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ref. 026058505X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1986ref. 58847ABNeumünster, Wachholz Verlag, 1986. 4° (25x21), 148 S., mit zahlr. meist historischen Abb., fotoill OPbd, ohne Gebrauchsspuren, offensichtlich ungelesen, sehr schön,
1906ref. 221651906. Fifteen stereoview photographs document the destruction and emergency relief that followed the April 18 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires. The images record leveled downtown blocks collapsed masonry burned buildings displaced residents military personnel laborers food distribution and temporary shelters preserving contemporary visual evidence of both the physical destruction of the city and the organized response to widespread displacement. Several views place survivors and relief workers directly within the ruined streetscape while others show the scale of destruction through broader panoramas that include recognizable civic landmarks such as the damaged City Hall. Archive of 15 stereoview photograph cards comprising albumen and hand colored prints on curved mounts. San Francisco California: Underwood & Underwood Keystone View Co. and other publishers circa 1906. Each measures approximately 7 x 3.5 inches; many retain detailed printed captions on the versos. Subjects include panoramic views across devastated downtown districts collapsed and fire damaged masonry streets filled with rubble military personnel and civilians moving through the ruins temporary relief camps improvised kitchens food lines and shelters constructed from corrugated iron and salvaged materials. One hand colored view gives the wreckage added visual definition through applied color. Another card shows people waiting for food beneath the caption "The bread line-at world's gift of food to the victims of earthquake and fire" directly recording the distribution of outside relief to survivors. Commercial stereoview publishers rapidly circulated images of the San Francisco disaster to audiences beyond California using paired photographs viewed through a stereoscope to create an illusion of three dimensional depth. This group records subjects extending beyond architectural destruction to the practical consequences of the catastrophe: housing displacement food distribution military supervision improvised shelter and the movement of residents and workers through damaged neighborhoods. The cards therefore preserve evidence of how the earthquake and fires altered both the built environment and daily life during the immediate aftermath. Some edge wear and light soiling to the mounts; photographic images retain strong contrast and clarity. Very good condition overall. unknown
1906ref. 221651906. Fifteen stereoview photographs document the destruction and emergency relief that followed the April 18 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires. The images record leveled downtown blocks collapsed masonry burned buildings displaced residents military personnel laborers food distribution and temporary shelters preserving contemporary visual evidence of both the physical destruction of the city and the organized response to widespread displacement. Several views place survivors and relief workers directly within the ruined streetscape while others show the scale of destruction through broader panoramas that include recognizable civic landmarks such as the damaged City Hall. Archive of 15 stereoview photograph cards comprising albumen and hand colored prints on curved mounts. San Francisco California: Underwood & Underwood Keystone View Co. and other publishers circa 1906. Each measures approximately 7 x 3.5 inches; many retain detailed printed captions on the versos. Subjects include panoramic views across devastated downtown districts collapsed and fire damaged masonry streets filled with rubble military personnel and civilians moving through the ruins temporary relief camps improvised kitchens food lines and shelters constructed from corrugated iron and salvaged materials. One hand colored view gives the wreckage added visual definition through applied color. Another card shows people waiting for food beneath the caption "The bread line-at world's gift of food to the victims of earthquake and fire" directly recording the distribution of outside relief to survivors. Commercial stereoview publishers rapidly circulated images of the San Francisco disaster to audiences beyond California using paired photographs viewed through a stereoscope to create an illusion of three dimensional depth. This group records subjects extending beyond architectural destruction to the practical consequences of the catastrophe: housing displacement food distribution military supervision improvised shelter and the movement of residents and workers through damaged neighborhoods. The cards therefore preserve evidence of how the earthquake and fires altered both the built environment and daily life during the immediate aftermath. Some edge wear and light soiling to the mounts; photographic images retain strong contrast and clarity. Very good condition overall. unknown books
ref. BN514876Campi Flegrei. Guide of discovery to the lands of fire D'Antonio Massimo und Spedding S. J. Campi Flegrei. Guide of discovery to the lands of fire D'Antonio Massimo und Spedding S. J. Campi Flegrei. Guide of discovery to the lands of fire D'Antonio Massimo und Spedding S. J. unknown
1989Pages 107- 142. Features: Index for issues 15 through 18. The Picture of Health - Early NWMP outposts were unhealthy places; Ernest Cashel (Part 2); The Lost Dragon Mine; Poundmaker - Son of Crowfoot; The Great Victoria Fire, October 26, 1910, destroyed an entire city block along Government St. Name atop title page otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
ref. LNSM07MIUsed - Like New. This book is in like new condition. Still in the shrinkwrap. There are no marks noted and it is very clean. Binding is tight. Individually inspected first edition. This book is in like new condition. Still in the shrinkwrap. There are no marks noted and it is very clean. Binding is tight. Individually inspected first edition. unknown
ref. 1846772257.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007ref. Q-1846772265LEONAUR 2007-04-13. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! LEONAUR paperback
ref. 012787PARIS LETESTU 0 Sans date fin XIXéme , une plaquette in-4 de 20 pages , belle iconographie , quelques taches sur le premier plat de couverture , le catalogue a été plié en deux verticalement au milieu , autrement bon exemplaire . Bon Couverture souple
1953ref. 050481Denver CO: Denver Fire Clay Company 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 764pp.incl.index; HB red&tan emboss; rubbed w/wear on edgs&corners; slight cock; cleantight pgs. "The Denver Fire Clay Catalog No.16 has been planned with the hope that it will be easy to use and will serve as a ready reference to the laboratory man the purchasing agent the plant superintendent the engineer or the manager." illus. Denver Fire Clay Company hardcover
1943ref. 84999Denver: The Company 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. index 972p. Speckled blue and white cover. 28 cm. Foxing on page edges. No Jacket. Printed slip laid in saying that because of the World War some items were either not available or subject to allocation. The Company hardcover
1943ref. 84999Denver: The Company 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. index 972p. Speckled blue and white cover. 28 cm. Foxing on page edges. No Jacket. Printed slip laid in saying that because of the World War some items were either not available or subject to allocation. The Company hardcover books
194448 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Contents: Advice for Officers; Security; Crossing of the Moro; Meaning of S Gradings; Hints on F.T.; Plenty More; Letter from France; The Sappers; Film Strips; Ortona; Every Man a Marksman; A Battle in Normandy; Passing it On; Correcting Artillery Fire From a Tank; Films; Precedence of Corps. Laid-in is a 4-page leaflet entitled Schedule of Courses, 4th Quarter, 1944 which lists dozens of courses across Canada at such locations as RMC, Camp Borden, Cdn Bomb Disposal School (Ottawa), Cdn Small Arms School (Nanaimo), etc. Moderate wear. Canadian militaray ink stamp (dated 15 September 1944) upon back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1552ref. 184101552 Broché avec jaquette - 15,5 x 24 - 276 pp année 1970 - Editions Robert Laffont
1990ref. Alibris.0011101Central Yavapai Fire District 1990. First edition. . Hard cover. Fine. 40 p. Includes illustrations. Central Yavapai Fire District hardcover
2002104 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Presents the Centennial history of this proud Vancouver Island service. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
1926ref. 1002H18London: Hutchinson & Co. 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None Stated. A very scarce copy of the first edition of Ali Foad Toulba"s richly illustrated account of his travels in colonial Ceylon. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. First edition.Illustrated with eighty-seven illustrations across forty-two double-sided monochrome plates a monochrome frontispiece and four colour plates. Collated complete. A travel and descriptive Ali Foad Toulba English redactor to the cabinet of the King of Egypt recounts his two visits to Ceylon now Sri Lanka in 1921 and 1924.With a foreword by L. E. Blaze 1861-1951 an educator and writer associated with colonial Ceylon. Toulba offers impressions of the island"s natural beauty Buddhist temples and historic cities with chapters including "Arrival at Colombo" "Mount Lavinia" "Sports and Amusements in Ceylon" "Some Ceylon Fruits" "Peradeniya Gardens" "The Cremation of a High Priest" and "Up the Mountains to Nuwara Eliya" among others.A richly illustrated and evocative portrait of colonial Ceylon. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. Fading to spine and extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Previous owner's small ink inscription to front paste down. Offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Internally firmly bound. Hinge strained at the half-title with binding materials slightly exposed slightly loose but holding. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd light spot heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. The odd small pencil annotation from previous owner. Very Good Hutchinson & Co. hardcover
ref. 1024120228.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1173095012.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1341136353.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1864ref. 41533Monroe Michigan: M. D. Hamilton Printer Commercial Office 1864. 8pp. Stitched in original printed orange title wrappers as issued. A few light fox spots an old vertical fold. Very Good. The founding documents of this Michigan insurance corporation. Original by-laws are printed emphasizing the importance of preventing fires: no smoking around any insured building; safe disposition of ashes. The Company insures only "farm property." "The object of this Company is not to pay for gross carelessness but accident." Not located on OCLC as of December 2025. M. D. Hamilton, Printer, Commercial Office unknown
1859ref. 30233New York: Slote & Janes Stationers 1859. 20pp stitched in original printed wrappers. Several contemporary corrections in ink. Very Good with a tipped-in certification from the Insurance Department that the original is on file with that Department. This is probably the Standard Fire Insurance Company's retained copy of its original charter. In addition to the tipped-in certificate the front wrapper is stamped "Received from the Secretary of State and filed in the Department of Banking and Insurance" and signed by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. Not located on OCLC as of May 2013. Slote & Janes, Stationers unknown
1874ref. 142501874. FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE ASSN. OF NEW JERSEY. Charter and By-Laws of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Assurance Association of New Jersey. Brooklyn 1874. Cover titrle 16 p. Wrappers rear chipped and a bit scruffy. "Edition of 1874. unknown books
1864ref. 41533Monroe Michigan: M. D. Hamilton Printer Commercial Office 1864. 8pp. Stitched in original printed orange title wrappers as issued. A few light fox spots an old vertical fold. Very Good. The founding documents of this Michigan insurance corporation. Original by-laws are printed emphasizing the importance of preventing fires: no smoking around any insured building; safe disposition of ashes. The Company insures only "farm property." "The object of this Company is not to pay for gross carelessness but accident." Not located on OCLC as of December 2025. M. D. Hamilton, Printer, Commercial Office unknown books
