A Practical Treatise on Outbreaks of Fire: Being a Systematic Study of Their Causes and Means of Prevention; Dealing with the Possibilities of Danger, Precautions Necessary, Notification, Extinction, Equipment for Swing Life & Property, Organisations of Fire Brigades, Notes on Structural Design of Buildings, Legal Enactments and Insurance; Historic Configurations and their Lessons
xii, 543pp, [1]pp publisher's ads. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Board held onto spine with brown tape, loss to spine heel, corners rubbed with cloth worn through. Text block edges tanning. Previous owner's details on front pastedown. Gutters cracked and strained in various places, volume loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.
