HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1977* Publisher: Octopus Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Orange cloth, red title to spine and flames to face. No bumps or rubs, top edges mildly sunned, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing early ?Dennis? fire engine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £2.95. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Some spotting to inside of jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Colour illustrated end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and illustrations throughout.* Pages: 127 pp. text. ii pp. index, acknowledgements and blank page at rear.* Description: The history of man?s age-old battle to control the ravages of fire is described in this exciting and colourful book. The primitive hoses of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the desperate remedies of medieval man, and the enthusiastic engineering of the nineteenth century: the development of fire-fighting equipment up to today?s sophisticated jet-powered pumps is traced in detail. From the burning of Rome and the Great Fire of London to the Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Sao Paulo high-rise holocaust, historic fires are discussed and illustrated.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. thus with minor ageing to top edge reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3991
Title: Fire Engines & Fire-Fighting
Author: Burgess-Wise, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F/VG/F
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Thus.
ISBN 10: 0753714744
ISBN 13: 9780753714744
Publisher: Bounty Books
Place of Publication: London UK 129
Date Published: 1977-08-01

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