Pers�nliche Widmung der Autorin im Vorsatz / Personal dedication of the author in the endpaper. - Pappschuber mit Stempeln und Vorbesitzvermerk, au�rdem teilweise besto�n, Schutzumschlag berieben und am Buchr�cken lichtbedingt leicht ausgeblichen, innen sauber und ohne Anstreichungen, Widmung der Autorin im Vorsatz, beiliegend noch etwas Werbematerial zum Buch / Cardboard slipcase with stamps and previous owner's inscription, also partly bumped, dust jacket rubbed and slightly faded at the spine due to light, inside clean and without annotations, dedication of the author in the endpaper, enclosed some promotional material for the book. - CONTENTS PART I Introduction, Curt Friese Foreword, Rose Lesser Typhoons � Nature�s Cruel Gift, Michael Cooper The Naming of Typhoons, Tohei Otani On the Origin of the Word Typhoon, Wolfgang Muntschick and Rose Lesser Expressions for Typhoons, Rose Lesser, W. Muntschick Omens of Ill Winds, Kyokutei Bakin Struggle with the Typhoon, Kyokutei Bakin The Anniversary (Muroto Typhoon), Rose Lesser The unprecedented Kobe Mountain Slide � Flood, R.Lesser Where is Our House? Robert Schinzinger Unwelcome Visitor, Akira Horie The M/S Tjitjalenka�s Encounter with Typhoon Vera (Isewan Typhoon), Peter Hoetjer Recollection of a Gouvernor, Mikine Kuwahara Day of Horror, Tooru Kuwahara Typhoon Ginza, Naoki Saito Flood damage is Worse than Storm Damage, Shuzo Fujioka Typhoons Used to be Fan, But Now . Akira Tsuchida Typhoon Wisdom, Daiichi Bank, Nagoya Why Mammoth Catastrophes Are to be Expected in the Future as Well, Rose Lesser The relationship of Typhoons and Other Catastrophes with the People, Rose Lesser PART II Tropical Typhoons, Herbert W�st Sketch of Japan and its Geographical Position General Winter, Kishocho No. 286, 81.2 The Muroto Typhoon, Rose Lesser The K�be Flood The Isewan Catastrophe, Isao Matsuzawa Typhoon Vera TIA / U.S. Navy Subsidence of the Nobi Plain, K. Iida, K. Sasanami, T. Kuwahara, K. Ueshita Complete Record of a Recent Typhoon (Typhoon 16, 29 Sep �79), Kishocho YOKOHAMA (woodprints) Newland, Yoshida Archiv Short History of the Reclamation of Yoshida Shinden . Tokyo �Waterland� of the Pre-Meiji Age, Hiroshige Landreclamation Technics of Yore, Ministry of Interior. Commentary Earhtquake Losses during 19 and 20 Century APPENDIX Chile Earthquake Tsunami, Kishocho, Tokyo Yorimawari Nami, The Touring Waves, Seizo Yoshida Yokohama of Yore � and of Today Bibliography Index.