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Pictorial Boards. Zustand: Fine. First Edition, First Impression. 1996 First edition, first impression. Size quarto, 268 pages. Glossy pictorial boards with photographs to the front and back covers. Condition fine, a very clean copy. Analysing evidence of ancient earthquake activity before Jesus Christ. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Unfortunately Ambraseys has not signed this copy, but he is one of the contributors to this work with an article entitled "Material for the Investigation of the Seismicity of Central Greece" Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition. Hardback. Near fine and unread with some very slight shelf wear. No jacket.

Octavo, hardcover with illustrated green boards and white spine and upper board titling; 268pp., monochrome charts, illustrations and diagrams. Minor wear; near fine. No dustwrapper, as issued. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "Reflecting on the burgeoning scientific discipline of archaeoseismology, a clear trend can be discerned. What started as an extravaganza in a good story became a multidisciplinary effort to get a maximum amount of information on the parameters of ancient earthquakes out of archaeological evidence. A clear shift can be observed from a more qualitative approach focussing on the extension of earthquake catalogues to a more quantitative approach concerning site effects. Looking into the future, the vocation of archaeoseismology may lie elsewhere. Archaeoseismology could become a holistic interdisciplinary discipline concerned with establishing the essential earthquake culture in a region" - Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. …

Zustand: Very Good. Athens, Fitch Laboratory, 1996. 8vo. (8),+ 268 pp. Illustrated. Publ. boards. (Fitch Laboratory Occasional Paper 7.) From the library of Robin Hägg. Earthquake archaeology. Hardcover / Hardback.