A Practical Guide to the A.R.P, for the Householder and Air-Raid Warden
Published by James Askew and Son, Ltd., Publisher, Preston, UK
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA
AbeBooks seller since September 10, 2007
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 33.52
Quantity: 1 available
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No date, circa 1939. Stated fifth edition. Printed brown and black wraps. 85 pp. plus ads. With illustrations throughout, depicting gas mask usage, methods of extinguishing bombs (including a color illustration of a woman in her home extinguishing and sweeping up an incendiary bomb in her living room). Issued for civilians in England, this work provided instructions and tips on dealing with gas attacks, bomb attacks and duties of the air raid warden, as well as containing information on the types of bombs and gasses to be expected, and instructions on building bomb shelters, etc. With two leaflets laid in regarding the impending war and preparations for it. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading to the wraps, with light curling at the corners. Interior clean and solid.
Seller Inventory # 006190
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Practical Guide to the A.R.P, for the Householder and Air-Raid Warden
- Author
- Thomas, S. Evelyn
- Publisher
- James Askew and Son, Ltd., Publisher, Preston, UK
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Wraps
- Seller catalogs
- History
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