Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities. hardcover. Heath, Richard : Mill City Firefighters: The First Hundred Years, 1879-1979. Minneapolis : Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities, 1981. Registered copy of the first printing/first edition (No. 30, signed by author). Graphics by Steve Skaar. Size is quarto (4vo), 11.375"/28.7cm h. Library bound in publisher's red pictorial cloth, title/author to both spine and front board, front photo, early 1900s No. 5 Engine run on Cedar Ave, rear photo shows 1969 King Midas Elevator fire. Front endpaper b&w photo of General Mills fire on Hiawatha Ave, 1948; rear endpaper shows Belco Elevators fire, 1977. 240 numbered pp. Intro; each chapter accompanied by a map showing extent of Minneapolis and location of stations/companies during that period, e.g., 1879-1884, 1885-1890, and so on up to 1962-79; appendices (Roll of Honor/lost in the line of duty; traditions; company histories; apparatus rosters and assignments; MFD personnel names/photos in 1980; afterword/acknowledgements. Condition notes: very nice, solid copy with a sprinkle of foxing to top edge and slight sunning to tail of front board. As noted, limited edition copy signed by author; else unmarked. A finely constructed and illus history of the MFD to 1979. We personally inspect every book we offer.

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Title: Mill City firefighters: The first hundred years, 1879-1979
Author: Heath, Richard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities
Weight: 2.06 lbs
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