Firemen and Their Exploits: With Some Account of the Rise and Development of Fire-Brigades, of Various Appliances for Saving Life at Fires and Extinguishing the Flames
Author(s):
Holmes, F M
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 5 - 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | S W Partridge & Co |
| Publication Year: | 1899 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 026127 |
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| Categories: | Culture and Society , History - General |
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168pp, 20pp publisher's catalogue, various in-text black and white engravings. Pictorial brown cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed design on front, gilt titles on front and spine; patterned endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth wearing through, quite cocked. Text block edges tanned. Endpapers tanning, three previous owner's names on front free endpaper. Page margins tanned, pages ageing; gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.
Keywords:
Fire
Fire-fighting
The Fire Service
The Fire Brigade
Firemen
