Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1975. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mailing address printed at bottom of front page has been crossed out; orange postal sticker. Cover story on a court order to overcome a history of discrimination in hiring and promotional practices within Oakland's fire department. Centerfold..... More
Cat.No: 296299
the city: San Francisco Civilian War Council, Nov. 1942. Single 9x5.5 inch cardstock leaf printed recto only, diecut perforation at top for display. Perhaps 75 words of text. A bit toned, a very good copy. The mayor, Angelo J. Rossi, is listed as president of the war council. More
Cat.No: 167486
[Stockton?]: Kiwanis International, sponsored by Greater Stockton Kiwanis and Stockton Firefighters Relief Association, c1958. Pamphlet. 7x10 inch staplebound pamphlet; light horizontal crease in middle, tiny faint dampstain on front cover, otherwise in very good condition. Match lineups and boxer profiles with some photographs. More
Cat.No: 313660
Washington DC: American National Red Cross, 1943. Pamphlet. 56p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, illus., tables, staples rusted, rust stain on front wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 281081
Chambery, France: Establissements Fred Miege, [1930s]. Collection of items from the French company that specialized in fire-fighting equipment. Catalog: 40p., wraps bound with metal brads, 11.25 x 9.25 inches landscape format, profusely illus., wraps edgeworn with a few small stains and small closed tears, rear wrap sunned along edges else..... More
Cat.No: 250911
San Francisco: Neal Publishing/George Lithograph Co., 1971. Pamphlet. pp. 701 - 797, 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled wraps, reprint of the original 1908 report offered by the Public Service Dept., Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. Spinefold has a small tear near one staple. An underlined copy, expect ink to pages..... More
Cat.No: 299693
Washington DC: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, 1959. Pamphlet. 31p., reprint, 5.75x4.5 inches; illus., staple rusted, else very good. More
Cat.No: 307823
Canyon Country, CA/Sausalito: Firefighters, U.S.A. Promotions/ Landmark Calendars, 1986. Calendar. [28p] includes covers, 12x12 inches, color photos of clothed firefighters and their equipment illustrating a 12 month wall calendar, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Published to raise funds for Firefighters Heart Research. Some bare-chested shots. More
Cat.No: 311257
New York: Air Reduction Sales Company. Offices in principal cities in the USA, 1940. Pamphlet. 36p., illustrated with numerous simple diagrams and a few photos of workbench equipment. Softbound, an 11x8.5 inch pamphlet in flexible cardstock titled gilt, staple-fastened, presswork on semi-glazed paperstock, slight toning throughout but clean and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 314615
San Francisco: Bekins, n.d., circa nineteen teens. Pamphlet. Single folio leaf printed in b&w both sides, plat and a few photoillustrations printed clearly, dated from pix of trucks. Alkaline paperstock folded three times to make an upright brochure measuring 9x4 inches. Margins bear a few short tears, none affecting graphic..... More
Cat.No: 286500
Cupertino: California History Center, 1973. 72p., 5.5x8.5 inches, map, preface, footnotes, sources, photos, very good first edition in original pictorial wraps. Short historical essays by Mary Black, Walter de Veechi, Gloria J. Reagan and others. More
Cat.No: 99643
San Francisco: The Advergraph Press, 1906. Single leaf of alkaline coated paper folded to nine double-sided 4x6 inch panels reproducing b&w disaster scenes, eighteen views, the folded packet tipped into a drab cardstock folder titled in gilt. Nicely gotten up and in very good condition. Less fortunately, reproductions are fair-only..... More
Cat.No: 227188
Berkeley: Berkeley-Albany-Kensington Girl Scout Council, [1960-?]. Pamphlet. Six-panel brochure, very good. An appeal for donations after the group's camp in the El Dorado National Forest burned down in October 1959. Includes before-and-after photos. More
Cat.No: 271434
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San Francisco: Printed by Order of the Association, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915. Paperback. 174, 190, 143, iii, 233, 269p., mugshots and group portraits on inserted coated stock, softbounds in 9x6 inch plain printed wraps. Issue dates printed on spines except for 1910, hand-written. General mild edgewear and dimming, with..... More
Cat.No: 182686
Alameda, CA: author, 1924-1925. 11p plus 3 newspaper clippings, 8.5 x 11 inches,typed letters and public statements by the Alameda City Council in opposing an 1925 amendment to the pension ordinance proposed by the local fire fighters and police departments, includes an analysis of the amendment by the city manager..... More
Cat.No: 164651
New York: Star Distributors, 1980. Paperback. 180p.+ads, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in original camp explicit, pictorial yellow wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Finland Books FIN-25. More
Cat.No: 96849
New York: Star Dist. 1988. Paperback. 147p., price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. New Male NM-157. Firemen! Blasting, spurting hoses! More
Cat.No: 129015
Kansas City, MO: Imprint Press, 1998. Paperback. vii, 155p., 5.5x8 inch pictorial wraps; in very good condition. "A true account of a firefighter's fall as told to Martha McCarty." On fighting allegations of child abuse. More
Cat.No: 311351
San Francisco: Benro Ent. 1972. Magazine. [32p] including covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, listings, reviews, features, lightly-worn and toned else very good pastebound newsprint entertainment magazine. Cover story on the explosion and fire at the Society for Individual Rights auditorium on July 9th, 1972. More
Cat.No: 257760
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1932. Hardcover. 165p., frontis portrait as called for, first edition hardbound in 8x5 inch black cloth boards gilt-titled on spine-panel's printed green fields, enclosed in the dust jacket. Top edge tinted green (a pleasant touch), a nice production. Book itself is sound if a little edgeworn..... More
Cat.No: 299745
Twain Harte: Reunion Press, Inc., 1984. [128p.], glossy colorphoto wraps, later printing (same year as first), some pressure marks on back and front covers, otherwise slightest signs of handling (no singe marks). FYI: Look to other Burkan treatments on the prep for the Big Hotfoot; in this book the Burkans..... More
Cat.No: 148626
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. xxii, 170p., plentiful illustrations from photography and sketching, all printed sepia on glazed inserted stock; hardbound first edition in handsome waxed green cloth boards gilt, tinted top edge, a nice production. Book itself is perfectly sound and square, but spine-gilt..... More
Cat.No: 297023
Mondocino, CA: CAAAPH, 1979. 8p., 8.5x14 inch stapled mimeographed packet, with cover letter, in torn original envelope. The group was soliciting information from the VVAW, which had done work on Agent Orange, about the effects on firefighters when working in areas that had been sprayed with herbicides. More
Cat.No: 248612
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. 373p., very good first edition in dj. On the all-black Florida town burned out by a white mob, and the townspeople's seventy year struggle for justice. More
Cat.No: 253380
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. Hardcover. 373p., first edition, dj. On the all-black Florida town burned out by a white mob, and the townspeople's seventy year struggle for justice. More
Cat.No: 37163
