The Fire Guards Handbook. Air Raid Precautions Handbook No. 14.
MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY., WWII.
NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Published: HMSO, 1942
Stock code: 44544
Price: £44.00
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original buff wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
A cutting containing a humorous mnemonic verse (identifying war gases) by Peterborough of the Daily Telegraph newspaper is mounted on front paste-down. Last in a series of fourteen ARP Handbooks published by the Home Office (ARP Department) at the outbreak of WWII and covering many aspects of air raid precautions. Despite the number issued surprisingly few appear to have survived in this condition. S.O. Code: 4751. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.