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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
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
185248595circa 1852. Very good. Broadsheet approximately 9 /1/8" x 15" with 2 columns of printed text. This was the second annual report of this Baltimore fire insurance company. It included the financial position of the company a summary of the policies outstanding and risks underwritten and a list of the Board of Directors for 1852. In addition in this period before independent auditors the Board of Directors appointed a special committee to perform an audit or review of the financial records. The committee's report found that "after a very minute and careful examination . . . the Committee have found the books kept in a very clear and comprehensible manner; all perfectly correct. . . " A very scarce insurance item. Not recorded in Worldcat. Moderate soiling with crease marks from folding and a few tiny holes. Marginal tears repaired with no effect on text. unknown
1850mon0000072085J. and D.A. Darling 1850-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1850 edition on green cloth with frontispiece plate publsihed by John Darling split down one side seam of spine cover J. and D.A. Darling unknown
185013802London: John and Daniel A. Darling 1850. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Just Very Good With Worn Extremities Some Spotting And Soil And Prev. Owner Name Dated 1854. Rear Paste Down Has A Cryptic Reference To The Author. Title Page Dated Mdccci But Inscription Dated 1854. See Photos . 201 Pages. John and Daniel A. Darling Hardcover
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
1871DEMO016223IChicago Cincinnati Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co. 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 folding maps 44 woodcuts. Octavo 450 ii pages; in the scarcer contemporary full sheep rebacked with new leather with original black morocco spine label. <br/><br/>One of the two contemporary popular book-length accounts of the fire of October 1871 known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. Jewel V25. Includes the anecdote of the policeman who saved his house by showering it with apple cider ! 2 folding maps 44 woodcuts. Union Publishing Co. hardcover
18710008835Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co. 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 folding maps 44 woodcuts. Octavo; 450 irregular pagination ii pages; embossed original green cloth <br/><br/>One of the two contemporary popular book-length accounts of the fire of October 1871 known as The Great Chicago Fire. Written by two journalists. Jewel V25. Includes the anecdote of the policeman who saved his house by showering it with apple cider ! 2 folding maps 44 woodcuts. Includes a poem "Chicago" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Men said at vestpers: All is well ! / In one wild night the city fell". Union Publishing Co. hardcover
1892SKU1037309Procter Brothers 1892. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Procter Brothers; city not noted 1892. Hardcover. A Good navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board binding a bit shaking starting and partially cracked hinges some handling/scuff marks and soiling to boards frayed spine edges with tears to spine edge buckram abrasions to board corners few small dents and abrasions along board edges age toning to pages crease to front board buckram rub mark bottom text block corner some age spotting/foxing throughout bit of discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers tissue protected frontis-portrait scattered foxing and sunning to text block edges tear to bottom rear joint buckram without Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 275pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Procter Brothers hardcover
1888ZB458034Norwalk: The Chronicle Publishing Company 1888. New Series: volumes 5-6 1888-1891 each complete in one issue original paper wrappers tattered and torn overall textually about good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Norwalk: The Chronicle Publishing Company unknown
1868ZB458033Sandusky: Register Steam Printing Establishment 1868. Old Series: vol. 9 complete in one issue original paper wrappers tattered and torn overall textually about good . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Sandusky: Register Steam Printing Establishment, unknown
1860ZB458031Norwalk: Reflector Steam Printing Establishment 1860. Old Series: vol. 2#1-3 original paper wrappers tattered and torn overall textually about good price is for the lot:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Norwalk: Reflector Steam Printing Establishment, 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>
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
18542111902160201214Izumiya Hanbei version 1854. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Izumiya Hanbei version paperback
1900026433Ottawa: The Fund 1900. Book. Very Good. card cover>. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 121p. illus. fold out map copy of ' Relief Fund Application " repaired o/w sound. The Fund Paperback
187399823Boston MA: Rockwell & Churchill printers 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Rockwell & Churchill printers Boston MA 1873. First Edition. Ex-Library Few Markings. 662 pages. 1st Printing. Library rebound in 1964 with rugged brown cloth gold spine lettering. Only library indication is gold call letters at spine base. No interior markings whatsoever. No markings were removed. Nice Firm copy ! Binding and pages in excellent attactive condition. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Primarily composed of sworn testimony depositions from many witnesses to the fire. The authoritative official record of the Great Boston Fire of 1872. History::Disasters New England::History History::U.S.A.::Civil War to 1900 RBR13 RBR13 Rockwell & Churchill, printers hardcover
187817550s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1878. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris 1878 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
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
1870mon0003095001G. Charpentier 1870. Hardcover. Good. . Beautiful green tooled cloth boards with gilt lettering and embellishments. Raised bands on spine. Spine looks beautiful on a shelf. Foxing here and there throughout still readable. Binding sturdy. G. Charpentier hardcover
1817228656Lancaster Pa 1817. 1 vols. 17 x 5.5. cm. Right-hand edge stained and frayed not effecting text. Otherwise fine. 1 vols. 17 x 5.5. cm. <br/><br/> unknown
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.
18803020678Paris.: Calman Lévy. 1880. Hardcover. Good. 19 cm. 438 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal en plena piel con doble tejuelo y nervios. Idioma francés. Blaze de Bury Henri 1813-1888. Par H. Blaze de Bury. Gluck Mozart Rossini Weber Hérold Halévy Verdi Charles Gounod Georges Bizet Hector Berlioz Richard Wagner. Músicos. Biografías . Música. Géneros musicales. Métodos y estudios de Música para los distintos instrumentos.78 78 Calman Lévy. hardcover
18659012807Paris: Michel Levy Freres/Calmann Levy 1865. Original wrappers; broche. Author and title written on front and spine covers by hand quite neatly covers edgeworn lightly soiled; text clean tight: VG. 8vo. Bibliotheque Contemporaine." TEXT IN FRENCH. TEXTE EN FRANCAIS Michel Levy Freres/Calmann Levy unknown
1828863B52Paris : Ladvocat 1828. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". None. A complete two volume set of this interesting medical memoir from the Peninsular War in the original French. A first edition two volume set. In the original French. These volumes contain the memoirs of Sebastien Blaze during the Peninsular War in Spain. During the war Sebastien Blaze was an apothecary or pharmacist. An interesting military and medical series of memoirs from the Napoleonic period. With a bookplate for S. E. Widdrington to both pastedowns. In quarter calf with marbled boards. Externally a little worn with loss to the head of the spine of volume one and significant loss to the spine of volume two. With a bookplate for S. E. Widdrington to both pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with scattered spots throughout both volumes. Fair Ladvocat hardcover
