
FIREFIGHTING
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Poem Commemorating
Fifteen Lost Smokejumpers
(A Tragedy Remembered). Weil, James L. Mann Gulch. New York: Kelly
Winterton Press, 2000. 12mo (19.1 cm; 7.5"). [5] ff.
$100.00
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This short poem remembering the smokejumpers who died in 1949 during the
Mann Gulch fire was printed by the Kelly Winterton Press, an American press founded in 1978.
The edition was limited to 50 copies only.The colophon notes that this text was printed from Bembo, Cleland Initial, and Sistina
types on Niddegen paper.
Rose wrappers with black lettering
on front; spine gently faded. Light pencilling on front endpaper. A simple yet elegant
production. (36075)

Philadelphia-Area
FIRE Insurance
(Mutual Assurance Company). The deed of settlement of the Mutual Assurance Company, for insuring houses from loss by fire, in and near Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Pr. by W. Fry, 1818. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). 15, [1 (blank)] pp.
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Early and uncommon American insurance item, with a nice woodcut title-page vignette of a tree. The company was originally founded in 1784 and incorporated in 1786; it produced its first deed of settlement in 1801, the text of which is here amended to conform with changes made to the original act of incorporation.
In libraries, this is a common item on microfilmvery uncommon, as a reality.
Shaw & Shoemaker 44957. Stitched in paper wrappers, front wrapper with printed paper label; pencilled notations to upper margin of front wrapper, small smudge to back wrapper. Ownership inscription to front fly-leaf. A little foxing only. (3800)
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