The Fire Came By _ The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion

Baxter, John; Atkins, Thomas; Asimov, Isaac (intro)

ISBN 10: 038511396X / ISBN 13: 9780385113960

Published by Doubleday, New York, 1976

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white illustrated boards, turquoise board spine, silver lettering, mylar wrapped dust jacket unclipped, 165 pp, first edition, dj lightly soiled and lightly frayed at the edges, cover frayed at the ends of spine Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Hardcover/mylar wrapped dust jacket Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fire Came By _ The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion
• Publisher: Doubleday, New York
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038511396X
• ISBN 13: 9780385113960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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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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