fire fighting (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Henry Rasmussen (illustratore). First Edition. With 128pp and over 100 fine coloured plates - a good study Very good condition . HARD COVER, VERY GOOD JACKET, NO MARKINGS, EXCELLENT CONDITION, SPLENDID VALUE.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Wraps. Condizione: Very good. First Edition. 1page 4 3/4 " x 6 " chipped at the lower corner but with no loss to text.

Original folding colour illustrated advertisement booklets 11'' x 9''. Two punch holes through the inside margins and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FIREMEN & FIRE SERVICE.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bundle of 33 brochures or pamphlets from various manufacturers of fire fighting vehicles. Undated, most appear to date from 1980s, possibly some from the early 1990s. Includes (in alphabetical order): Bachert Fire Fighting Vehicles; China National Fire Protection Equipment Corporation (3 items); Dennis; E-One; Iveco-Magirus; KME; Mercedes Benz (17 items); Metz (4 items); Nova Quintech; Rosenbauer; Schlingmann; Spartan.

1 vols. 17 x 5.5. cm. 1 vols. 17 x 5.5. cm. Right-hand edge stained and frayed, not effecting text. Otherwise fine.

On one side of piece of 41 x 20.5 cm paper, with lines and indications in light and dark blue, red and green. In fair condition, on aged paper, with creasing and one closed tear towards the head. The map has Trafalgar Square at its head (with the note that the two 'Basins' carry '40,000 Galls. each') and Parliament Square at its foot. Whitehall and Parliament Street connect the two on the right of the map, and to the left of the map is the lake in St James's Park: '200000 Galls Underground Tank | Pumping Station 1400 Galls | Pump | 15 foot Gravity Main from Serpentine'. Also marked on the map are 'Inlet connections for L.F.F. Pumps and Pits', '6 Signle Outlet Suction Hydrants Round Thread' and 'Two 6 foot Steel Pipes in Subway | Also under Embankment in Subway'. Down the centre of the map are the government buildings: the Admiralty, Treasury, Downing Street, Foreign and Colonial Offices, India Office and Home Office, Office of Works, Board of Education, Board of Trade and Ministry of Health. No other copy found listed.Image on application.

Letter sheets (8" x 12") 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds, mostly archival tape, but some regular tape too, which has caused a little browning in areas, long tear obscures writers signature, but partially visible, creased, normal aging and browning, remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission, and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson (1803-1880), although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However, on the back page, a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer, and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case, the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires, than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires, which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants, the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.