Firefighters Books Our Firemen The History of The New York Fire Departments from 1609-1887 by Augustine E. Costello Knickerbocker Press 1997
$30.00
This is a very good large hardcover with dust jacket. 1997 Knickerbocker Press. This copy is clean inside and out. NOTE: the top page edges are showing dust spotting and some tanning but does not carry over to inside pages. The inside pages are clean, still crisp, with no markings seen. The binding is tight and straight. Red hardcover boards with black quarter trim under dust jacket are very good, clean with only a hint of shelf wear. The dust jacket is clean and still mostly shiny with light shelf wear. Royal octavo book size or 7" x 10" with 1112 pages including index.
Our Firemen The History of the New York Fire Departments was originally published in 1887. The extensively detailed volume takes readers through the development of the New York volunteer fire department, the creation of fire prevention laws, and the history of firefighting apparatus from the bucket to the hose. It is a definitive and large volume that includes 10 chapters of biographies on heroic firefighters and old-time lads. This edition is an exact version of the original and reproduced in its entirety with extensive illustrations, maps, reports and even detailed diagrams of certain neighborhoods in the city.
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