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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
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
199467133Milano: Scheiwiller Libri d'Artista 1994. Quartini sciolti in camicia e custodia in tela loose as issued in original cloth chemise and slip-case. Perfetto Mint. In memory of my feelings. Ten poems and ten Corbacciò"; etchings. 10 acqueforti acquetinte originali in nero firmate di Corbacciò cm 19x135. Poesie di Frank O'Hara. Titoli delle poesie in linoleografia tirati dall'Artista. 4to cm 30x24. pp. 44. Perfetto Mint. Edizione di 60 X es. numerati e firmati. Corbacciò" pseudonimo di Aliano Viola Milano 1938 Scheiwiller, Libri d'Artista hardcover
1999x-1566767997Technomic Pub Co 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 163 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.25 inches. Technomic Pub Co hardcover
2023SKU1714870National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2023-12-07. hardcover. New. 0x0x0. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hardcover
1910233921910. TechnologyRescue Operations American fire engine modernization archive documenting the transition from horse drawn steam engines to motorized trucks and rescue wagons in Massachusetts and across the Northeast between the 1910s and 1940s. Fire departments across the U.S. began to transition from horses and steam pumpers to gasoline powered apparatus to account for urban growth taller buildings electrical wiring and automobile traffic changing the speed and scale of emergency response. The archive records identified departments and apparatus makers including Mack GMC Ford Seagrave Studebaker American LaFrance and Maxim mostly showing departments across Massachusetts departments and with additional images from New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Island and Vermont.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 33 silver gelatin photographs many with captions ranging from 2 x 3 to 4 x 6 inches chiefly Massachusetts with additional material from Vermont Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island 1910s to 1940s. Fire engines and firefighters appear in station fronts street parades apparatus portraits airport grounds and active fire scenes. Captions identify New York City Rescue 1 Mack; Syracuse Rescue 1 GMC; Highland Park Pennsylvania Rescue 2 Mack; Plainfield New Jersey Rescue GMC; Chelmsford Massachusetts Emergency No. 7 Studebaker; Camp Edwards Massachusetts Mack Engine 4; Needham Massachusetts Mack Engine 3; Lawrence Massachusetts Engine 3 American LaFrance; Boston Ladder 8 Ladder 9 and Ladder 21; Cambridge Engine 3; Canton Massachusetts Mack engine; Shrewsbury Massachusetts Engine 3 and Ladder 3; Barrington Vermont; Stoneham Massachusetts Bell Block; River Street Boston; First Scientist Church Somerville; and Fort House Somerville. Horse drawn apparatus appears outside Hope No. 1 in Pittsburgh and in a parade scene while motorized ladder trucks carry long wooden extension ladders hose reels searchlights bells sirens polished pumps and side mounted tools.<br /> <br /> The images provide a side by side record of old and new fire protection: horse teams exposed steam machinery open cab ladder trucks and later motorized emergency vehicles. Chas. E. Beckwith's Fire Dept. Photographer stamp connects at least part of the group to a specialist working for Massachusetts fire departments. Photographs stapled to eight disbound black album pages; scattered fading handling wear with legible captions. Some with additional handwritten captions on versos. Overall in good condition. unknown
2022SKU0591826National Fire Protection Association 2022-12-07. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association hardcover
2022SKU0639333National Fire Protection Association 2022-12-07. hardcover. New. 0x0x0. New Textbook Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association hardcover
2025SKU1728055National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-12-09. hardcover. New. 8x11x1. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hardcover
2025SKU1732603National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-12-09. hardcover. New. 8x11x1. New Textbook Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hardcover
2025SKU1739728National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-12-09. hardcover. New. 8x11x1. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hardcover
19992081502111900055Chinese archives 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 hardcover book Chinese archives paperback
DADAX0879392436Brand: Fire Protection Publications 0000-00-00. paperback. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Fire Protection Publications paperback
BN66249Karten des Feuers. 50 farbige Karten und Handbuch. Das Weisheitsorakel der Sioux <br/><br/> unknown
19822110502150901892Japan Firefighting Association 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 Japan Firefighting Association paperback
2013NOCT17-9781455754113-651Delmar Cengage Learning 2013-11-26. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. NEW TEXTBOOK SHIPS WITH EMAILED TRACKING FROM USA Delmar Cengage Learning hardcover
2023SKU1714871National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2023-09-06. hardcover. New. 11x8x0. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hardcover
2023DADAX145593092XNFPA 2023-11-15. Eighth. loose_leaf. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. NFPA unknown
1908232131908. Chelsea fire real photo postcard archive documenting the destruction of civic religious medical and financial institutions in Chelsea outside of Boston Massachusetts after the November 1908 fire one of the most destructive urban fires in early twentieth century New England. This collection displays not only the ruined architecture but on the functions that had to be reestablished after the fire including places of worship schooling banking and medical care. Not only do these images display a developing New England city in ruins but the involvement of the surrounding community that was left displaced to pick up the pieces.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin real photo postcards each 3" x 5.5" Chelsea Massachusetts circa 1908. The cards show skeletal masonry walls roofless church towers leveled residential blocks ash fields and streets lined with stripped tree trunks and scattered debris. Printed captions identify multiple sites including "Ruins of Unitarian Church Chelsea Mass." "Universalist Church Fourth & Chestnut St." "Ruins of Fay School Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Public Library" "Central Church from Broadway Chelsea Mass." "Ruins of Williams School & First Universalist Church Chelsea Mass." and "Remains of Frost Hospital." Several views are wide panoramas taken from elevated ground or across open lots showing block after block reduced to foundations and chimneys while others isolate single institutional buildings left standing as shells. Human figures appear throughout as scale markers and witnesses with pedestrians moving through cleared streets and one especially important card showing uniformed cadets and coast artillery guards with rifles outside the Chelsea Savings Bank.<br /> <br /> The Great Chelsea Fire burned through a substantial section of the city in 1908 and displaced thousands making it one of the most destructive urban fires in New England in its period. These postcards preserve the public facing record created immediately after the disaster when churches schools hospitals libraries and banks were photographed not as isolated ruins but as essential parts of a city whose institutional framework had to be defended and rebuilt. Some edge and corner wear; minor toning. Overall very good condition. A concentrated record of urban destruction emergency security and civic reconstruction in Chelsea Massachusetts. unknown
2022SONG145592914XNational Fire Protection Association NFPA 2022-07-01. loose_leaf. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) unknown
