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187138735Chicago 1871. Broadside newspaper extra printed recto only approx. 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. With a matted period hand colored map of Chicago by Rufus Blanchard showing the burnt district. Incredible broadside newspaper extra printed during the Chicago fire.<br/> <br/>This very rare newspaper extra -- believed to be the only newspaper published in Chicago on that day -- was printed sometime during the afternoon or early evening of Monday October 9. The fire had begun the night prior at approximately 9pm which was according to the paper "caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman i.e. Mrs. O'Leary was milking." This unsubstantiated myth blaming a poor Irish Catholic immigrant would persist for decades. The newspaper gives an account of the areas under flame detailing many of the buildings already destroyed including the City Water Works the Armory Gas Works Post Offices newspaper offices court houses breweries churches and more: "The scene of ruin and devastation is beyond power of words to describe. Never in the history of the world has such a scene extended terrible and complete destruction by conflagration been recorded; and never has a more frightful scene of panic distress and horror been witnessed among a helpless sorrowing suffering population." The damage to the city would prove extraordinary: the fire killed approximately 300 people burned roughly 3.3 square miles of the central portion of the city destroyed over 17000 buildings and left more than 100000 residents homeless about one third of the population. The final paragraph of the extra notes the exigencies caused by the fire of printing the paper on a borrowed press: "We are under great obligation to the Interior Printing Company 15 and 18 Canal street for accomodations by which are are enabled to issue this extra." OCLC cites but three extant examples Newberry Library i.e. the Graff copy Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Knox College; an additional example is located at the Chicago History Museum.<br/> <br/>Graff 1271. unknown books
185774407Chicago Illinois: Daily Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing House. Very Good. 1857. Pamphlet. This pamphlet is soft-bound in tan printed wrappers. The cover wrappers show some light foxing/soiling. as well as some very light edge-wear. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible. Chicago Pre-Fire Imprint. . Daily Democratic Press Mammoth Steam Printing House. unknown books
1867598201867. FIRE LANDS PIONEER. THE FIRE LANDS PIONEER. Volume VIII June 1867 Vol. IX June 1868 Vol. X June 1870. Published by the Fire Lands Historical Society. Sandusky OH: Register Steam Printing Establishment 1867 1868 1870. Three issues in 8vo. marbled-paper-covered leather-backed boards original wrappers bound in. Bookplate. Front board two chipped prelim. blanks detached but present rear board starting crumbling leather. As is with clean text. unknown books
186085165New York: Holman & Gray 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound volume containing 14 consecutive reports for 1st of June to the 1st of December 1854 through 1st December 1859 to 31st May 1860. Each report individually paginated -- generally 30-40 pages each. 19th century 1/2 leather. 22 cm. Corners and edges rubbed. Joints quite tender. "Rutgers Ins. Co." in gilt on front cover. Bookplate removed. A few ink markings. <br/><br/> Holman & Gray hardcover books
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 four locations under three accession numbers as of May 2021: the Library Company Clements NYHS Brown. Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description unknown books
19631286286New York: George Braziller 1963. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; black spine blue/red text; jacket has light rubbing on front and back light bumping on the head mild age toning and tail of spine unclipped and has protective mylar cover; boards has bumping on the head and tail of spine light staining on the tail of front and back; textblock has spotting on the bottom edge otherwise clean; interior pages clean; LP consignment; pp 330. 1286286. Full-priced Rockville. George Braziller unknown books
188573568Antwerp Ohio: McCabe & Shaffer Agts. Very Good. 1885. Softcover. Chromolithograph color illustrated advertisement/calendar. German Fire Insurance Co. 1885; measures 10 1/2" x 6 1/2". Nice condition. The attached calender measures 3 1/2" x 3" and all 12 pages are present. At the top of the calendar Pittsburgh PA is printed. Light foxing but overall bright and colorful and pictorial woman portrait and eagle . McCabe & Shaffer, Agts. paperback books
1992032017Santa Fe: Bear & Company Publishing 1992. xvii 280p. b/w illus. dj. Bear & Company Publishing unknown books
186856003New York: Insurance Monitor Office 1868. First edition. Small 4to. 105 3 pp. Introduction: "It is a collection of scattered fragments of insurance wisdom collated from a great variety of sources freely appropriated and brought into an aggregated form whence the tyro in the profession can gather the fruits divested of technicalities." With a southern ownership signature "Jno. R. Long Agt. / Columbus Miss." OCLC locates six copies Buffalo/Erie County Public New York Public Library of Congress Smithsonian North Carolina Brown. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth spine ends and corners rubbed. Very good. 2525. <br/><br/> Insurance Monitor Office hardcover books
1971041251Skopje: Makedonska Akademija na Naukite i Umetnostite 1971. 108 1p. original stiff printed wrappers. In Cyrillic with a summary in French. Makedonska Akademija na Naukite i Umetnostite unknown books
193329817New York 1933. Brown pebbled cloth quarter bound with red leather. Pink paper labels with inclusive dates on spines; journal number written in black ink over-written in white ink. As to be expected with volumes put to daily use the bindings are worn & soiled with fraying front joint cloth to #79. Nevertheless an About VG - VG set. 2 volumes. 1000 numbered pages. 14" x 8-1/2" 36 cm x 23 cm. <br/><br/>Hook and Ladder Company No. 27 was originally part of Combined Engine Company 46 - Bronx which was organized on July 11 1881. The Company moved to new quarters at 451 E. 176th Street on April 1 1895. The Combined Engine Company was disbanded in order to organize Engine 46 and Hook and Ladder Company 27 on June 1 1904. In a NYTimes article of April 18 1904 it was announced that Fire Commissioner Hayes had established a new Fire Department Battalion in the Bronx to be known as the Seventeenth. This Battalion included Hook and Ladder Company 27. Hook and Ladder Company 27 was located at 453 E. 176th Street. The Company was relocated to new quarters at 460 Cross Bronx Expressway on November 6 1972 at which time it was disbanded to organize Ladder 58. The two journals provide an in-depth and fascinating glimpse into the daily operations of one of New York's finest Hook and Ladder Company No. 27. Noted down to the minute are the times the men came on duty and when they were relieved; when drills took place; inspections; testing of the telegraph equipment; who was on house watch and when he was relieved; exactly when an alarm came in by what method and from what station. Certain members of the Company were more complete in their entries stating that the Company and apparatus responded to alarm where they found the fire and when they returned to the station. A nice set documenting a segment of the NYFD's long illustrious history. hardcover books
31948Evansville IN: M.T. Publishing Company 2006. Hardcover. 9.5" x 12.25". Pictorial boards in matching pictorial dust jacket. Overall clean and sound. Like New. ISBN: 1932439579. . LikeNew. Hardcover . M.T. Publishing Company 2006 hardcover books
182815371Paris: Castil-Blaze PN 23 1828. 1f. title 3ff. preface including a list of operas by Grétry 2-258 i index pp. listing the 46 numbers from the 21 operas found in the work. <br/><br/>The present score is especially interesting as it contains an air from Grétry's opera Cécile et Ermancé ou Les deux couvents comédie mêlée d'ariettes not included in the published edition of the opera. The work in 3 acts to a libretto by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle and Jean-Baptiste-Denis Desprès was first performed on January 16 1792 in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne. <br/><br/>Wotquenne: Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles 3624.<br/><br/>Bound with:<br/>Carbonel Narcisse. La Dansomanie Ballet de P. Gardel Arrangé pour le Forte-Piano avec accompagnement de Violon. 1re Livraison. Paris: Frères Gaveaux ca. 1828. 1f. title 1 blank 2-36 pp. Mercier overpaste to imprint. Engraved. The first act only.<br/><br/>Folio. Contemporary green vellum-backed marbled boards with manuscript title label to upper. <br/><br/>Binding worn; hinges split. Castil-Blaze [PN 23] unknown books
1842123046Paris: L. Curmer 1842. First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles elaborately decorated green morocco doublures hand-stitched patterned endpapers all edges gilt with intricate botanical carvings illustrated with eleven frontispiece titles by Trimolet Charles Jacque Penguilly etc. and numerous vignettes throughout the text. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. "This collection of ten short narratives mostly Gothic or exotic from the literatures of several countries is one of the most charming books of the Romantic period" Ray. L. Curmer unknown books
191145962New York: Hebrew Publishing Co 1911. First Edition. Music sheet 34cm x 26cm; 4pp. Original lithographed cover signed Jacob Keller with halftone portrait insets. Slight toning to extremities still Near Fine. Uncommon sheet memorializing the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Lyrics are printed in Hebrew and transliterated Yiddish; only the title is supplied in English and the title is spelled differently on cover and first page. <br/><br/>The cover illustration is a full-length portrait of composer Joseph Rumshisky with inset halftone portraits of the lyricist Anshel Schorr and performer Hyman J. Ginsburg. Heskes notes that the composition "appears to be a song whose lyrics were quickly augmented to reflect a tragic event." OCLC gives one location Harvard; Marwick Roster No. 13359; HESKES 390. Hebrew Publishing Co unknown books
20019010170Chicago: Emperor's Press 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket has a chip to the bottom edge of the front cover. <br/><br/> Emperor's Press hardcover books
1995UBLAMIL00fpEmperor's Press 1995. Fine. Blaze Elzear. Military Life Under Napoleon: the Memoirs of Captain Elizear Blaze. translated by John R. Elting. Chicago: Emperor's Press 1995. 216pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and yellowed. Emperor's Press hardcover books
1880013291Paris: Calmann Levy. Very Good. 1880. Hardcover. Brown quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards and title gilt on spine. Content in French. All edges are lightly worn and have light soil. Bottom corners are chipped. Spine has light wear. Toning to endpapers and light foxing throughout text block. Written in the late 19th century this book chronicles musicians of the past and present including Gluck Mozart Rossini Weber Berlioz and more. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 438 pp . Calmann Levy hardcover books
191032Thick folio of 400 forms bound together 800 pages 36 cm x 22 cm printer and stationers tag from the Martin B. Brown Company order number 29288 at 49 and 51 Park Place on front pastedown. The leather binding is worn and patched with tape and attempts at rehydration of the leather were only partially successful. Handwritten reports on FDNY printed forms give location of the incident location and pressure of the hydrant numbers of officers and firemen accompanying the apparatus and who did or did not accompany and why. Some of these technical reports also give the cause of the fire. Interior fine. Manuscript material on printed forms. hardcover books
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
200222888ELos Angeles: Touchstone Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment 2002. Original advance screening invitation for the film Reign of Fire dated July 9 2002 to be screened at the Village Theater in Westwood CA. The invitation is a single sheet folded to measure 5†x 7â€. Illustrated on the front panel with an image from the film. In fine condition. The film was directed by Rob Bowman and stars Matthew McConaughey Christian Bale Izabella Scorupco Gerard Butler and Alexander Siddig. Touchstone Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment unknown books
184936814Philadelphia 1849. Folio large sheet folded to 14" x 22". 4 pp. Partly printed document completed in neat elegant manuscript. Printed on blue paper using decorative and standard typesettings. First page engraved with a beautiful illustration of the Fairmount Waterworks as seen from the west bank of the Schuylkill River; depicting the engine house millhouse mound dam and men fishing from shore. Attributed to "T. Birch del./ R.Tiller Sc.". Beneath the illustration is the policy of insurance blindstamp seal to the left of the signatures. The second page contains columns for recording future transfers of the policy; the third page contains the terms and conditions of permanent policy; and the final page has a printed area for recording the policy number date issued etc. with an illustration of the company's fire mark consisting of a fire-plug hydrant with a section of hose attached to it. A rubberstamped receipt of return deposit which has been signed by George W. Quein as executor of Geo. Quein deceased. Old folds several splits partly repaired. Else Very Good. <br/><br/> The Fire Association of Philadelphia was founded in September 1817 by a group of eleven volunteer engine companies and five volunteer hose companies. The Association distributed a percentage of its profits to local volunteer companies. Insurance policy holders were required to affix fire marks outside of their building to inform fire brigades that the building was insured and by which company. The F.A. fire mark was extremely popular and an estimated 40000 fire marks were issued during the company's history. The Fire Association operated until 1958 when it merged with the Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia. <br/> George Quein 1818-1882 owned a grocery business on the corner of 13th and Vine for many years. George W. Tryon 1791-1878 president of the Fire Association of Philadelphia from 1837-1872 had been a maker and seller of firearms was a trustee of the Philadelphia City Savings Institution and vice president of the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled firemen. William J. Butler 1820-1879 became Secretary to the Company in 1846. unknown books
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
1854100210Folio 11 3/4 x17 4 pp. plus two attached receipts for 1854 &1856 engraving on top of first page signed. Some slight aging creasing at folds but in very good or better condition. This is a fire insurance policy of John Wallis for a two story building on the North side of Broadway just off Mullberry Street in Paterson New Jersey.The premium was $15 for $1200 in coverage.It appears that the proceeds from the policy were to be paid to a Cornelius Duryea. An intesting account of an early insurance policy with premiums that just about anyone could handle. books
1935118290New York: The Association 1935. 206p. very good in original printed wraps. The Association unknown books
