The Eruptions of Sakurajima Volcanoe and Its Plants. November 1 1926
1926rif. 140943034Kagoshima City Japan: Kagoshima Prefecture 1926. A scarce photobook compiled by Kagoshima Prefecture on the southern isle of Kyushu documenting the environs and 1914 eruption of the volcano Sakurajima. Lava flows continued for months and connected Sakurajima a former island to the Osumi Peninsula by a narrow isthmus. These images capture the eruption in photographs of billowing smoke its aftermath in local flora and fauna and later photographs from 1926 of affected areas and local residents who returned to the changed landscape. The volcano is still active. Illustrated with 67 black and white photographic plates interleaved with descriptive English text printed on tissue. Oblong 8vo. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with Japanese style stitching "Kagoshimaken" stamped in blind on front cover. Card laid in with holograph inscription in English "Compliments of Miki. Nagano Governor of Kagoshima-Ken." About Very Good with fraying to cloth along edges dampstain along bottom and fore edge that extends slightly into margins at rear. Kagoshima Prefecture unknown books
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti1500,00 USD≈ 1337,49 €
