Brooklyn Fire Engine Co. No. 12 daily record book 1890-1891
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as the foreman. Allen was born in 1853 and became a fireman in 1880, assistant foreman in 1887, and foreman in 1889. It provided a daily record of the activities of the fire engine company from Oct. 25, 1890, through June 8, 1891. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: loss of leather from spine; edges rubbed; cocked; cover is soiled; front free endpaper is detached but present; some page corners creased; internally clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007357
- Title
- Brooklyn Fire Engine Co. No. 12 daily record book 1890-1891
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brooklyn Fire Department
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera; American History;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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