Hardback, 240mm x 156mm decorated boards, xvi prelims, 416pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Good +++/Good +++. Book has been read but still clean and tight. Dustwrapper (covering bottom 70% only) is clean with minimal wear. First US edition of Winchester's account of the 1883 volcanic eruption which - literally - changed the world. Catalogue: Natural History. Keywords: Indonesia, Java, volcano, explosion