The Tower of Pelee.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904.

New Studies of the Great Volcano of Martinique. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text, 4to, 3/4 red cloth, spine and cloth covers warped, cloth dampstained, front board and paper label on front board are rubbed, light foxing to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. First Edition

Heilprin was an American geologist, who arrived in Martinique very soon after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902. He was the first scientist to ascent the crater of the volcano. This work is his report on his third visit the volcano in 1903 and includes published photographs by him. Internally, a tight bright copy.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First
Language: English

Price: $200.00

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