Typhoon by Lesser Rose (10 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage. Hinge cracked.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Type: Art this copy is tight and squar with a clean unmarked text.tons of photos and the dust cover has much wear and tear.it is about Typhoons and floods in Japan.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. A comprehensive account of the various typhoons that have struck the Japanese coast, illustrated with maps, tables & over 100 B&W photographs. SIGNED & dated in year of publication by the Author on front endpaper. Storms, Typhoons, Japan, Signed. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. 1st edition thus. Oblong dramatically printed red cloth. 228pp. Illustrated with black & white photos. Presentation copy signed & dated from Lesser, in large handwriting, taking up most of the ffep. Folding map. A book of photos & accounts of typhoons & storms affecting Japan. Fine in dj. Signed by Author(s). …

Condition: Gut. 228 p. Persönliche Widmung der Autorin im Vorsatz / Personal dedication of the author in the endpaper. - Pappschuber mit Stempeln und Vorbesitzvermerk, außerdem teilweise bestoßen, Schutzumschlag berieben und am Buchrücken lichtbedingt leicht ausgeblichen, innen sauber und ohne Anstreichungen, Widmung der Autorin im Vorsatz, beiliegend noch etwas Werbematerial zum Buch / Cardboard slipcase with stamps and previous owner's inscription, also partly bumped, dust jacket rubbed and slightly faded at the spine due to light, inside clean and without annotations, dedication of the author in the endpaper, enclosed some promotional material for the book. - CONTENTS PART I Introduction, Curt Friese Foreword, Rose Lesser Typhoons Natures Cruel Gift, Michael Cooper The Naming of Typhoons, Tohei Otani On the Origin of the Word Typhoon, Wolfgang Muntschick and Rose Lesser Expressions for Typhoons, Rose Lesser, W. Muntschick Omens of Ill Winds, Kyokutei Bakin Struggle with the Typhoon, Kyokutei Bakin The Anniversary (Muroto Typhoon), Rose Lesser The unprecedented Kobe Mountain Slide Flood, R.Lesser Where is Our House? Robert Schinzinger Unwelcome Visitor, Akira Horie The M/S Tjitjalenkas Encounter with Typhoon Vera (Isewan Typhoon), Peter Hoetjer Recollection of a Gouvernor, Mikine Kuwahara Day of Horror, Tooru Kuwahara Typhoon Ginza, Naoki Saito Flood damage is Worse than Storm Damage, Shuzo Fujioka Typhoons Used to be Fan, But Now . Akira Tsuchida Typhoon Wisdom, Daiichi Bank, Nagoya Why Mammoth Catastrophes Are to be Expected in the Future as Well, Rose Lesser The relationship of Typhoons and Other Catastrophes with the People, Rose Lesser PART II Tropical Typhoons, Herbert Wüst Sketch of Japan and its Geographical Position General Winter, Kishocho No. 286, 81.2 The Muroto Typhoon, Rose Lesser The Köbe Flood The Isewan Catastrophe, Isao Matsuzawa Typhoon Vera TIA / U.S. Navy Subsidence of the Nobi Plain, K. Iida, K. Sasanami, T. Kuwahara, K. Ueshita Complete Record of a Recent Typhoon (Typhoon 16, 29 Sep 79), Kishocho YOKOHAMA (woodprints) Newland, Yoshida Archiv Short History of the Reclamation of Yoshida Shinden . Tokyo Waterland of the Pre-Meiji Age, Hiroshige Landreclamation Technics of Yore, Ministry of Interior. Commentary Earhtquake Losses during 19 and 20 Century APPENDIX Chile Earthquake Tsunami, Kishocho, Tokyo Yorimawari Nami, The Touring Waves, Seizo Yoshida Yokohama of Yore and of Today Bibliography Index. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Cloth with dustjacket in cardboard slipcase.…

Condition: Wie neu. First edition. Mit zahlreichen dokumentarischen Abbildungen. In EXCELLENT shape. SIGNIERT mit sehr schöner WIDMUNG von Rose Lesser, datiert 1988 " "Mankind has only two enemies: ignorance and indifference! " BEILIEGT: Visitenkarte der Autorin . Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen Handels-Erschwernisse (die neue europäische Verpackungsverordnung mit extremen Gebühren für Händler) kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND erfolgen: Bulgarien, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Griechenland, Irland, Kroatien, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien, Ungarn, Zypern. Falls Sie eine Rechnungs- und Lieferadresse in DEUTSCHLAND ermöglichen, kann an diese deutsche Adresse OHNE PROBLEME geliefert werden. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100 Originalleinen mit Original-Schutzumschlag. im Originalschuber 24cm.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed, signed and dated by Rose Lesser on front end-paper. Jacket lightly dulled at spine, with a few unobtrusive slight scuffs at extremities. Landscape format. 205 x 225 mm. [xii] 228 pp + 1 fold-out map. Red cloth. Rose Lesser was born in Berlin in 1908 and lived in Japan from 1929. During that time she experienced earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and the horror of world war II. Here she presents a personal account of her experiences, and considers the effect of generation after generation of disasters on the formation of the Japanese character. Copiously illustrated in b&w and a little colour with photographs, maps, diagrams, drawings, meteorological charts, aerial & satellite images and some contemporary artwork. English language edition. First published in German in 1981. With a slip of comments on the German version & the author's business card laid in. Signed by the author. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. kA. Auflage. Anzahl Bände: 1 - Bd.Nr.: kA - Sprache: en - Einband: Leinen - Gewicht: 908 - Illust.: zahlreiche - Zustand: Gut - berieben, Bibliotheksbuch, Stempel. zahlreiche (illustrator).

Condition: fine. 1982, 228pp, hardcover met stofomslag in goede staat. Stofomslag is wel wat verkleurd en heeft kleine slijtageplekjes, m.n. aan de rug.

Cloth, dj, slip case, 8vo, 228 pp, numerous illustrations and maps; -dj browned, very good copy. Orig. Taifun und .