Historical Sketch of the Union Fire Company, No. 1, of the City of Lancaster, Penna. From 1760 to 1879. by Sanderson, Alfred - 1879

Lancaster Pa.: Printed for the Company By the Inquirer. Fair. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Portraits and engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; Original green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Binding sound with intact original endpages. Somewhat scabby externals with a long scrape to the cloth along the rear joint combined with biopredation to the cloth resulting in loss of cloth to a thin swath. Patchy silverfish predation to cloth at edges and spine. Nicks and pits to cloth at spine. A few localized areas of the cloth over boards. Binding a bit shaken with a few mild internal splits. Cloth rubbed and worn at spine ends and corners with fraying at spine ends. Text block sound and generally clean. A scarce history of early Lancaster firefighting, this copy is well worn externally but serviceable. Fair to good only. A good candidate for rebacking or rebinding .

Lancaster Pa.: Printed for the Company By the Inquirer. Good+. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Portraits and engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; Original green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Binding sound with intact original endpages. Patchy silverfish predation to a few localized areas of the cloth over boards. Binding a bit shaken with a few mild internal splits. Cloth rubbed and worn at spine ends and corners. An unusual exhortation written in pencil to the front endpage and address to the "reader." A related newsclipping laid in at the dedication page had tanned the facing leaves. Some moderate universal toning to the page stock. A scarce history of early Lancaster firefighting, this copy is worn but serviceable. G+ .

Lancaster PA: Published by the Company, 1879. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall 8vo, original green cloth, very good, light freckling to covers, minor wear to spine ends, gilt spine quite bright, contents VG and sound, 153 pp, occasional plates.

Lancaster Pa.: Printed for the Company By the Inquirer. Very Good+. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Portraits and engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages; [Provenance of Dr William Wolf, mid-20th century president of the Union Fire Co. ] 1879 Union Fire Company; printed by the Inquirer. Original green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to the spine. Snugly bound with and very neat with just mild crimping to cloth at spine ends. Illustrated with portraits and engravings of early apparatus. There are a large number of related news clippings that we have placed in mylar envelope. These clippings were clipped and dated by William Wolf who served in the capacity as president of the Fire Co in the mid 20th century. One clipping is tipped in on the front pastedown. A moderate paper burn to the facing leaves of the title page and frontis where one of the clippings was placed. Otherwise very solid and neat; the best condition copy we have handled. VG+ or better .