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181855212Providence: Miller & Hutchens printers 1818. Bifolium approx. 15" x 10" printed text and table on page 1 the integral leaf consisting of a pro-forma document accomplished in manuscript: "No. 16. Columbian Fire Company of Providence. This Policy of Insurance Witnesseth That.in consideration of Thirty Dollars to them paid by the Insured herein named the Receipt thereof is hereby acknowledged Do Insure William P. Greene of Providence. against Loss or Damage by Fire in the amount of Three Thousand Dollars on the stock in trade consisting of Dry Goods and contained in the lower story of Store No. 7 Market Square directly opposite in said Providence. Said store is built of Wood and two stories high as per application filed No. 16-- $3000." Further printed text setting forth terms and conditions with signatures of William Wilkinson President of the company and Charles Norris Tibbitts witness and dated November 7th 1818 at bottom. Manuscript docket on verso. There are old folds and the two leaves of the Proposals and accompanying policy are partially separated. There is some staining and browning to the margins and at the top of the Proposals extending into text. The prospectus is quite striking typographically. Not in OCLC or American Imprints. William P. Green 1784-1855 the insured was a Providence ship owner and merchant. Included with the Proposals and integral policy are twelve manuscript letters sent to Greene in 1818 being business correspondence from Savannah Richmond Boston among other places. The letters are variously browned and stained though legible. <br/><br/> Miller & Hutchens, printers unknown books
1975187360San Francisco: PFOC 1975. 8p. 7x8.5 inches sheets folded together but not stapled. Two cartoons. Text in both English and Spanish. PFOC unknown books
190633036San Francisco: Issued by General Passenger Department Southern Pacific Company 1906. Rocq 12242. Some modest age toning to paper. Occasional split along a fold junction. A Very Good copy of a somewhat uncommon item with OCLC recording 7 holding institutions. One sheet printed both sides folded 3x. 8 pp of text. Illustrated with 3 panoramic b/w images 6-7/8" x 20" from photographs plus one city plan 2 pages in size. The 3 photographic images show 1 San Francisco the morning of April 18th 2 the intact residential section of the city as taken from an air ship over Twin Peaks & 3 the active & untouched San Francisco waterfront as of June taken by another air ship. Sheet size: 27-3/4" x 21". Folded: 10-1/2" x 7". Rocq mentions a 'pocket' none is present here. <br/><br/>A 'folder' issued by the Southern Pacific a few months after the conflagration to update interested parties stockholders that San Francisco was NOT destroyed is still active & viable and that the city's situation should now be viewed as an "Opportunity" with "the mighty forces that here created a great city . are now creating a greater one ." Issued by General Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company unknown books
1966013393London: Mouton & Co. 1966. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 125 pages of text including a bibliography. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear and minor soiling; protected in archival mylar. First edition. Previous owner's name neatly on the rear endpaper. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Mouton & Co. Hardcover books
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> books
1936Embry 143809Camp Fire Girls 1936. First edition first printing. Owner's name and address minor where to edges still near fine. B&W illustrations. Deco canvas wrappers. Camp Fire Girls, 1936. First edition, first printing. unknown books
19369736New York Camp Fire Girls Inc. 1936. 1936. First edition first printing so stated "November". Small 8vo. Illustrated with photographs maps drawings etc. Original limp pictorial tan cloth stamped with geometric Art Deco design in orange and dark brown. Very good. 248 pages with index. No signatures or bookplates. The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in 1912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. New York Camp Fire Girls, Inc. [1936]. hardcover books
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
18711001188vo pamphlet publisher’s wrappers illustrated 144 pp. Wrappers chipped at the edges and a bit toned and stained Also signature on top of front wrapper. Bookplate indicating From Henry Belknap Fire Library on front pastedown. Usual aging and toning but overall very good. Gives a lot of detail about the Chicago fires as well as some other significant fires. Includes a folding colored map of Chicago illustrating the burnt portion of the city. There are four other folding plates which include illustrations of the burning of the chamber of commerce and opera house. A note from the publisher indicates a portion of the proceeds from the pamphlet will go toward helping the victims. unknown books
1977265263San Francisco: Prairie Fire Organizing Committee 1977. Pamphlet. 8p. wraps secured by folding 5.5x8.5 inches illus. very good condition. Statement prepared by lesbians and gays in PFOC on the Anita Bryant campaign linking gay liberation to anti-imperialism. Prairie Fire Organizing Committee unknown books
1977118436San Francisco: Prairie Fire Organizing Committee 1977. Pamphlet. 8p. wraps front wrap has a minor stain and an old price in pen else very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches illustrations. Statement prepared by lesbians and gays in PFOC on the Anita Bryant campaign linking gay liberation to anti-imperialism. Prairie Fire Organizing Committee unknown books
40711AUTOMOBILE FIRE INSURANCE NATIONAL SECURITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Two-p Monthly Fiscal Bulletin for Omaha Nebraska Insurance Company with Flyer for Automobile Insurance Company aimed at covering fire insurance for Automobiles. Omaha: March 1917. Quarto Two-sheet typed Bulletin on company letterhead wit two-sided printed and illustrated flyer promoting automobile fire insurance. Rare automobile ephemera on automobile insurance the Monthly Bulletin No. 16 March 1917 with typed report to "Stockholders of the National Fire Insuranc Company" on the status of their finances. The company letterhead with automobile and horse driven fire equipment exiting fire house. Included is a printed flyer promoting the need to buy fire insurance for your car "Do they burn" "They do Burn!" with two half-tone photographs of a wrecked automobil and another one of an automobile destroyed by fire. Printed for the Automobi Insurance Company of Lincoln Nebraska. Very good. unknown books
1998TB30861Hartford Conn.: United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company Inc. c 1998 revised Jan. 1998. Fifth Anniversary Edition. Revised Jan. 1998 Fine in heavy black paper wraps over a double stapled binding with metallic red text on the front cover. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 64 pages of text and illustrated throughout from black and white and color photographs. United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Inc. paperback books
607003not signed on a 3/4 length cast portrait of Yvonne De Carlo as Minna Planer with Valentina Cortese as Mathilde Wesendonk Carlos Thompson as Franz Liszt Alan Badel and Richard Wagner and Rita Gam as Cosima Liszt from the 1956 Republic film "Magic Fire". Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling; 1956. Information slip on the back. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
