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MAJOR MINER
Written by Gour Sen.
Stock no. 1326569
Published by Pentagon Press.
1st
2012.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The incredible journey of a mutinous youth in India to Professor of mining in Australia. Beige boards. 250 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788182746183. Minimal creasing to wrapper edges and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- CUMBERLAND
- DURHAM
- MINING
- LEAD
- GEOLOGY
- ANTIQUARIAN
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MINING
- COAL
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.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NEOLITHIC
- MINING
- ARCHAEOLOGY
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.
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).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INDUSTRY
- MINING
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- MINING
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRY
- RAILWAYS
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- GEOLOGY
- MINERALOGY
- STATISTICS
- MINING
- LEAD
- SILVER
- DERBYSHIRE
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- GEOLOGY
- MINERALOGY
- STATISTICS
- MINING
- LEAD
- SILVER
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.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- STEELMAKING
- MINING
- RAILWAYS
MASTERS OF THE COALFIELD
Written by Michael Eyers.
Stock no. 1819357
Published by Village Publishing.
1st
1992.
Fine condition.
Green card wraps. B/w photos. People and place-names in Glamorgan and Gwent. ISBN: 0946043272.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- MINING
- PLACE-NAMES
THE NORTH WALES QUARRYMEN 1874-1922
Written by R. Merfyn Jones.
Stock no. 2132487
Published by University of Wales.
1991.
Very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0708308295. Creasing to spine and cover corners. Foxing to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MINING
- TRADE UNIONS
- HISTORY