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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 (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 (fireworks) . BROADSIDE ADVERTISING FIREWORKS SHOW
Bridgeport n.d (c.1900) City Steam Printing Company, 91 Middle Street, Bridgeport. Wagner's Summer Garden, Grand Display of Fireworks. 4.5 inches wide, 7.5 inches tall. Folded twice horizontally. Some pen notes on verso.o/w VG. Connecticut. (a31899)
$35.00 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 (croquet) . HOW TO PLAY CROQUET. FIELD CROQUET. PARLOR FLOOR CROQUET, PARLOR TABLE CROQUET. A NEW POCKET MANUAL OF COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN PLAYERS ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND DIAGRAMS TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RULES OF THE GAME; HINTS ON PARLOR-CROQUET AND A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
Boston 1865 Adams and Co. Octavo, 47pp., (13pp, catalogues), original stringbound yellow printed wraps (lacks rear wrap). Of special interest is the 13 page catalogue at end: this includes a long list of popular indoor games; a shorter annotated list describing 20 Parlour Games and their prices; descriptions of 14 types of fireworks and their prices; 14 unusual and interesting toys which are described and priced. Good, front is quite foxed, some occasional light spotting and soiling in text. Scarce. (a60145)
$185.00 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 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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