Search

Criteria:
  • Keyword = firefighting
Page:1Modify search
Showing 1 to 4 of 4
  • Paul, Caroline.
    FIGHTING FIRE: A Personal Story

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dustjacket: '[In 1986] Caroline Paul was among the first dozen women to join the San Francisco Fire Department, nearly a decade ago. A Stanford graduate, she was a film student when a chance encounter and her own curiosity led to her to see wether she could pass the rigorous qualifying tests for the fire department.' 272 pp. ISBN: 0-312185812.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 31587
    View cart More details Price: $16.00
  • Smith, Dennis.
    THE FINAL FIRE.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Saturday Review Press - Dutton, 1975. dj. Hardcover - First novel, and 2nd book, by this New York City fireman. ISBN: 0-8415-03850.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 27539
    Keywords: Fiction, firefighting
    View cart More details Price: $12.50
  • Smith, Dennis.
    A SONG FOR MARY: An Irish-American Memory.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second memoir by this New York City fireman, this one focusing on what it is like to grow up in a big city, Irish, Catholic and poor. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-446-524476.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 32196
    View cart More details Price: $15.00
  • WORKING FIRE: A Memoir. by Unger, Zac.
    Unger, Zac.
    WORKING FIRE: A Memoir.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Penguin, 2004. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. An interesting account of his first years as a firefighter in a gritty urban area: Oakland, California. From the back cover: " he was an Ivy League grad responding to an ad at a bus stop. He couldn't keep his boots shined, and he looked terrible in his uniform. Working Fire is the story of how, from this unlikely beginning, Zac Unger came to feel at home among this close- knit tribe, came to master his work's demands, and came to know what it is to see the city of Oakland through a firefighter's eyes." 260 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39293
    View cart More details Price: $24.00