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(SAN FRANCISCO). SEARIGHT, FRANK THOMPSON. The Doomed City. A Thrilling Tale. A Vivid and Graphic Tale of the World's Greatest Catastrophe...an Authentic Story of the Great Calamity...Profusely Illustrated with Characteristic Pictures of the Horrible Storm of Fire...Views of the Appalling Havoc Wrought by the Earthquake in San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Napa and other California Cities. Chicago: Laird & Lee, [1906]. 1st ed. 12mo. 186 pp. Extensively illustrated. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Spine chipped, but quite good. $125.00

 

A rare contemporary account of the great San Francisco earthquake, offered in melodramatic form. Rare.