; 23 cm; bibliographies. Uncommon. Text in Spanish. / Earthquakes -- Mexico -- Mexico City Region. Disaster relief -- Mexico -- Mexico City Region. Temblores --..... More
The typhoon-hurricane story
Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1956. First edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Octavo in printed color boards and same DJ; 4172 p. illus. 19 cm. A concise, engaging history of hurricanes and typhoons. Uncommon in such nice condition, with DJ. // Meteorology; Storms, Global Warming, Hurricanes, Typhoons. More
Catálogo de temblores que han afectado al Valle de México del siglo XIV al XX
México: Grupo Noriega ed. ; Ed. Limusa, 1992. Primera ed. Hardcover. Quarto in pale orange illustrated paper baords; vol. (258 p.) ; 28 cm. In Spanish. Scarce, only 1,000 copies printed and only one holding listed in WorldCat. Detailed catalog and study of the earthquakes that have affected Mexico from..... More
Heavy weather guide. Part I: Hurricanes ; Part II. Typhoons
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1965. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Quarto in thick dark olive-green plastic wraps with yellow titles to front and spine; x, 209 p. illus., maps, ports. 31 cm. Numerous b/w maps, charts and diagrams. Bibliography: p. 205-206. Hurricanes. Typhoons. Marine meteorology. Heavy..... More
PASSCAL : program for array seismic studies of the continental lithosphere : 10-year program plan.
[Arlington, Va.]: Research Institutions for Seismology, 1984. Paperback. Large octavo in white, color illus wrappers; x, 169 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Earthquakes; Seismology -- Research. Seismic prospecting.Earth -- Crust. More
Fire on wheels; Your One Stop Reference Source For Information On Vehicle Fire Investgation
Calgary: Smoky Jo Publications, 1994. Stated First printing. Paperback. Red octavo; 128 p : b&w ill. ; 23 cm. Motor vehicles -- Fires and fire prevention. More
Wudalianchi Volcanoes in China
[People's Republic of China]: [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. First edition [presumably]. Hardcover. Oblong 4to in illustrated boards, 86p, mainly full-page color photos, b/w & color maps, translucent plastic DJ. White stapled pamphlet of seven pages of English parallel text laid in, as issued. Worthwhile photographs of lava flows and eruptions..... More
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America ; Seismological Society of America Bulletin. Volumes 78 – 82
[Stanford, Calif.; Honolulu, HI]: The Society, 1989 thru 1992. Paperback. Bound octavo volumes. A complete run of four years: 1988 – 1992, lacking Vol 81, no, 5. Includes 4 vols of index, comprising a complete index for 1911 thru 1992. A complete run. save for a single issue, spanning the..... More
Real risk
N.P. [United Kingdom]: Tudor Rose, 2006. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Large quarto / small folio in black cloth boards and red-illustrated DJ. 156p, color illus and photos. Fifty-two articles and papers in English by leading experts on disasters, disaster relief and disaster management from across the..... More