MOWBRAY, Jay Henry "Italy's Great Horror of Earthquake and Tidal Wave" [1909]

"Italy's Great Horror of Earthquake and Tidal Wave. Terrible Devastation and Heart Rending Scenes. Immense Loss of Life and Hundred Millions of Property Destroyed. The Most Appalling Disaster of Modern Times. Containing Vivid Descriptions of this Overwhelming Calamity - Suddenness of the Blow - Great Number of Victims - Fall of Great Buildings - Thousands Driven From Their Homes. This Unparalleled Catastrophe Leaves Messina and Other Beautiful Cities Heaps of Ruins. From Stories Told by Eye Witnesses to Which is Added Graphic Accounts of the Eruption of Etna, Vesuvius, and Other Volcanoes, Explaining the Causes of Earthquakes, Tidal Waves and Volcanic Eruptions. Embellished with a Great Number of Superb Photographic Views Showing Heart-Rending Scenes in this Appalling Calamity" compiled by Jay Henry Mowbray [1909]. 320pp. Pale brick cloth with gilt titling and vignette cover illustration. Boards worn, front hinge cracked, and rear hinge tender. Textblock with some instances of staining but generally clean and all legible. Good-.