Shaw Eyre M (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red covers are blind stamped to front and rear with gilt title to spine and very good considering age. Front hinge just starting to crack, foxing to first few pages, rear end paper creased with minor loss to bottom. xiii, 332pp. with a further 60pp. appendix of Manufacturers' and other Advertisements, having reference to Fire Protection for Life and Property. Many engravings of fire engines, pumps, and escape equipment and map of The Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Altogether a very good copy of this scarce volume in original first edition. Please contact me direct for more information and accurate shipping cost. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New and revised edition, 1890. Front free endpaper missing. Original cloth heavily rubbed and faded, spine unevenly faded. Stamp of J. Stone, engineers, Deptford on rear endpapers and board. Externally poor. 20pp of adverts at end illustrating fire engines and fire fighting equipment. Text illustrations throughout. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 2nd Edition. Second edition, revised. xx, 348pp, 20pp of advertisements bound in at rear. Copiously illustrated with black and white drawings in text, including a double page spread showing the location in London of Police and Fire Stations and their communications links. In red cloth-covered boards, blind stamped and tooled front and rear, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards are little rubbed at edges, some fading especially over spine, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Slightly foxed on text block edges. Two previous owner's names on front free endpaper. A little cracking of paper over front hinge else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A scarce and early text on the history of fire-fighting. This second edition includes much additional material, Shaw having brought it completely up to date, focussing on changes and developments in the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The advertisements at the rear, many of which are illustrated feature Fire Engines made by the likes of Shand, Mason & Co and Merryweather and Sons, as well as fire escapes, pumping machinery, hose-pipes and so on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Backstrip chipped. Front endpaper split and rear starting. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. 86 pp. + 24 pages of advertising for fire fighting equipment and supplies.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Second, Revised. The sub-title to "Fire Protection" reasonably sums up the content of this early and important book on the organisation, equipment, personnal and and operations of a "modern" fire brigade. The first edition of the manual was printed as far back as 1876 with this second and revised edition published in 1890. In his introduction to this issue of the book Captain Shaw briefly explains the changes and advances made at the London Metropolitain Fire Brigade in the interim. A classic and iconic fire-fighting text, which is now rare, with this copy in particularly excellent condition. New and revised edition of 1890, 348 pages , the book's text is illustrated throughout with b/w drawings, diagrams, tables etc, these ranging from fire fighting equipment and machines, rescue techniques, ladders and hoses, pumps to knots frequently used by firemen. Text information is highly detailed and a double page map of the London area shows the location of fire and police stations and telephone links. An index follows the introduction and at the back, folloiwing the text block, an 20 page advertising supplement contains interesting illustrations of fire-fighting equipment. Red hard covers show traces light wear at spine extremities/corners, spine lightly sunned with gilt titles slightly dulled, base colour to both boards bright and clean with few small marks, lightly inscribed pencil name top corner FFEP (could be erased), few light foxing marks to title and contents pages, small section, not intruding to text, missing top edge page 169/170, text block is otherwise excellent. Text block is tight and firm within boards. Drawings, Diagrams Tables Etc (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Narrow folio, 21.7 x 34.5 cm. 864pp. Five multi section fold outprinted tables. Publisher's original blue/green dimpled cloth covers, gilt lettering on front. Yellow eps. Signature a& date " Karl Fitch Sun Life Offices 1900 " neatly written top corner of title page. Covers a few string tie marks, 2 small marks rear, very slight rubs top/bottom spine & corners. Very faint foxing to trails, slight browning along some plate edges else clean, tight & unfoxed. ***. Attractive copy. VG+.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. London, Charles and Edwin Layton 1876. Octavo publisher's cloth; xiii,332pp and an illustrated 64 page "Appendix of Manufacturers' and other Advertisements, having reference to Fire Protection", numerous illustrations and diagrams, a plate and a double page map. Some foxing at the ends but a rather good copy. First edition. Essential in fire fighting history. As far as Shaw was concerned, this was the first attempt in any language "approaching to a complete or comprehensive scheme" to embody the essential principles and practice of fire fighting. In other countries printed manuals "of some kind or another have been in use for many years . but they are meagre in the extreme and . altogether useless for the instruction of fire brigades charged with the protection of great commercial cities". Shaw was of course responsible for the modern London fire department, in turn the model for fire departments around the world.…