The Tragedy of the Isewan Bay
NP, January 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L045449
ISBN: B000KW5AJY
104 pages. Text principally in Japanese (short introductory article by Miura in English and Japanese). Pictorial coverage of the disastrous typhoon of September 26, 1959, which struck Ise Bay and flooded the port city of Nagoya, causing over 5000 casualties. Includes various weather charts and maps, as well as dramatic photographs. Bound in dark blue cloth, printed orange (in Japanese characters) on spine and upper cover. Slight rubbing to covers and extremities (chiefly to spine edges and corners); previous bookseller's printed tag on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers.Over 100 b/w Photographs; Few Color Maps (endpapers); Few b/w Diagrams.
Price: $45.00