Description
First edition, first printing of The Johnstown Flood, signed by David McCullough.
Octavo, 302pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Printing” on copyright page. Illustrated end papers with maps. Top edge dyed pink. Faint sunning to the spine and rear cloth board. Solid text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $6.95 on front flap, light wear at top edge of spine, short closed tear along top edge of front panel, with archival tape repair to verso, bright illustrations, a near fine example.
Signed by the author David McCullough on the half-title page.
The Johnstown Flood is the first book by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David G. McCullough. This book recounts the historic floods of 1889 along the Little Conemaugh River after the failure of the South Fork Dam. The flood destroyed the town of Johnston, Pennsylvania and killed upwards of 2000 people.
