Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano (inscribed by Carson and seven others related to the Tacoma Morning News Tribune)
Tacoma: Sasquatch Books / Morning News Tribune, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by author Rob Carson on the second page along with seven other signatures from Tacoma Morning News Tribune staff and relations, including the publisher Bill Honeysett and his wife Norma Honeysett, writer and editor John Komen and his wife Jeanie Komen, Tacoma City Manager Ray Corpuz and his wife Lynda Corpuz, and one other (in gold ink), possibly photographer Geff Hinds. Rob Carson was an environmental writer and reporter for the Tribune who reported on the eruption and its aftermath, so much that he became known as "The Volcano Guy." The Tribune co-published this book on the 10th anniversary of the eruption and new edition with updates was published in 2015. From the jacket: "The first book to document the catastrophic explosion and subsequent recovery with the perceptiveness necessary to understand the monumental events that have taken place," including an emphasis on the study that's occurred on the mountain since. Quarto in dark brown cloth with copper stamped lettering to front board and spine. About 200 color photographs throughout, many full page. Fine in a near fine jacket with a touch of creasing to spine crown. A nice snapshot of the mountain in 1990 and unique collection of signatures related to the book's production. Fine / Near fine. Item #2261
ISBN: 0912365323
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