Mellott Scott (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Taylor Pub. Co. in cooperation with the Houston Fire Museum, Houston, Texas, Published date: 1988. Softcover, 96 pp; 31 cm. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. In good condition. Glossy black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate shelfwear with some toning, light foxing and soiling; binding firm; light foxing to inside of front and rear covers; interior pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked. Historical account of the Houston Fire Department covering its development from the city's early volunteer fire companies through the modern professional department. The volume documents apparatus, major fires, departmental organization, and personnel history, and includes archival photographs and departmental records. Contents include: Introduction; Pre-1838: Houston's Founding; 1838-1895: The Volunteer Years; 1896-1920: The Early Paid Department; 1921-1945: A Fully Motorized Department; 1946-1970: Postwar Years and the Sixties; 1971-1988: The Modern HFD; Appendices; Memorial Section.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A Pictorial History of The Houston Fire Department 1980-2014 by Scott Mellott. Signed by Mellott on front endpaper. Signature only. Large format hardcover published in 2014. Presumed first edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed (without inscription) by both editors, McDonald and Mellott. Attractively bound in faux blue leather with a gold seal on the front cover and an embossed badge on the back. Near Fine. No dust jacket as issued. In very nice shape but for a bit of dulling to the titling on the spine. Unmarked inside, but a previous owner's name is set in gold type at the bottom of the front cover. 352 well-illustrated pages. Signed by Author(s).