Youngstown, OH, The General Fireproofing Company, [early 1900s]. Quarto, 88 pages with numerous illustrations including many from photographs and a number of diagrams. Saddle-stapled card covers; minor signs of use and age with a pencilled ownership signature and a few pencilled calculations to the covers; top corner lightly bumped throughout; a good copy. With the ink 'compliments' stamp of the Adelaide distributor 'H.E.A McCarthy, Ltd.' of Waymouth St. on the front cover and title page. 'Through the 1920s, The General Fireproofing Company was one of the leading American manufacturers of office furniture.' Incredibly, 'Some of its [furniture] models were produced with virtually no modifications into the 1970s.' (Design Museum website). Fireproof and fashion-proof!