American Firefighting Artifacts Collecting Reference w Badges Equip Toys Uniform

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Collector Bookstore
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Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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Collecting American Firefighting Artifacts by: James G. Piatti, Sandra Frost Piatti
ISBN:
9780764346002
Book Title:
Collecting American Firefighting Artifacts
Author:
James G. Piatti, Sandra Frost Piatti
Binding:
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright:
2014
Pages:
208
Size:
9 x 11.25 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
This is the most comprehensive guide to collecting fire-related antiques available, presenting a fascinating collection of functional items like helmets, parade trumpets, fire extinguishing grenades, alarm boxes, and lanterns. It also offers ranking and ceremonial effects such as badges, trophies, medals and awards, and ephemera that celebrate the culture and mystique of firefighting, including toys, artwork, movie posters, and much more. Forgotten relics, such as firefighting adventure novels, show the enormous amount of respect and admiration society has had for firefighters. Covering colonial times to the present, with a brief historical introduction, this authoritative reference serves hobbyists and the most serious collectors of ?firematics.? Nearly 700 color photographs are inside with detailed descriptions and up-to-date pricing information.
676 color photos
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