New York on Fire - SCARCE Hardcover As New in Shrinkwrap, Signed
by OBENZINGER, Hilton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
From the Colonial era to 1980, accounts of the major conflagrations that beset Gotham, including the Triangle Shirtwaist building, the burning of Barnum's American Museum, the B-52 that crashed into the Empire State Building, etc. Also included as appendices are some first-person accounts related to fires: Herbert Dibblies explains the arson of his building to fellow convicts at Rikers; a son describes the death of his rat-thwacking mother, who died from "swallowing too much smoke;" Captain Zeno, who headed a Bronx fire station, explains his background as a paramedic and his rise in the ranks, along with gritty inner-city anecdotes, etc. A bright, fresh copy, As New.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7436
- Title
- New York on Fire - SCARCE Hardcover As New in Shrinkwrap, Signed
- Author
- OBENZINGER, Hilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Original Shrinkwrap
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Real Comet Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 1989
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