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175660002Stuttgart: Cotta 1756. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Later drab wrappers. Dampstaining along top edge. Very good. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Cotta unknown
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
51-6516Paris: Black Sun Press MCMXXXI. 4to. 18 x 23cm. Original wraps. One of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper. Volume IV of "The Collected Poems of Harry Crosby.".Caresse published this work 2 years after Harry killed his lover Josephine Rotch and himself. Crosby revered Rimbaud and with Rimbaud’s self-deregulation in mind believed in his own idealizations of suicide. To his wife Caresse Crosby he had proposed suicide pacts on several occasions since early in their relationship.He wrote about such pacts in his poems and in his diaries and he talked about them most consequentially with the most significant of his many mistresses Josephine Rotch Bigelow with whom he was found dead in bed—a bullet hole to her left temple a bullet hole to his right temple his right hand holding a .25 caliber pistol his free hand joined in Josephine’s—in a New York hotel room on December 11th 1929. The couple was fully clothed and there was no suicide note. They had consumed immense quantities of gin and opium pills not unusual for Harry or his “fire-princess†as he called Josephine who like himself was thoroughly a product of Back Bay Boston. Had Josephine been the first to call Harry’s bluff and insist that he carry through in action the belief he expressed to her that the greatest expression and fulfillment of love was for two lovers to die together in suicide"Minkoff A-42. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:471859Provenance… Collection of Dr. Gregory R. Bonomo Paris: Black Sun Press, MCMXXXI paperback
175660002Stuttgart: Cotta 1756. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Later drab wrappers. Some inoffensive dampstaining still about Fine. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Cotta unknown books
1828CLL-784Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 volumes in-8 de (2) ff., 447 pp. - (2) ff., 400 pp., demi-veau violine, dos à nerfs plats ornés de filets et palette dorées et de roulettes et fleurons à froid, tranches mouchetées (reliures de l'époque).
225391Paris,, Tresse,, 1840 in-8,, [2] ff. n. ch.,444 pp., maroquin cerise, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, large encadrement de pointillés, filets et guirlandes dorés sur les contreplats (Capé).
73490E-084. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 5/30/1919-8/26/1919. First endpaper has a list of phone numbers regarding borough utilities and senior officers. Second endpaper has the roll of the officers for the engine company. 501 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written in copperplate. Indexed at the end. Bound in 3/4 leather boards with gilt titles present. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities. Hinges reinforced with tape. Text has marks and notes present in the text. Binding tight and solid. E-084; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
73849E-413. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 09/29/1912 - 12/10/1912. First page has the roll of the officers for the engine company the captain being Bernardo Carlock. 500 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written. Bound in brown cloth and 1/4 leather boards leather corners with black titles present present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities FDNY Engine Company 38 was originally organized in Manhattan on January 1 1868. . During the 1879-1880 period it was located at Amsterdam Ave & W 155 St formerly known as Suburban E-40. The company was later reorganized in 1881 as a Combination Engine Company before being disbanded in 1898; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
73850E-413. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 12/1/1879-3/20/1880. First endpaper has the roll of the officers for the engine company. 481 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written. Bound in brown and 3/4 leather boards leather corners with black titles present present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities labels attached to the front board spine is partially missing spine is chipped and worn spine ends are chipped and worn. Text has marks and notes present in the text it is a handwritten journal! . Binding tight and solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
73848E-413. Good. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 5/30/1919-8/26/1919. First endpaper has a list of phone numbers regarding borough utilities and senior officers. Second endpaper has the roll of the officers for the engine company. 501 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written. Indexed at the end. Bound in brown and 1/4 leather boards leather corners with black titles present present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities. Hinges reinforced with tape. Text has marks and notes present in the text it is a handwritten journal! . Binding tight and solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1903000006bBoston Massachusetts MA. Fair. 1903. Hardcover. Wonderful all handwritten 9" x 11" hardback daily hour by hour journal from an unspecified fire department but almost certainly Boston. Dated July 1903 through Oct. 1903. The day of horse drawn fire engines. 300 pages. No missing pages. The log is written in black ink with all the fire calls written in red ink. Contains information on the care of the engines and horses roll call who's in charge of meals who's absent and on vacation fire call addresses and names of all the fire men etc etc. Items too numerous to mention. A typical days entry: Sunday Oct 4th 1903. 12am York relieved Ryan on house patrol. 1am Water in Engine 38 and 39 at 4th and 3rd gauge . Steam at 100 lbs. 2am Hart relieved York on house patrol. 3am 3 and 4 G's of water in engines 38 and 39. Steam 95 lbs 4am Heaters OK. Patrol completed York and Hart. 4am Burke relieved Hart on house patrol. 6:45am Morning call struck. 7am Lt. Lynch Marden Ryan Doughtery Burke Gilligan to breakfast. 7:25am Received alarm from box 38 Tapper and Gong. Engine 39 responded to fire at #70 Long Wharf. Connected to hydrant opposite 62 Long Wharf. Company services not required. Reports to Chief Cheswell and ordered to quarters by same. 1 officer and 5 men responded with apparatus. 2 officers and 6 men responded to fire. While responding to the above alarm horse #677 was injured by colliding with post of elevated structure receiving injuries that caused him to be killed. Company returned. Absent 35 minutes. Other entry: Responded to Railroad car #355 in NY NH & H railroad yard caused by fierce exploding company. Used 1 extinguisher. Another entry: Still alarm for fire inside building #33 and 37 Wormwood St. Engine 39 hose wagon responded to fire on 2nd floor. Run 200 feet of hose from hydrant on Wormwood St and passed water 5 minutes. Absent 55 minutes. THIS IS A WONDERFUL ONE OF A KIND FIREFIGHTER HISTORICAL ITEM. Most of the pages are loose with yellowing on the edges with some tatters. The spine is missing and taped.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Fire Department Fireman Fire Stations Public Service Arson Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Firefighters Fireman BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA . hardcover
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
1715WRCAM39781London 1715. Broadside 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare leaflet lobbying Parliament on behalf of British merchants who had recently lost £22500 worth of sugar ginger oil and sarsaparilla 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. GOLDSMITHS 5228.1. HANSON 2169. unknown books
214266Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 vol. in-8, 447 pp. et 400 pp., demi-veau blond à coins, dos à nerfs, roulettes dorées (rel. de l'époque). Dos taché, mors et coins légt frottés. Qqs rousseurs.
220094Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 vol. in-8, 447 pp. et 400 pp., demi-maroquin vert, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque).
1892250573Brooklyn: Brooklyn Fire Department 1892. First. hardcover. good. Compiled from the Records of the Department. 80 illustrations most of which are photographic portraits. 478pp. many pages of ads from Brooklyn merchants 4to original decorated maroon cloth spine ends lightly worn edges of corners worn some pages of text lightly soiled in right margins page 61 lacks the lower right corner margin. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Fire Deparment 1892. First Edition.<br/><br/> Beginning in 1785 the Brooklyn Fire Department consisted of six volunteer firemen who served an annual term. In 1816 with more that 35 firemen the Brooklyn Fire Department was incorporated. In 1898 when the City of Brooklyn was consolidated into the City of New York the Brooklyn Fire Department was merged with the Fire Department of the City of New York. Many of the photographic illustrations are individual portraits of firemen or group portraits of members of engine companies in their uniforms. This work includes the history of those engine companies and the ten districts that encompass them. Some of the merchant ads at the end are illustrated. Interally a bright tight copy.<br/><br/> Brooklyn Fire Department unknown books
lom-MS001843In French. Short description: Henri Blaze Le Faust de Goethe Illustrations by Tony JOHANNOT 1847. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS001843 unknown
lom-MS001843In French. Short description: Henri Blaze, Le Faust de Goethe, Illustrations by Tony JOHANNOT, 1847. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS001843
1924005993Cleveland Ohio 1924. Cloth. Good. Folio. Cloth bound ledger 13.75 x 8.75 inches 500 pages. Original manuscript hand-written in black and red ink log book for the Cleveland Ohio Fire Department Engine 10 East 101st Street in the heart of University Circle and the Cleveland Clinic. Entries cover the period between July 1 1924 and December 31 1924. Entries contain records of the daily operations of the station names and roll calls payrolls inspections standard procedures including firefighter deaths calls incident reports statistics monthly report summaries equipment lists supplies and more. The log is Indexed for reference. These logs were kept just before all the Cleveland fire stations were provided with motorized engines in 1925 during a period of rapid fire station expansion in the city. An original and unique item of Cleveland and firefighting history. Covers show expected heavy wear and soiling contents are clean and well preserved binding remains tight <br/> <br/> hardcover
185166927London and Bremen: Colburn and Co. publishers 13 Great Marlborough Street; Germany: Franz Schlodtmann Bremen 1851. First edition 3 volumes 8vo pp. vi 320; 4 319 1; 2 313 1; original drab paper-covered boards purple cloth shelfbacks printed paper labels on spines; spines a bit sunned else near fine. Marie Blaze de Bury or Baroness Rose Blaze de Bury or Marie Pauline Rose Blaze de Bury 1813-1894 published a number of works 5 novels 6 works of non-fiction and a book of poetry under the pseudonyms Hamilton Murray and Arthur Dudley. She was a Scottish-born political writer educated in France and was notably opposed to the rule of Napoleon and there were reports that she was an agent for Austria or England. In 1844 she married the writer Henri Blaze de Bury who she had met in 1840 and they resided for most of their lives in Paris. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. And apparently uncommon: Huntington Berkeley UCLA Cambridge National Library of Scotland and University of Bremen only in OCLC. Colburn and Co., publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Street; Germany: Franz Schlodtmann, Bremen 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
1912177181912. Fire department photo album ca 1912 a visual record of early motorized firefighting that documents the transition from horse drawn apparatus to mechanized emergency response in California. The album centers on a small town department identified by the uniform insignia "CCFD" capturing a moment when motor vehicles were beginning to replace traditional equipment even as many larger cities still relied on horse drawn engines. The presence of specialized vehicles and organized crews reflects the modernization of municipal and volunteer fire services in the early twentieth century as departments adopted new technologies to improve response speed and operational capacity.<br /> <br /> Photo album containing 42 silver gelatin photographs housed in original string bound black leather covers. Images depict firefighters posed with motorized apparatus including vehicles associated with Kissel an early automobile manufacturer known for producing service and utility vehicles. Several photographs show crews at fire scenes alongside the charred remains of structures while others document equipment group portraits and operational contexts. One loose photograph bears the caption "This Rig is used for carrying back dirty hose. The other three are useless" providing a candid comment on equipment function and intra crew perspective. Additional imagery includes a woman seated on a Kissel automobile indicating the broader presence of early motor vehicles within the community.<br /> <br /> The album documents a transitional phase in firefighting history when mechanization reshaped emergency services reducing reliance on animal power and enabling more complex logistical coordination. Departments adopting motorized equipment during this period often represented early adopters of automotive technology within their communities and their visual documentation provides insight into both technological change and local organization of public safety. The combination of posed and candid images captures both formal representation and everyday practice within a fire brigade adapting to new tools and methods. Covers show light wear with secure string binding; photographs remain clear and well preserved. Overall very good condition. unknown
2025SKU1741914National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-07-31. paperback. New. 8x11x0. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
1968233001968. Fire destruction of Trinity United Methodist Church on South 2nd Street in Clearfield Pennsylvania photographed during the active overnight blaze of December 21 1968 in a dramatic sequential record of one of the borough's largest twentieth century urban fires. The archive captures the church while fully engulfed preserving flames erupting through the roofline smoke pouring from the arcaded façade hose streams striking the structure from darkened streets and the silhouette of the church tower rising above the fire. The photographs record not only the destruction of a major downtown religious landmark led at the time by Rev. Oliver H. R. Krapf but also the operational reality of late 1960s volunteer firefighting systems in small town Pennsylvania where borough police volunteer companies ladder apparatus hydrant pressure and regional mutual aid networks were rapidly assembled in an effort to contain a spreading structural fire. The blaze was first spotted around 2:10 a.m. by taxi driver Billy Knepp after which Fire Chief William Swisher summoned neighboring companies to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the church into the surrounding civic center.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 16 silver gelatin photographs mounted to a large cardstock sheet measuring approximately 20" x 14" each image roughly 3.5" x 5" Clearfield Pennsylvania December 1968. Each photograph is numbered by hand from 1 to 16 and together they function almost cinematically moving through different stages and vantage points of the firefight. The images center the church's cut stone arcades and bell tower as bright interior firelight blows outward through the large arched openings and flames tear across the roof structure above. Several photographs show powerful hose streams cutting diagonally across the frame toward the burning façade while others pull back into wider nighttime street scenes where bare winter trees utility poles parked cars wet pavement and gathered onlookers remain visible beneath smoke and reflected firelight. One frame includes a firefighter seen from behind at street level facing the inferno while another captures a bicyclist or passerby entering the foreground as the church burns behind him. Multiple views emphasize the repetition of the long arcade row transforming the church exterior into a glowing sequence of arches illuminated by active fire inside the structure. The resulting series preserves not only the destruction itself but the visual atmosphere of the emergency response: steam smoke glare darkness reflective pavement and shifting vantage points from the surrounding streets as firefighters attempted to control the blaze.<br /> <br /> The archive is especially significant as documentation of pre modernized municipal fire response during a period when Pennsylvania boroughs depended heavily on intercompany volunteer assistance for major structural fires. The identified responding companies from Lawrence Township Hyde Curwensville Philipsburg and Chester Hill gives the group great specificity within the history of regional mutual aid firefighting networks. At the same time the photographs preserve the loss of an architecturally prominent early twentieth century Methodist church before widespread sprinkler retrofitting and later fire protection standards transformed many American religious and civic structures in the decades that followed. Mount toning with expected contrast loss and glare in several high intensity night exposures. Overall good condition. unknown
