Search Results: FIRE & FIREFIGHTERS from PASCALE'S BOOKS

London & New York:: Quiller Press:, 1989. 104 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "For many years there has been a need for a definitive work on the subject of Insurance Company Fire Brigade Badges worn by their Waterman in times gone by. This book is the record of the story of the early days of fire protection as well as to give a detailed raissonne for each and every fire badge remaining extant at the present time." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET, signed by both authors on the title page.. Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

.: Doubleday & Co.:, 2000. 370 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. "A total of 168 lives were lost, many of them children, with many more injured and forever scarred by the events at the Ringling Brothers big top circus on July 6, 1944." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Birkhauser Verlag Basel:, 1982. 209 pages and 462 illustrations in b&w. Text is in German. FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Walter R. Haessner & Associates:, 1972. 231 pages, well illustrated in b&w. "A pictorial volume of steam fire-fighting apparatus and related equipment. From the "Jeome DeFreest Scrapbook" of American and foreign fire-fighting equipment in the Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, New York." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good-. 4to - 10- 1/2"L x 12 "W Oblong.

Inspection Department of the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies:, 1930. 8 pages. FINE PAMPHLET.. Pamphlet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

National Fire Protection Association:, 1947. August 1947, Volume 14, Number 6, 22 pages, illustrated. Articles on Conflagration in Japan, Training of Crash Fire Fighters in Nassau County, NY., Bellefonte, Pa. Crash and more. FINE- SOFTCOVER, a monthly magazine for the fire service members of the National Fire Protection Association.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

National Fire Protection Association:, 1951. February 1951, Volume 18, Number 2, 33 pages, illustrated. Articles on Fire Effects on Bombing Attacks, Hotel Fire Safety, Fire Schools in 1951 and more. FINE- SOFTCOVER, a monthly magazine for the fire service members of the National Fire Protection Association.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

National Fire Protection Association:, 1955. March 1955, Volume 22, Number 3, 42 pages, illustrated. Articles on The Community Dump, Chicago Fire Kills 29, Wartime Fire Fighting, Diesel Powered Fire Boat and more. FINE- SOFTCOVER, a monthly magazine for the fire service members of the National Fire Protection Association.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Reinhold Publishing Co.:, 1947. 410 pages illustrated. "The pressing demands of war have always served as a stimulus to research and development in the field of Science. The recent conflict, coming as it did at the time of our entrance into what has been termed the "Age of Science," imposed particularly heavy demands upon the technical ability of our scientists to discover and develop new instrument of warfare and corresponding protective devices. "The need for practical methods of combating fabric inflammability was brought forcibly to the attention of many branches of the Armed Services upon our entry into World War II. Programs were initiated in many service laboratories with the intention of investigating the practical application of flameproofing treatments to various military fabrics. The results of three researches, conducted over a period of a little less than three years, are being made available to the general public in this volume. " FINE- HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover.… Read More

Inspection Department of the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies:, 1935. 70 pages, illustrated with line drawings. VERY GOOD PAMPHLET.. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Commerical Union Assurance Co.:, 1996. 126 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "The Hand in Hand, originally known as the Amicable Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses against Fire, was born in a coffee house in London, way back in the reign of William III. At the time, there were only two other fire insurance companies in existence. Within thirty years these two companies had been liquidated, leaving the Hand in Hand as the oldest fire insurance office in the world. This book tells the story of the company, and the people who ran." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. By the Author.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

History Press:, 2014. 140 pages, illustrated iwith b&w photos. "A total of 168 lives were lost, many of them children, with many more injured and forever scarred by the events at the Ringling Brothers big top circus on July 6, 1944." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

International Association of Fire Fighters:, 1969. Volume 50, no. 9, 23 pages, illustrated. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

International Association of Fire Fighters:, 1967. Volume 50, no. 8, 24 pages, illustrated. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

International Association of Fire Fighters:, 1967. Volume 52, no. 6, 22 pages, illustrated. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cassell & Company Ltd:, 1957. 177 pages, illustrated in b&w. "This book is an account of disasters which have made headlines-fires on land, in the air and at sea- fires in Britain and America and on the contInent." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pyrene Manufacturing Co., 1917. 79 pages, illustrated. "For many years the author has been striving to make school- and all other buildings-safer. His knowledge is at the sevice of all. It was gained in 25 years of hard work in the New York Fire Department, coupled with many years' study of conditions as they exist throughout the country." FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Arcadia Publishing:, 2006. 128 pages, illustrated in B&w. This "photographic history was compiled from the extensive collections of the New London Fire Department nad private collctors. The New London fire Department was boen in 1767 when Nathaniiel Shaw Jr., Presented the city with its first fire engine." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Inspection Department of the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies:, 1931. 30 pages, illustrated. FINE PAMPLET.. Pamphlet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paul F. Cook Enterprise:, 2002. 367 pages, illustrated wit b&w photographs. "This book is biographical as the author describes growing up during the Great Depression; his WWII military service and then mainly is forty-plus years with the Boston Fire Department. In addition it is technical as he depicts the variety of incidents that firefighters cope with daily in addition to extinguishing fires." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET, signed by Chief Paul F. Cook.. Signed by Author,. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.