THE CRAWSHAY DYNASTY
Written by John P. Addis.
Stock no. 1826849
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study in industrial organisation and development 1765-1867. The book follows the fortunes of the Crawshay family renowned as one of the greatest iron firms of the 19th century. B/w illustrations. Some mottling to boards. Top corner of boards lightly bumped. Text block and endpapers browned else contents clean. Price-cut blue dustwrapper is a litle grubby, browned, a couple of small closed edge tears (no loss).

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JOHN BEDFORD AND THE IRONWORKS AT CEFN CRIBWR
Written by Philip Riden.
Stock no. 2136076
Published by Philip Riden. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950329975. Creasing to bottom corner of front cover and few pages of prelims. Small nick to base of spine.

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MEN OF STEEL BY ONE OF THEM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821923
Published by The Iron And Steel Trades Confederation. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

A chronicle of 88 years of trade unionism in the British iron and steel industry. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 624 pages. B/w photos. Spine a little creased, gilt title to spine is dull. Boards are lightly marked. Corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned and grubby. Endpapers grubby. Frontis and title page creased with a little damage to title page (edge of). Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents generally clean. A well used copy.

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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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THE AGE OF MACHINERY: THE FORCES OF NATURE TURNED TO THE SERVICE OF MAN
Written by Alexander R. Horne.
Stock no. 1819205
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Some ordinary useful applications of the sciences explained in simple language for young people. Small format. Blue cloth boards, pale blue titles. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Boards marked, spine and title to spine faded. Endpapers and text block heavily browned. Rear pastedown has a sticky label stuck to it and pencil scribble. Rust spot to gutter edge of prelims. A few grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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DYNASTY OF IRON FOUNDERS
Written by Arthur Raistrick.
Stock no. 1205825
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. The Darbys and Coalbrookdale. xiii + 308 pages. Covers unevenly faded. Contents very good. Wrapper chipped at edges and lightly browned to rear.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF STEELMAKING
Written by Hermann Schenck.
Stock no. 692942
Published by The British Iron & Steel Research Association. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 587 pages. Complete with diagrams in rear pocket. Corners worn, covers marked. Hinge between pages xiv and xv is almost broken. Old tape(?) repair to hinge of half title-page and title-page.

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THE HISTORY OF THE IRON, STEEL, TINPLATE, AND OTHER TRADES OF WALES
Written by Charles Wilkins.
Stock no. 686630
Published by Joseph Williams Limited. 1st 1903. Good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Contents in general very good but front joint cracked and covers badly stained with browned spine.

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A PROUD HERITAGE
Written by Leonard D. Matthews.
Stock no. 570225
Published by Henry Melland. 1st 1986. Fine condition.

David Matthews Limited 1886-1986. Tinplate manufacturer. ISBN: 0907929125.

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DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by Edward Cressy.
Stock no. 557833
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Chapters on the revival or water power, economy in the use of fuel, modern steam engines, gas, oil, and petrol engines, and the generation and distribution of electricity. Followed by chapters on electric lighting and heating, new processes in the manufacture and treatment of steel, some typical modern devices in the engineering workshop and the factory, and the extraordinary number of manufacturing processes which have their birth in the electric furnaces. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Gilt illustration to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos and diagrams. xvi and 398 pages including index. Rear joint split. Corners worn. Boards rubbed and marked. Text block browned. Half-title page heavily browned and has a gift inscription ink from father to son dated 1915. Foxing throughout. Some pencil annotation.

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