Matches Alex (13 results)

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: Good. Flat Signed by Author to title page. Good condition book with dust jacket. DJ is complete with some scuffs and creasing - a tape repair to upper front edge. Book has clean and bright contents.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Vancouvers Bravest: 120 Years of Firefighting History This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. Small remainder mark to top edge of pages, no other markings, otherwise Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with several small edge tears. Hardcover, 144pp, 200 B&W photos of firefighting equipment. Marches was interested in fire engines from the time he was a boy spending his leisure time in the nieghbourhood |No17 fire hall. He was instrumental in the formation of the British Columiba Antique Fire Apparatus Association. (2.0 JM LVR 202/b3 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall. Remainder.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, unread copy. As new. Overweight volume will require extra postage.

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condition: About Fine. First Edition. Pictorial presentation of the fire apparatus used from 1886 to 1974 in the City of Vancouver, B.C. 144pp, photo illustrated. Book is bright and clean. Small address label to the ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows edgewear and some surface rubbing to the front panel, Edge wear repaired in a few spots with acid-free tape to the underside. Also, laid-in, A Supplement prepared expressly for the 'Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs 68th Annual Conference [1976]' - 12 pages, photo illustrated, List of Apparatus as of 1976' - a scarce addition to the book! Postage within many parts of Canada, below regular rates.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 28cm, 144p., with hundreds of illustrations, brown cloth, signed by the author, a very good copy in very good jacket. (wst).

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for bumped extremities, in jacket with a little wear to extremities, and a small scrape on front cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st. Some wear and scuffing of dust jacket, a few short tears.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos throughout.; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages; "A pictorial presentation of the fire apparatus used from 1886-1974 and contains many excellent and unpublished photos of Seagrave, American-LaFrance, Amoskeag and Waterous, all world-famous manufacturers of equipment, as well as many little-known makes." Alex Matches had a lifelong love of firefighting. After a stint in the RCMP, he joined the Vancouver Fire Department.

Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. Corners bumped, some creasing and fading to jacket. Includes supplemental pamphlet "prepared expressly for the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs 68th annual conference". Book was inscribed by the author in 1979 for one Scott Hausmann. 144 pages, profusely illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 144 pages. A pictorial presentation of the fire apparatus used from 1886 to 1974 and contains many excellent and previously unpublished photos of Seagrave, American-LaFrance, Amoskeag and Waterous, all world-famous manufacturers of fine equipment, as well as several little-known makes. Never before has a Canadian fire department been documented in this way. A must for those interested in the evolution of firefighting equipment. Contains over 200 black and white photographs. Gilt Vancouver Fire Department logo upon brown cloth front board. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.