A HISTORY OF TIN MINING AND SMELTING IN CORNWALL
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1825035
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of how Cornwall, from being the world's premier tin field in 1872, was reduced in half a century almost to extinction by foreign competition. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Endpapers are b/w photos of miners. Top edge black. Base of spine bumped, text block lightly browned. Small patch of tippex to top of half-title page. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is very lightly browned to rear panel.

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TIN MINES AND MINERS OF DARTMOOR
Written by Tom Greeves.
Stock no. 1825025
Published by Devon Books. 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Photographic Record of tin mining on Dartmoor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ix and 86 pages including index. ISBN: 0861147669. Revised edition. A lovely copy.

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CORNISH MINING
Written by Bryan Earl.
Stock no. 1825022
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The techniques of Metal Mining in the West of England, Past and Present. Blue mottled boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. Text block browned, minor stain to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper has remains of price label to front flap, is faded to spine and slightly grubby.

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THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1324730
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate and small address label to front free-endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Edge of fold-out map has been slightly misfolded and now has a slightly ragged margin. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, spine of wrapper is a bit grubby and front flap is creased.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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THE FOREST OF DEAN NEW HISTORY 1550-1818
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1824162
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A superb work of scholarship, the book is of considerable value to historians of Britain's industrial, economic, agricultural and social past as well as to those with a particular interest in the history of the Dean region. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxii and 330 pages including index. ISBN: 0750909579. Faint odour of cigarettes present. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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BRISTOL AS IT WAS 1879-1874
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824114
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1968. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Orange glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Boards scuffed with a few marks. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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BRISTOL AS IT WAS 1950-1953
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824113
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1970. Very good condition.

Brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0900814357. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper. Boards lightly scuffed. Corners lightly rubbed. Musty odour present.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1880'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824112
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication) - page 31. Spine is rubbed at top & tail. Edges of covers rubbed and grubby. Front joint starting to pull. Hinges pulled. Binding still tight.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1890'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824110
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1965. Very good condition.

Second edition. Lilac glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Top corners of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Occasional foxspot. Slight musty odour present.

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BRISTOL'S TRAMS
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824109
Published by Reece Winstone. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

A ride down Memory Lane by Bristol tram. Orange glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900814454. Boards lightly bumped at corners and lightly scuffed. Contents clean. Slight musty odour present.

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THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Andy King.
Stock no. 1824108
Published by Tempus. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Looks at a slice of the Port's long history and industrial heritage (1908-1977). ISBN: 0752427865. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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