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SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS
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Price: |
75.00 |
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Title: |
Mauna Loa - A Source Book: Historical Eruptions and Exploration
# Volume One: From 1778 Through 1907 # Volume Two: The Early HVO and Jaggar Years (1912-1940) # Volume Three: The Post-Jaggar Years (1940-1991) |
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Author: |
Edited by Walther M. Barnard
(Dept. of Geosciences, State University of NY College) |
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Description: |
SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS Softcovers with spiral binding - self-published - 9 x 11 - b/w photos, maps, tables |
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Condition: |
9 Pages of V1 has penciled margin notes, white-out corner of signature pages,
remainder text clean, spots on last page of V2 and on its outer page edges, age discoloration
on cover and edge wear, V1 shows tear at top and bottom cover and side edge wear,
faint white spots. Photos are poor quality (xeroxed) |
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Summary: |
Mauna Loa - Introduction and Physiography -
First Known Attempt to Ascend Mauna Loa 1779 -
Menzies' Attempted Ascents in 1793 and 1794 -
First Known Successful Ascent of Mauna Loa, 1794 -
Earliest Historical Eruptions -
Chronological Ascents and Eruptions
Jaggar, Thurston and the HVO - Access Routes and Facilities -
Creation of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park -
Summit Caldera and Geodesy of Mauna Loa -
Protection of Hilo From Coming Lava Flows -
Expeditions from 1912 to 1931 -
Predicted Eruption of 1978 That Didn't Occur -
Observatories on Mauna Loa -
A Potpourri of Events and Reminiscences
(includes accounts of a 'phantom' dog whose appearance is the harbinger of an eruption) CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS ITEM |
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