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(chemistry) . COMPARATIVE LIFE, FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS OF TRIFLUOROTRICHLOROETHANE (FREON-113)
1941. Underwriters Laboratories Miscellaneous Hazard 3072, April 7, 1941. 4to., 16pp., wraps. VG. (a13528)
$28.00 (bombs) . WHEN A FIRE BOMB STRIKES
1942 Claim and Safety Dept of Socony-Vacuum Oil company. 8vo., 29pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good. (a13529)
$25.00 Kaplan, Abraham; Samuel Berger and George I. Gross . THE ROSSO CASE
NY 1934 Central. A detailed account in narrative form of an ingenious attempt to defraud fire insurance companies for over a quarter of a million dollars though the insurance of paintings. 8vo., 346pp., some photo illus. VG, no DJ. (a14897)
$35.00 (water) . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS APPOINTED TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASABILTY AND COST OF SUPPLYING WATER FOR FIRE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO THE COMPACT PART OF THE CITY OF CONCORD
Concord 1859 Steam Printing. 8vo., 15pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a15561)
$45.00 Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York . PARADE AND TOURNAMENT NASSAU COUNTY FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OYSTER BAY JUNE 19 1948
Official Program. 4to., about 30 pages, mostly advertisements, wraps. VG. (a23954)
$30.00 Hughes, William . MANUSCRIPT: IN CHANCERY BEFORE THE VICE CHAIRMAN THE EAGLE FIRE CO. VS. WILLIAM HUGHES
New York 1826. Court Transcript. Contemporary manuscript in brown ink, legible. Concerns a commercial dispute. 9 leaves clipped together with pin, folded in quarter. VG. (a41006)
$85.00 Moe, Christopher . HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE CODES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monticello (Illinois) 1975. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 856. 4to., 18pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42972)
$40.00 Franklin, Benjamin . AN ACCOUNT OF NEW INVENTED PENNSYLVANIAN FIRE-PLACES
Providence 1974 The Associates of the John Carter Brown Library. Facsimile of the 1744 edition. 8vo., 37pp., foldout plate, wraps. Fine. (a43212)
$20.00 Bulau, Alwin E. . FOOTPRINTS OF ASSURANCE
NY 1953 1st Macmillan. History of fire insurance companies. 4to., 319pp., monochrome and color illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a4449)
$22.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - PUBLIC SAFETY INSPECTION CONSOLIDATION AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIVIDED RESPONSIBILTY FOR TOTAL FIRE PROTECTION
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 96 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG. (a48955)
$30.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS -CIVILIANS IN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY SWORN OR UNIFORMED PERSONNEL
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. Sm.4to., 138 leaves (rectos only), wraps. VG. (a48956)
$33.00 (atomic energy) . REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION AND FIRE EXPERIMENTAL HALL CAMBRIDGE ELECTRON ACCELERATOR CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 5, 1965
1966 Atomic energy Commission. TID-22594. "This report is to allow other laboratories to profit from the information learned during the study of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator accident discussed on the following pages"( preface). 4to., 89pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a49132)
$100.00 Meier, F. R. . FOREST FIRES IN NEW JERSEY DURING 1904
Trenton 1905. Octavo, 18pp., map, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a53424)
$35.00 Woodland, William N. . THE NEW ENGLAND AGENCY MUTUALS 1879-1979
1979 Mutual Fire Insurance Association. 8vo., 124pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a54874)
$25.00 (construction) . NATIONAL FIRE CODES VOL. V ELECTRICAL 1960-61
Boston 1960 National Fire Protection Association. 8vo., about 800pp., original printed hardcover. Steel Institute label and blind stamp on title page, residue of pocket on lower margin of final text page (not affecting text) with some discoloration on recto side. VG, narrow tape repair to chip at bottom edge of final leaf. (a55566)
$35.00 Bryan, John L and Raymond C. Picard . MANAGING FIRE SERVICES. ISBN 0-87326-018-X.
Washington 1979 1st Municipal Management Series. ISBN 0-87326-018-X. 4to., hardcover. Ex-university library with usual stamps and labels. No underlines, text clean. VG, no DJ. (a60292)
$40.00Gann, Richard G. (editor). HALOGENATED FIRE SUPPRESSANTS, A SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APRIL 1975
Washington 1975 American Chemical Society. Octavo, 453pp., index, original printed hardcover. Ex-university library, with usual markings. VG, no DJ. (a60625)
$25.00 (fire insurance) . THE TOKIO MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE THE FIRST CENTURY 1879 - 1989
1980 1st Tokio Marine. Hardcover. Octavo, 209pp., appendices, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Miki Kikuchi. Near Fine, slight foxing on fore-edges, in VG DJ. (a62487)
$49.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS MUNICIPAL FIRE INSURANCE
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. PSDS Report no. 2.Sm.4to., 85 leaves (rectos only), wraps. Near Fine. no ownership marks. (a65091)
$40.00 (public safety) . ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERY SYSTEMS - ALARM SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE TO LIMITED OR QUALIFIED RESPONSE TO FALSE ALARMS
Berkeley 1977 Institute for Local Self Government. PSDS report no. 6. Sm.4to., 106 leaves (rectos only), wraps. Near Fine, no ownership marks. (a65093)
$40.00 Gallagher, Eugene F. (editor) . THE MAKE-UP, PUBLISHED BY THE OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA INSPECTION BUREAUS
1942. January-February 1932. Vol IX, No. 2. Octavo, 38pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a65100)
$35.00 (fire extinguishers) . THE NATIONAL STANDARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER
c. 1900. Original printed advertising brochure. 5.5 x 3.5 inches, 24pp., wraps in black and red ink on green paper showing woman putting out a red fire in her room with the fire extinguisher. About half of booklet extols virtues of the extinguisher, rest of book lists owners, mostly fire companies and businesses which have purchased an extinguisher. Signed in pencil on rear by salesman: Alden M Bigelow, Grafton, Mass. VG. (a73681)
$45.00 Rensselaer, New York . SOUVENIR PROGRAM OLD HOME WEEK FOR RENSSELAER, NEW YORK, MAY 15 TO 20, 1922 IN CELEBRATION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE J N KING FIRE COMPANY CHEMICAL NO. 1
Rensselaer May 1922. Most of text is on history of the Rensselaer Fire Department. Sm.4to., 36p., photo portraits of firemen and some of Rensseaer, advertisements, original printed swraps.Good plus, light wear. Paperback ephemera. (a84362)
$65.00 Miletich, John J . POLICE, FIREFIGHTER, AND PARAMEDIC STRESS - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ny 1990 first edition Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-26682-4. Hardcover. Octavo, 224p., original printed cloth. Near Fine, very slight cover rubbing, No jacket issued, (a84377)
$85.00 Levin, B. M. (editor) . REPORTS OF THE CONFERENCE ON FIRE SAFETY FOR THE HANDICAPPED; WORKSHOPS ON LIFE SAFETY FOR THE HANDICAPPED
1980 U. S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. NBS Publication 585. 4to., 143p., wraps. Ex-Depository Library. VG. (a85763)
$50.00 (fire safety) . NFPA JOURNAL (53 ISSUES) - NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
Collection of 53 separate issues of this bi-monthly journal from January/February 2001 to March/April 2011 lacking only 9 issues to be a complete run. 4to, many color photo illustrations, original wraps. Interesting articles: Dormitory Fire Safety, Nuclear Plant Safety, Dry-Pipe Sprinkler systems, Cruise Ship fires, Elevator Safety, Debate about Delayed Evacuation in Schools, TAM Airbus Crash in Brazil, Smoke-free Cigarettes, World Trade Center 9/11 Collapse, Annual Statistics on Fire Deaths and on Fire-Fighter Deaths, Monte Carlo Casino Hotel Fire, Akron Hangar Fire, Cocoanut Grove Fire Revisted, Lightweight Residential Construction, Santika Remembered, New Airbus A380 Safety, How Safe are CIBCs?, etc. Many articles on airline and airport safety, on major fire disasters, on all types of sprinkler systems. All issues have single light stamp on front cover "Periodicals Department Library" and no other ownership marks (issues appear to be unread.) All issues Near Fine to Fine. Group of 53 magazines which is described as "The Leading source of fire and life safety information." (a87934)
$290.00 Kaplan, Abraham . THE DACHIS CASE
NY 1930 1st Davidson. Author, counsel for the Special Committee of the NY Board of Fire Underwriters, set up to try to stop spread of fires set to defraud insurance companies. This book details the suspicious fire in the fur establishment of Louis Dachis July 29, 1929. Interesting legal detectivework and prosecution. 8vo., 312pp., photo illustrations, original printed hardcover. Owner signed. Fine, no DJ. (ny197)
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