The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion

John Baxter & Thomas Atkins

ISBN 10: 038511396X / ISBN 13: 9780385113960

Published by Doubleday, New York, NY, 1976

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Later printing (not a BCE). Book is in very good (corners bumped and show wear) condition with a very good (wear at edges & corners, small tape repairs to interior) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion
• Publisher: Doubleday, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038511396X
• ISBN 13: 9780385113960
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Introduction By Isaac Asimov
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Paranormal

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Synopsis

Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj) Hardcover first edition - Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj) . First printing. An account of an investigation into the most powerful unexplained explosion mankind has known. In the morning of June 30, 1908, a "cylindrical object blazed across central Siberia and the desolate Central Plateau shuddered under the impact of a cataclysmic explosion. The initial shock was followed by primary and secondary shock waves, a hideous firestorm and a black rain that contaminated hundreds of miles." Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Photographs. Bibliography. 165 pp. Map endpapers.

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