San Francisco: Shannon-Conmy Printing Co., 1917. Hardcover - The official handbook spelling out every detail of administration, maintenance, working conditions and more for the San Francisco Fire Department, including such positions as reservoir keeper and hydrantmen. At the time this was issued, the department was still using horses (the last of the fire horses were retired on Dec 31, 1921) but had also begun using motorized vehicles so there are detailed instructions on the care of horses (they are to be exercised daily and in nice weather permitted to stand outside during the morning) as well as on the care of the motors, brakes, batteries, automobile tires, etc. The back of this small handbook included several pages for amendments - and this copy, obviously one used by a working fireman, has 5 pages of rules changes (many related to sick leave, hours when beds could be used, etc) dated Aug 12, 1918 and 2 more undated pages pasted onto some of those blank pages. 154 pp. Pocket size, measuring just 4 3/16 inches wide, 6 3/8 inches tall. Quite scarce - Worldcat only shows 2 copies, both different editions, and even the San Francisco Fire Department Museum only references one edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "honors the 343 firefighters who died on September 11 by retelling a 19th-century legend about another heroic NYC blaze battler. Eight-feet-tall Mose Humphreys cuts a classic tall-tale figure, lifting trolley cars over his head and rescuing babies inside a stovepipe hat. [This] follows the firefighting exploits of the mythic Mose and 'his boys' in dramatic, near-theatrical spreads, right up to a fateful hotel fire near the Hudson: 'All night, Mose ran in and out of the building, rescuing bankers, bakers, shoemakers, dressmakers, preachers, and politicians.' But when the smoke clears, Mose is nowhere to be found.. . An old-timer later surmises, 'Truth is, Mose is right here. .. And whenever we climb our ladders toward a blazing sky, he climbs with us'." Large format, illustrated throughout with full color double page spreads by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-375821961.