The Early Days of the Sun Fire Office by Baumer, Edward - 1910

Joseph Causton, 1910. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1910. No Edition Remarks. 71 pages. No dust jacket. Beige paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Fold-out plates to end of book. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with moderate splits. Dark rubbing and foxing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

London: Joseph Causton & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. The Sun Fire office has preserved the original Minute Books of their "Grand Courts" and "General Meetings from inception in 1710 in a partnership principle, with 24 members pledged to pay claims "share and share alike." 71 pages, 3 gatefold London maps. Beautiful gilt sun with rays on front cover (corners are a little "scorched" (that's a joke).; 7 x 8 3/4

London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering & embossed bright gilt Sun-Fire Fireman's Badge emblem on the front cover. Folding maps. Insert slip: "From the Sun Insurance Office, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C. With the Manager's Compliments". 8-7/8" X 7", 71pp. Spine darkened, light staining to the boards.

London, Sir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd, 1910.. 4to; pp. (iix), 74; colour frontispiece; b/w plates; 4 fold out b/w maps; original worn cloth; title in gilt on spine and front board; a good copy.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

New.

London: SIR Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd, 1910. 71 pp. B/w illustrations ( one coloured) and fold-out b/w plates. Cover with water stains. Spine a bit worn.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Traces of use.

London 1910. Sq.8vo., color and monochrome illustrations, foldout maps, original hardcover with embossed gilt insignia. Good, cover lightly soiled, spine and top part of outer hinges worn, corners bumped. .

Hardback. 1910. 71pp, 12 plates & 4 fldg. maps 4to 1910. Slightly worn and marked. .

Sir Joseph Causton, London, 1910. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked and embossed mock vellum boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 71 pages; Physical desc. : 71 p. : front. , plates; 9 in. 27 (2 chromo) process illus. Incl. Facsimiles of documents, and plans. Very impressively illustrated with a color frontis, a series of fine facsimile plates and the scarce folding city maps to the rear. Subject: Povey, Charles, 1652 -1743. Sun-Fire-Office. Fire insurance - Great Britain - History