Item #86093 American House Building in Messina and Reggio: An Account of the American Naval and Red Cross Combined Expedition, to Provide Shelter for the Survivors of the Great Earthquake of December 28, 1908. Reginald Rowan Belknap.

American House Building in Messina and Reggio: An Account of the American Naval and Red Cross Combined Expedition, to Provide Shelter for the Survivors of the Great Earthquake of December 28, 1908

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis and many other photos, index, xii, 268p. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. 21cm. Top edge gilt. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Belknap on front free endpaper. Belknap, who retired as a Rear Admiral in 1927, oversaw the construction of about 16,000 homes during the American Naval and Red Cross relief effort in and around Messina and Reggio di Calabria. Near Fine. Item #86093

Price: $200.00

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