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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH WALES 1750 - 1850: AN ESSAY
Written by A.H. John.
Stock no. 1826410
Published by University Of Wales Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The economic development of Sout Wales before the Great War was dominated first by the metallurgical industries and later by coal mining. This book is an analysis of this development in its first phase, which ended soon after the middle of the 19th century. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Browning to top of spine and lower half of spine. Small split to base of spine. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is browned and grubby with a few minor foxspots, worn at corners. Musty odour present.

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THE COLLIERIES AND COALMINERS OF STAFFORDSHIRE
Written by Richard Stone.
Stock no. 2137946
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860774553.

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SENGHENNYDD, THE UNIVERSAL PIT VILLAGE 1890-1930
Written by Michael Lieven.
Stock no. 1823609
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of how one of the largest pits in Wales came to be; how the village developed from a raw and dangerous 'frontier settlement' into a complex community characterised by a vast web of relationships and institutions. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 1859020437. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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COLLIERIES OF WESTERN GWENT
Written by John Cornwell.
Stock no. 2136778
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. No. 3 in the Coalfield Series. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905928083. Some light browning starting to covers.

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FLINT MINES IN NEOLITHIC BRITAIN
Written by Miles Russell.
Stock no. 1823516
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Bringing the Neolithic flint mines of Britain centre stage, the author addresses a number of important questions: What were the mine sites? What did they mean to the people who created them? How did they relate to other monuments being built at the same time? Where were they originally dug? What form did they take? And many more... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 075241481X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SCOTTISH COLLIERIES
Written by Miles K. Oglethorpe.
Stock no. 2136628
Published by The Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Inventory of the Scottish Coal Industry in the Nationalised Era. Large format. Black boards, white titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781902419473. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper spine is faded; a few small nicks to edges.

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METAL MINES OF LLANENGAN
Written by John Bennett; Robert Vernon.
Stock no. 1322419
Published by Gwydyr Mines Publications. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mining ventures in a North Wales Parish. Dark grey boards with black titles to spine and front cover. 149 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0951479881. Spine slightly bumped. A few very light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges. Includes a SIGNED letter from the author (Vernon).

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THE IRONSTONE QUARRIES OF THE MIDLANDS: HISTORY, OPERATION AND RAILWAYS PART VII RUTLAND
Written by Eric Tonks.
Stock no. 1823368
Published by Runpast Publishing. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870754077. Pale browning to endpapers. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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THE DERBYSHIRE MINERAL STATISTICS: METALLIFEROUS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS 1845-1913
Written by Roger Burt; Peter Waite; Michael Atkinson; Ray Burnley.
Stock no. 1823355
Published by The Mining Research Group. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

This is the first volume only in a continuing series of county studies of metalliferous mining in Britain during the 70 years preceding the First World War. White cardwraps. ISBN: 0950762407. A few scuff marks to covers. Contents clean.

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THE YORKSHIRE MINERAL STATISTICS: METALLIFEROUS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS 1845-1913
Written by Roger Burt; Peter Waite; Michael Atkinson; Ray Burnley.
Stock no. 1823354
Published by The Mining Research Group. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second volum eonly in a continuing series of county studies of metalliferous mining in Britain during the seventy years preceding the First World War. A comprehensive guide to the lead/silver and iron mines of Yorkshire. White cardwraps. ISBN: 0950762415. A few minor marks to covers. Front joint pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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SKINNINGROVE IRON AND STEEL WORKS: ITS HISTORY, RAILWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Cliff Shepherd.
Stock no. 1820118
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 2012. Fine condition.

The history and physical changes affecting a UK integrated iron and steel works. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 9781901556803. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page.

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