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Disasters:

(earthquakes) . THE AGADIR, MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE FEBRUARY 29, 1960
NY 1962 American Iron and Steel. Earthquake resistant design. 4to., 112pp., photo illus., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a45630)
$37.00 Lane, Frank W. . THE ELEMENTS RAGE WATERSPOUTS, VOLCANOES, AVALANCHES, HAIL, LIGHTNING, HURRICANES TORNADOES EARTHQUAKES FLOODS TSUNAMIS METEORS TYPHOONS
NY 1965 Chilton. 8vo., 346pp., illustrationd, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a45866)
$24.00 (atomic energy) . REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION AND FIRE EXPERIMENTAL HALL CAMBRIDGE ELECTRON ACCELERATOR CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 5, 1965
1966 Atomic energy Commission. TID-22594. "This report is to allow other laboratories to profit from the information learned during the study of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator accident discussed on the following pages"( preface). 4to., 89pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a49132)
$100.00Conner, Dr. William G. and Dr. Philip U. Alkon (editors). PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TEAM OIL SPILL SCIENTIFIC RESPONSE WORKSHOP, NEW ENGLAND INTERAGENCY ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT R&D PROGRAM REPORT
October 1978. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA-600/ 7-78-196. 4to., 473pp., wraps. Depository Library stamp and a few numbers on front and on title page. VG. (a49221)
$95.00 Bauer, W. H. et al . CHEMICAL ADDITIVES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OIL SPILL CONTROL
August 1974. Final Report, Department of Transportation. US Coast Guard. 4to., 126pp., wraps. Stamp and numbers of Depository Library. VG plus. (a52215)
$75.00 Gregoire de Tours . CALAMITES ET MIRACLES RECITS TIRES DE L'HISTOIRE DES FRANCS
Paris 1930 1st Delamain et Boutelleau. Traduits into French par Charly Clerc. Copy # 1541 of 2725. 12mo., 158pp., half leather with papercovered boards. VG. (a53020)
$45.00 Bliss, C et al . ACCIDENTS AND UNSCHEDULED EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY
1977 EPA. Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development Program report. EPA-600/7-77-016. 4to., 276pp., original printed wraps. Depository library stamp and numbers on cover and title. VG. (a53271)
$75.00 (new hamsphire) . MAIL STORY OF THE FLOOD
Concord 1928 1st Concord Press. About damage to the postal service and mail during the New England Flood of 1927. Sm.4to., 80pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. Good, two small chips in backstrip. (a57774)
$25.00 Moss, Thomas H. and David Sills (eitors) . THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR ACCIDENT: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS (hardcover)
NY 1981. Annals of New York Academy of Science, Vol. 365. Octavo, original printed hardcover. A few institution stamps, but no spine numbers and no pocket. Fine (a62968)
$25.00 Titus, James G et al . POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE BEACH AT OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
1985 EPA 230-10-85-013. 4to., 176pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library. VG. (a64431)
$95.00Bernard, E. N.. PROCEEDINGS 1983 TSUNAMI SYMPOSIUM HAMBURG AUGUST 1983
1983 U.S. Department of Commerce. Hamburg 1983. 4to., 273pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library. VG. (a64432)
$95.00 Kunreuther, Howard . RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS- INSURANCE OR FEDERAL AID?
Washington 1973 AEI. Octavo, 71pp., original printed wraps. Ex-university library. Good, large chip from final page of bibliography. (a64758)
$20.00 Hess, Wilmot N. (editor) . THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL, A PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC REPORT
April 1978 NOAA/EPA Special Report. 4to, about 200pp., color photo illustrations, original wraps. A few Depository Librart markings. VG. (a69326)
$120.00 Hooper, Craig H. (editor) . THE IXTOC I OIL SPILL: THE FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC RESPONSE DECEMBER 1981
1981. NOAA Hazardous Materials Response Project. 4to., 202pp., color photo illustrations, original wraps. A few Depository Library markings. VG. (a69329)
$125.00 Carsten, Michael D. (editor) . GLOBAL LEGAL CHALLENGES: COMMAND OF THE COMMONS, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND NATURAL DISASTERS
Newport 2007 1st Naval War College. ISBN 978 - 16-080068-9. Hardcover. Octavo, 340pp., gilt stamped blue cloth. Very light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket. Near Fine. (a76502)
$75.00Musham, H. A.. EARLY GREAT LAKES STEAMBOATS, HARD TIMES AND THE ERIE DISASTER 1840-41 -Aand- EARLY GREAT LAKES STEAMBOATS THE LAST YEARS OF THE HARD TIMES 1842 - 1843 - 2 articles in 2 complete issues of THE AMERICAN NEPTUNE 1960
Salem, Mass. 1960 first edition. Articles in April issue on pp. 79-103 with 4 fullpage illustrations - and - in October issue on pp,. 250-269, in single issue of The American Neptune. Other articles in both issues on other topics as well. Sm.4to., original sm4to wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a77662)
$35.00 Godschalk, David R. et al . CATASTROPHIC COASTAL STORMS - HAZARD MITIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
Durham 1989 1st Duke. Hardcover. Octavo, 276pp., original cloth. Institution stamp on topfore-edge, label at heel of spine. VG, no DJ. (a81640)
$35.00West Virginia. AFTER-ACTION REPORT SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE POINT PLEASANT, W. VA. 15 DECEMBER 1967
Huntington 1968 U.S. Army Corps Engineers. 4to., about 120pp., monochrome photo illustrations, stapled pictorial wraps. VG. Scarce. (a82564)
$65.00 Culver, Charles G. and H. S. Lew; Gary C. Hart and Clarkson W. Pinkham . NATURAL HAZARDS EVALUATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
1975 U. S. Department of Commerce. Building Science Series 61. Evaluation of architecture from natural hazards as earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes - much on seismicity. 4to., about 600pp., photo illustrations, many charts, original printed wraps. Ex-depository library. VG. (a85819)
$75.00 Gilstrap, R. C. . FLOODS OF MAY 1968 IN SOUTH ARKANSAS
1972 GPO. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1970-A. Octavo, 94p., photo illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket, original printed wraps .Ex-depository library. VG. (a85820)
$45.00 Low, Seth Thomas . AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR THE LONG ISLAND SOUND AREA
1973. 4to., 63p., about 60 pages of appendices, original wraps. A few numbers on top of cover. VG. (a85827)
$50.00 Koppelman, Dr. Lee E. (project director) . OIL SPILL RESPONSE ACTIONS IN FIRE ISLAND INLET COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK
1979. 4to., about 200p., plastic spiral wraps. A few numbers on top of cover. VG. (a85828)
$55.00 Merna, James W. and Paul J. Eisele . THE EFFECTS OF METHOXYCHLOR ON AQUATIC BIOTA
Washington 1973 Environmental Protection Agency. 4to., 59p., original wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a85830)
$45.00 Hardy, C. D.; E. R. Baylor et al . THE PREDICTION OF OIL SPILL MOVEMENT IN THE OCEAN SOUTH OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES, NEW YORK
1975 Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York technical Report 21, Ref 75-5. 4to., 327p.. original wraps. VG plus. (a85834)
$60.00 Stoney, E. W. . EXTRAORDINARY FLOODS IN SOUTHERN INDIA: THEIR CAUSES AND DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON RAILWAY WORKS
London 1898. Octavo, pp.66-118, discussion, 1 foldout plate, 7 woodcut text illustrations, removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Vol. CXXXIV and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a86754)
$65.00 (fire safety) . NFPA JOURNAL (53 ISSUES) - NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
Collection of 53 separate issues of this bi-monthly journal from January/February 2001 to March/April 2011 lacking only 9 issues to be a complete run. 4to, many color photo illustrations, original wraps. Interesting articles: Dormitory Fire Safety, Nuclear Plant Safety, Dry-Pipe Sprinkler systems, Cruise Ship fires, Elevator Safety, Debate about Delayed Evacuation in Schools, TAM Airbus Crash in Brazil, Smoke-free Cigarettes, World Trade Center 9/11 Collapse, Annual Statistics on Fire Deaths and on Fire-Fighter Deaths, Monte Carlo Casino Hotel Fire, Akron Hangar Fire, Cocoanut Grove Fire Revisted, Lightweight Residential Construction, Santika Remembered, New Airbus A380 Safety, How Safe are CIBCs?, etc. Many articles on airline and airport safety, on major fire disasters, on all types of sprinkler systems. All issues have single light stamp on front cover "Periodicals Department Library" and no other ownership marks (issues appear to be unread.) All issues Near Fine to Fine. Group of 53 magazines which is described as "The Leading source of fire and life safety information." (a87934)
$290.00