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Pyrene Manufacturing Company.
Fire Appliances Catalog, [catalogue].
Publisher: Pyrene Manufacturing Company, New York;
Date of Publication: 1916
Stock Code: 7938
Catalog No 1. Softcover octavo, pp. 128. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations of products. Pictorial card wraps with wrap-around design of a fireman in front of a blazing building. Covers lightly edge-rubbed and corner creased. Minor restoration to the base of the spine. Title page lightly creased, with inscribed reference number to upper margin; no further annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Described as Catalog No. 1 on the title page this would appear to be the very first fire appliance catalogue produced by the Pyrene Company. Illustrated on every page the equipment advertised includes fire extinguishers, signs, respirators, hoses and racks, chain fire ladders, hose carts, and everything needed for the modern fire-fighter. Founded in 1914 the name Pyrene is now synonymous with fire fighting equipment the world over. Rare. £120.00