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20112081502111907943Chinese book office 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 986p Size: B5 hardcover book Chinese book office paperback
195136827New York NY: The National Board of Fire Underwriters 1951. 1951. Very good. - Quarto 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover bound in stapled white wrappers titled and illustrated in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased with a short slit to the head of the spine. 25 pages printed on glossy paper with textual illustrations and full-page diagrams and maps. Very good. <p>Sometimes known locally as Black Friday the September 21 1951 explosion of natural gas in a vault housing gas regulators in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Brighton NY claimed the lives of two children and an adult while totally destroying 15 homes seriously damaging another 16 and causing damage to another 23 homes in this Rochester NY suburb. Another 38 people were injured. It is believed that a flare lit by workers repairing the sidewalk near the vault touched off a gas leak which through a series of unexpected consequences caused a manhole cover to fly off and strike the regulator's mechanism forcing it fully open. The excessive gas pressure caused pilot lights in nearby homes to shoot up turned on gas furnaces and released gas into the homes. The resulting explosions flattened and damaged homes across several streets.<p>The report concludes with a list of suggestions and practical changes which should be implemented to avoid further such disasters. New York, NY: The National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1951. paperback
19752110502150410405Osamu Tezuka fan club Seiji Mori Tokyo 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Osamu Tezuka fan club Seiji Mori (Tokyo) paperback
1018613420.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19882110502150312568National Fire Service Association 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 National Fire Service Association paperback
19252111902160201375Postcard picture postcard 1925. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 8 Postcard (picture postcard) paperback
188350042Astoria OR: S.B. Crow Photographer Cor. Benton and Squemoqua Sts. 1883. Oblong boudoir sepia-tinted photo image mounted on card stock 4.75 x 8.5 in. printed photographers’ logo on verso slight edgewear excellent image w/ lots of contrast. This excellent original photograph was taken just after the 1883 fire the first of two major fires to strike Astoria which was struck again in 1922. The image shows the smoldering fire with smoke blooming above what is now 13th and Exchange street. The fire started in the Clatsop Mill which was built along the shore with planer shavings and trash discarded below providing a ideal fuel for fires. In the 1880s all of downtown Astoria was built on pilings with no fire hydrants water buckets or fire brigades. By the time it was extinguished as shown in the photo the fire had destroyed all the structures on Commercial Street between 14th and 17th with damage totaling $ 2 million. Crow 1853-1925 had moved to Astoria in 1882 and would continue as photographer there until the end of the 19th century before moving to Portland OR. See: Astoria’s History along the Tracks Astoria Trolley. S.B. Crow, Photographer, Cor. Benton and Squemoqua Sts., unknown
1825102273<p>Letter sheets 8" x 12" 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds mostly archival tape but some regular tape too which has caused a little browning in areas long tear obscures writers signature but partially visible creased normal aging and browning remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy 1772-1864 a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson 1803-1880 although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However on the back page a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.</p>
1912AQ32120Calcutta: Printed at the Criterion Printing Works 1912. 4 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed marked and discoloured upper joint starting. Upper hinge partially exposed occasional marginal staining/dust-soiling very occasional early manuscript annotations to text. Together with: Rules of the fire offices' committee foreign for automatic sprinkler installations. s.i. s.n. 1909. Second edition. 8vo. 30 3pp 1. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle dust-soiled contemporary manuscript note and inked ownership inscription of W. Crawford to upper wrapper staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. And: Rules of the fire offices' committee foreign for automatic sprinkler installations. s.i. s.n. 1912. Third edition. 8vo. 2 31pp 1. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle dust- soiled contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Crawford to upper wrapper coloured pencil annotation to lower wrapper staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. And: The Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Wiring rules for electrical installations. Adopted 22nd May 1908. Calcutta. Printed at the Industrial Printing Works 1908. 12mo. 2 41pp 1. With a folding chart. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed red wrappers. Clean and crisp. And: Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Fire Extinguishing Appliances. Specification of requirements necessary to obtain special reductions in Insurance Rates. Calcutta. Printed at the Industrial Printing Works 1909. 12mo. 4 59pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed red wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. A clutch of five apparently unrecorded publications relating to and issued for private circulation by the Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. . Quarto. Printed at the Criterion Printing Works hardcover
196078704Atladena California: Altadena Federal Savings and Loan Association 1960. Printed on both sides on an 18 1/2" x 23 1/2" sheet of white paper that folds to 4" x 9 1/4" 24 panels. There is printing in red and a color rendering of the Altadena Federal Savings building on one side. Handwritten name on the front panel; else near fine. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings.<br /> <br /> Fully indexed street map of the unincorporated Los Angeles County California community that was devastated by the Eaton Fire in January 2025. Situated next to and within the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains Altadena has long resisted annexation to Pasadena though that city has taken 46 "bites" of it over the years seeking tax revenues. That independent spirit is reflected in the mosaic of ethnic diversity that made Altadena one of the most integrated communities in Southern California. Altadena Federal Savings and Loan Association unknown
1851List1611Marysville: R.A. Eddy 1851. First Edition. Lithograph by Justh Quirot & Co. Illustration measuring 7 x 10 ½ inches on folded sheet measuring 8 ½ x 10 ⅞ folded. Fine condition. Fine. A striking lettersheet illustration of the conflagration in Marysville in 1851 which according to the city of Marysville originated at a Chinese bath house on High St. An uncommon illustration the only record appearing in the trade in 2008. Baird 289. R.A. Eddy unknown
2000128053EFA CR-ST LP-001 / ST-078 LP 2000s. Very Good Plus. Vintage LP vinyl music albums featuring burlesque legends Lilly "Cat Girl" Christine and Blaze Starr in b/w still images on the front and the rear panels. Later printings 2000s with barcode present on sleeve and yellow/red and yellow/black record labels plain white internal sleeves. First released in 1980s. Artists include James Holloway Jesters Bob Taylor The Phantom Ken Williams Buddy Miller Bob Callway Valjants Crescendos Wildjones Dyna-Sores Tarantula Ghoul and Ray Gee Bowlegs The Poor Boys El-Capris Omary Kay Lonnie Brooks The Jaguars and more. Very Good Plus overall lightly handled rarely played tiny scratches if any. EFA CR-ST LP-001 / ST-078 LP unknown
192961264Hartford CT & London: Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. ca. 1929. 8vo. 45 1 pp. Over 100 illusts. photos & diagrams. Brown illustrated softcovers armorial and Colt logo front cover in green & black minor dustsoiling edgewear still VG. Early printing A-70-10th of this nicely illustrated catalogue first issued in 1922 of Colt revolvers and automatics including the New Service Double Action Revolver Colt New Service Target Colt Official Police Colt “Detective Special†Colt “Camp Perry†Model Colt Automatic .38 caliber Military Model Automatic Pistol decorative grips medallion inserted for ivory and pearl handle grips and parts. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., paperback
190660850San Francisco & Los Angeles CA: Clinton Johnson 1906. Ten albumen mounted stereoview photos sized 6.4 x 3.25 in. mounted on 7 x 3.5 in. flat gray studio board mimeographed typescript title labels mounted on all versos most images w/ photographer’s imprint w/in the negative at lower fore-edge all w/ rounded corners very minor edgewear still a NF grouping. This outstanding group of very scarce albumen Woodbury-type stereograph photos vividly capture the widespread damage from the April 18 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires which destroyed over 80% of the city of San Francisco which at the time was the largest city on the West Coast. Nearly three-fourths of the population were left homeless and makeshift refugee camps in Golden Gate Park the Presidio the Panhandle and the beaches between Ingleside and North Beach operated for years after the disaster as the city rebuilt. Reconstruction and commercial activities began almost immediately with a couple of these images showing the roadways largely cleared of debris with piles of rubble and devastation spreading into the distance. Many of the images show gutted buildings advertising signs faintly visible in the ruined brick facades and immense piles of masonry and smoking ruins. One of the images capture groups of men hunkering down reading papers smoking and largely shell-shocked waiting in the refugee line for aid. The historic James Lick Baths are depicted in ruins ine one of the images and were rebuilt following the disaster utilizing as much of the original structure as possible in order to remain in operation and the facade was simplified from the original Richardson Romanesque Revival to Renaissance Revival and would operate as one of five public baths from 1906 to 1920. The structure was later converted to the People’s Laundry in operation until 1973. Another of the stereoviews depicts the remnants of the McCormick Hotel before it would later be destroyed along with all of the surrounding ruins by the US Army Corps of Engineers. In fact one sergeant of the battalion narrowly escaped death as the building collapsed while he was placing the charge in the basement. Johnson 1875-1948 appears in street directories in Los Angeles as photographer from 1896-1906 but appears on no census or business trade listings for the period and also managed to eschew registering for the draft. His stereograph series for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire appears to be relatively uncommon and the only major institutional holdings are in the Bancroft library with 39 BANC PIC 1905.02074-.02118--STER however nearly all of the images in this collection are not represented. In addition these images correspond mostly closely in format to the Bancroft’s version which were issued with decorative printed boards and captions rubber stamped below while these do not bear the printed boards and captions are mounted on versos. Clinton Johnson, hardcover
191961612Utica NY: O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus 138 Liberty ca. 1919-1922. 4to. 36 leaves unnumbered. linen-backed silver gelatin photos some hinged most negative numbers w/in negative at lower fore-edge all w/ typed captions & identifying text on versos a few w/ caption on recto below the image. Contemporary black-simulated calf vinyl 3-ring loose-leaf binder rounded corners yapp fore-edges minor edgewear & fraying to some of the linen backing on images minor occasional creasing indications of use wear & bumping to covers still a VG exemplar. This uncommon salesman sample photo album includes excellent original photographs of many significant O.J. Childs Co. fire engines and firefighting equipment manufactured in Utica NY following World War I. These factory images encompass Type “B†Triple Combination on REO chassis; Triple Combination Pump Chemical & Hose Car on Federal 1 1/2 ton chassis; Straight Chemical Equipment o 1921 Brookway 1 1/2 ton chassis; and many other variations thereof. O.J. Childs built their own engines like American-La France because commercial truck engines not only lacked the torque but also the endurance to drive a fire pump for hours without overheating or damaging pistons connecting rods and valves. The images include fire engines supplied to the Morristown NJ Basking Ridge NJ Winsted CT Orenda Hose Co. Griffith IN East Greenwich NJ Mt. Carmel PA Loch Sheldrake NY and many others. Also used by the Childs’ Co. customers were such manufacturers as Dodge-Graham Ford pleasure chassis Packard Model EX White 20-45 Chassis a Ward-La France and many more. Orlando J. Childs organized the O.J. Childs Co. Fire Apparatus in 1899 to take over the business of the Utica Fire Extinguisher Co. who were best known for their chemical fire extinguishers designed and patented originally in 1896-97 by William Pomfret and Thomas Keating. They quickly began actively selling fire extinguishers to businesses individuals and even specialized on fire extinguishers for early automobile enthusiasts during the Brass Era who suffered frequent engine fires. After producing their first Triple Combination Pump Wagon about 1910 they quick espanced into ready-made chemical tank truck fire-engines for rural fire departments. Wallace Childs acquired the Foamite Firefoam Co. in New York in 1922 and in 1926 the entire company was acquired and became a subsidiary of American-La France Fire Engine Co. No similar albums images or catalogues located in Worldcat; See: Mark Theobald O.J. Childs & Co. Foamite-Childs Corp American-LaFrance Corp. Coachbuilt 2004. O.J. Childs Co., Fire Apparatus, 138 Liberty, unknown
198016256Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1980s. First Edition. Softcover. Bundle of 33 brochures or pamphlets from various manufacturers of fire fighting vehicles. Undated most appear to date from 1980s possibly some from the early 1990s. Includes in alphabetical order: Bachert Fire Fighting Vehicles; China National Fire Protection Equipment Corporation 3 items; Dennis; E-One; Iveco-Magirus; KME; Mercedes Benz 17 items; Metz 4 items; Nova Quintech; Rosenbauer; Schlingmann; Spartan. . paperback
004369No Place: No Publisher 5 ii-iii 3 7-31pp n.d. but 1793. Stitched in original paper wrappers. Covers lightly foxed upper portion of back strip split with small amount of loss some light browning and spotting internally but generally fairly clean largely unopened. There was another issue in the same year with more pages but the text is identical see ECCO. The resolutions were to be "adopted in all new houses built on the Duke of Bedford's estates". The Architect's Club "the first such body of its kind in England was formed in 1791 as much for the social as for the professional pursuits of the leading London architects of the day" RIBA Early Printed Books page 66. RIBA 122 for the edition with 40 leaves. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet. No Publisher Paperback
1848005057Oxford: No Publisher 1848. Printed ticket approximately 90mm x 60mm in size no publisher or place but almost certainly Oxford. Remnant of glue where once stuck in an album to reverse otherwise fairly bright and clean. Signed to foot. Dated Thursday March 16th 1848 it admits the bearer and friends to the 'public trial' of a Milner fire resistant safe in Mr. F. Symonds's Close opposite Worcester College in Oxford commencing at 11am. Thomas Milner and later with his son William started producing standard safes and strong boxes. They then became pioneers in fire-resistant safes securing patents for innovative insulation techniques such as using asbestos mica or alum to generate steam inside the safe during a fire protecting its contents. The company gained international acclaim at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 where their safes were showcased and tested live for fire resistance. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 64mo Oblong. Ticket. No Publisher Paperback
171521193London 1715. Broadside. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. A rare leaflet lobbying Parliament on behalf of British merchants who had recently lost £22500 worth of sugar ginger oil and sasparilla in a great fire. The merchants had just recently imported the goods paying approximately £3000 in customs. In the present document the merchants petition the House of Commons to allow them to import goods duty-free up to the value of the customs of the goods destroyed. This is among the earliest examples of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists three copies: at the University of London Oxford and Harvard.<br/> <br/> Goldsmiths 5228.1; Hanson 2169. unknown
188911467Seattle: Journal Publishing Co 1889. First Edition. Single leaf. Good. 11 x 18 in. P. 1 printed recto only. Age toned single mellowed horizontal crease five-inch vertical closed tear from the top edge with aged cello tape repair verso small edge chips. Single-page issue of the short-lived Seattle Morning Journal published the day after the fire leading with the headline: "IN ASHES Seattle Sorely Visited by Fearful Fire." With their headquarters destroyed the Journal staff had temporarily moved into the printing office of Benjamin Baker Dearborn. <p>While the competing but long-established Post-Intelligencer on the same day incorrectly attributed the origin of the fire to an overturned glue pot in McGaugh's sign shop the Journal reports here "It is learned that the fire started in the carpenter shop under the sign works. A workman was melting glue with a gasoline lamp and the lamp exploded." This report has withstood historical scrutiny but has gone unrecognized.<br /> <p>Seattle's commercial Daily Trade Journal was started in 1888 but within a year had changed owners dropped "Trade" from its name and expanded focus to include daily local events. The Seattle Directory for 1889 lists the editor as E. W. S. Tingle. While the self-described Democratic-leaning paper survived the Great Fire the paper was only printed into the mid-1890s.Meany Newspapers of Washington Territory 48-49.<p>A very scarce item of Seattleana. Now housed in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Journal Publishing Co unknown
197659994Dallas TX: Taylor Publishing Co. 1976. 4to. xxviii 523 1 pp. Illustrated title numerous colour plates many photo illustrations diagrams charts. Embossed black publisher’s simulated calf raised embossed Colt on front cover raised gilt lettering front cover & spine slight shelfwear NF/VG. First edition thus of this lavishly illustrated history of Colt revolvers and automatics including the New Service Double Action Revolver Colt Army Special Double Action Revolver Officers’ Model Target Police-Positive Special Bisley Model Target the discontinued Colt Automatic Pistol Military Model .45 caliber .38 caliber Military Model Automatic Pistol decorative grips medallion inserted for ivory and pearl handle grips and parts. Taylor Publishing Co., unknown
187735307Philadelphia: Published by Wm. Smith. Looking Glass Portrait & Picture Frames of every description 1877. Folio broadside 14" x 17". Printed in three columns: the first an 'Address of Hon. R.T. Conrad'; second 'Fireman's Address. Written at the request of the Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen' by 'Hon. Robert T. Conrad'; third 'Address of Philip S. White Esq.' Very Good.<br /> <br /> The ceremony seeks to make amends for Philadelphia's long history of antipathy to Irish Catholics. Conrad had been elected Mayor of Philadelphia on a Know-Nothing platform that capitalized on anti-Irish sentiment. But he says here "Whatever prejudices may have existed in regard to fireman sic have disappeared before the favorable evidence of the past and present conduct and character." Also a poet and writer Conrad composed a poem for the occasion printed in the second column. <br /> Praising the Company in column three was a leading temperance advocate Philip S. White. The Hibernia Company was responsible for an area of great "importance": "all the Exchange Post Office and Custom House brokers-- all the printing offices-- all the newspapers of the city. all the steamboat landings-- all the banks save two and nearly all the insurance offices." <br /> OCLC records six locations under three accession numbers as of July 2024: the Library Company Clements NYHS Brown Notre Dame Library of Congress Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description unknown
1895178376Japan.: 星野嘉吉. Hoshino Kakichi. Meiji 28 1895. Black and white illustrations foldout illustration 20 x 14cm 8pp unpaginated. Slight fold crease at the centre else a lovely clean and tight copy. This advertisement catalogue of Japanese fire pumps was published in 1895 with delicately fine illustrations. The pumps are manufactured by Hoshino Kakichi Factory in Aizu-Wakamatsu in Fukushima prefecture. The catalogue shows a black and white illustration of the factory compound as well as 6 types of fire pumps. Each pump is illustrated with its specification information including how far water spray can reach. 3 of them have 2 wheels and the rest with 4 wheels. In its foreword the owner claims that it is necessary to have a fire pump at hand as houses in the area are venerable for fire due to their thatched roofs. In addition he claims that locally manufactured pumps are cheaper to purchase and their maintenance is readily carried out close-by. . 星野嘉吉. [Hoshino, Kakichi]. unknown
19802945Flin Flon Manitoba Canada: Ladies Auxiliary to the Flin Flon Volunteer Fire Department 1980. First Edition First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 110. Small 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Black-and-white illustrations. A wonderful selection of recipes specifically for wild game including recipes for: Roast Squirrles Squirrel Stew Porcupine Fried Squirrels Pot Roast Woodchuck Raccoon Frog Legs Raccoon Pie Moss Back Turtle Turtle Steaks Braised Bear and much much more. Sections include: Soups and Marinades; Wild Meats; Fish; Canning and Miscellaneous; Sourdough etc. No detectable flaws contents remain bright clean and unmarked; near fine. Rare in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC with no institutional holdings at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. <br/><br/> [Ladies Auxiliary to the Flin Flon Volunteer Fire Department] unknown
14486Without date or place. London Fire Force circa 1943. On one side of piece of 41 x 20.5 cm paper with lines and indications in light and dark blue red and green. In fair condition on aged paper with creasing and one closed tear towards the head. The map has Trafalgar Square at its head with the note that the two 'Basins' carry '40000 Galls. each' and Parliament Square at its foot. Whitehall and Parliament Street connect the two on the right of the map and to the left of the map is the lake in St James's Park: '200000 Galls Underground Tank Pumping Station 1400 Galls Pump 15 foot Gravity Main from Serpentine'. Also marked on the map are 'Inlet connections for L.F.F. Pumps and Pits' '6 Signle Outlet Suction Hydrants Round Thread' and 'Two 6 foot Steel Pipes in Subway Also under Embankment in Subway'. Down the centre of the map are the government buildings: the Admiralty Treasury Downing Street Foreign and Colonial Offices India Office and Home Office Office of Works Board of Education Board of Trade and Ministry of Health. No other copy found listed.Image on application. Without date or place. (London Fire Force, circa 1943.) unknown