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2008réf. DADAX0763753424Brand: Jones n Bartlett Publishers 2008-02-19. 2. paperback. New. 8.50x1.50x10.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Jones n Bartlett Publishers paperback
réf. 22583Paris Visaphone, 1961-1963 1961 in 4 (27x21) 8 volumes reliures de daim marron de l'éditeur, têtes dorées, dos lisses titrés en lettres dorées, rhodoïds illustrés. Illustrations hors-texte en couleurs. Collection " Les classiques de la chasse ". Tirage limité à 2000 exemplaires numérotés imprimés sur grand vélin de Lana. 1°/ BLAZE, Eléazar : Le chasseur au chien d'arrêt, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de Beuville. 2°/ FOA, Edouard : La chasse aux grands fauves, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de R. Reboussin. 3°/ DIGUET, Charles : La chasse au marais. La chasse au gabion, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de P. Thorain. 4°/ BLAZE, Eléazar : Le chasseur au chien courant, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de Beuville. 5°/ HOUDETOT, Adolphe d' : Braconnage et contre-braconnage, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de P. Noël. 6°/ BELLECROIX, Ernest : La chasse pratique, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de P. Thorain. 7°/ FOA, Edouard : Mes grandes chasses dans l'Afrique centrale, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de Reboussin. 8°/ CLAMART, J.-A. : Soixante années de chasse, avec des illustrations hors-texte en couleurs de Jean de Cony. Collection complète rassemblant les grands textes du XIXème. Ensemble complet et en très bel état ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
réf. 223818Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 vol. in-8, 447 pp. et 400 pp., demi-veau vert, dos à nerfs orné de guirlandes dorées et de fleurons à froid (reliure de l'époque). Manques aux coiffes,, dos frottés, épidermures, manque aux pièces de titre, mors et coins usés. Fortes rousseurs. Cachet ex-libris de Cayrol, ex-libris de Bonnault et Jacques Jourquin.
réf. 221601Paris, Moutardier, 1836 in-8, XXXI pp. (dont un titre-frontispice gravé par Guyot), 422 pp., un f. de table mal chiffré 123-124, demi-veau blond, dos lisse orné de guirlandes et fleurons dorés (reliure de l'époque).
réf. 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
réf. 2240Max Parrish, London, 1953
1868réf. 28080Chicago 1868. Broadsides of various sizes no printers listed. Some occasional minor wear Very Good. The financial sheets quote daily prices for stocks and bonds in Chicago. They suggest Chicago's emergence as a center of trade and finance before the Great Fire. The sheets include Tyler Ullman & Co. Daily Quotations; and Opening Quotations from the Banking House of Lunt Preston & Kean. These banking firms were established during the early 1860's and quickly became an important financial force in building and after the Great Fire rebuilding the City of Chicago. Scripps Preston & Kean was involved in the first government loan issued for the prosecution of the Civil War. Howe: CHICAGO COMMERCE MANUFACTURES BANKING AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. Chicago: 1884. unknown books
1910réf. 32Thick 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
1968réf. 233001968. 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. 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. 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
1889réf. 11467Seattle: 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. 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. 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. A very scarce item of Seattleana. Now housed in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Journal Publishing Co unknown
1912réf. 177181912. 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. 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. 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
1892réf. 250573Brooklyn: 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. 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. Brooklyn Fire Department unknown books
1851réf. 66927London 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
1924réf. 005993Cleveland 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 hardcover
réf. 214266Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 vol. in-8, 447 pp. et 400 pp., demi-veau blond à coins, dos à nerfs, roulettes dorées (rel. de l'époque). Dos taché, mors et coins légt frottés. Qqs rousseurs.
réf. 220094Paris, Ladvocat, 1828 2 vol. in-8, 447 pp. et 400 pp., demi-maroquin vert, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque).
1837réf. 14607Paris Au bureau de l'Album des théâtres, Moutardier, Desforges 1837 2 vol. in-8 demi-veau fauve à coins, dos à faux nerfs ornés de filets dorés et fleurons à froid, tr. marbrées [Rel. de l'époque], un peu usée, qq. rouss
réf. 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
réf. 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
1715réf. WRCAM39781London 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
1999réf. DADAX1566767997CRC Press 1999-10-15. 1. hardcover. New. 8.27x0.37x11.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CRC Press hardcover
1851réf. List1611Marysville: 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
1903réf. 000006bBoston Massachusetts MA. Fair. 1903. Hardcover. Wonderful all handwritten 9" x 11" hardback daily hour by hour journal from an unspecified fire department but almost certainly Boston. Dated July 1903 through Oct. 1903. The day of horse drawn fire engines. 300 pages. No missing pages. The log is written in black ink with all the fire calls written in red ink. Contains information on the care of the engines and horses roll call who's in charge of meals who's absent and on vacation fire call addresses and names of all the fire men etc etc. Items too numerous to mention. A typical days entry: Sunday Oct 4th 1903. 12am York relieved Ryan on house patrol. 1am Water in Engine 38 and 39 at 4th and 3rd gauge . Steam at 100 lbs. 2am Hart relieved York on house patrol. 3am 3 and 4 G's of water in engines 38 and 39. Steam 95 lbs 4am Heaters OK. Patrol completed York and Hart. 4am Burke relieved Hart on house patrol. 6:45am Morning call struck. 7am Lt. Lynch Marden Ryan Doughtery Burke Gilligan to breakfast. 7:25am Received alarm from box 38 Tapper and Gong. Engine 39 responded to fire at #70 Long Wharf. Connected to hydrant opposite 62 Long Wharf. Company services not required. Reports to Chief Cheswell and ordered to quarters by same. 1 officer and 5 men responded with apparatus. 2 officers and 6 men responded to fire. While responding to the above alarm horse #677 was injured by colliding with post of elevated structure receiving injuries that caused him to be killed. Company returned. Absent 35 minutes. Other entry: Responded to Railroad car #355 in NY NH & H railroad yard caused by fierce exploding company. Used 1 extinguisher. Another entry: Still alarm for fire inside building #33 and 37 Wormwood St. Engine 39 hose wagon responded to fire on 2nd floor. Run 200 feet of hose from hydrant on Wormwood St and passed water 5 minutes. Absent 55 minutes. THIS IS A WONDERFUL ONE OF A KIND FIREFIGHTER HISTORICAL ITEM. Most of the pages are loose with yellowing on the edges with some tatters. The spine is missing and taped.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Fire Department Fireman Fire Stations Public Service Arson Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Firefighters Fireman BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA . hardcover
réf. 73490E-084. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 5/30/1919-8/26/1919. First endpaper has a list of phone numbers regarding borough utilities and senior officers. Second endpaper has the roll of the officers for the engine company. 501 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written in copperplate. Indexed at the end. Bound in 3/4 leather boards with gilt titles present. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities. Hinges reinforced with tape. Text has marks and notes present in the text. Binding tight and solid. E-084; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
réf. 73849E-413. Hardcover. 4to. Covers the period from 09/29/1912 - 12/10/1912. First page has the roll of the officers for the engine company the captain being Bernardo Carlock. 500 pgs. All pages beautifully hand written. Bound in brown cloth and 1/4 leather boards leather corners with black titles present present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities and shelfwear present to the board extremities FDNY Engine Company 38 was originally organized in Manhattan on January 1 1868. . During the 1879-1880 period it was located at Amsterdam Ave & W 155 St formerly known as Suburban E-40. The company was later reorganized in 1881 as a Combination Engine Company before being disbanded in 1898; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
