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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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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THE MINERS AND COAL LEVELS OF GWENT (BRITAIN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1823608
Published by The History Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Illustrating life as it was for the coal-level miners of Gwent throughout its industrial past. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Britain in Old Photographs series. ISBN: 9780752452517.

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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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A COMMUNITY UNDERGROUND
Written by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 2136755
Published by Treowen Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of photographs, plans, stories and facts about the mining community of Celynen North and Graig Fawr Collieries in Glamorganshire. B/w photos. A few light marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears; minimal loss.

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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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INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Written by V.J. Bradley.
Stock no. 1820068
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Grey & white glazed boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0901096725. Top edge of text block browned. Contents clean.

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INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Written by L.G. Charlton; Colin E. Mountford.
Stock no. 1820064
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Orange and grey cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0901096474. Light creasing to spine. Text block lightly browned.

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INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES OF WEST MIDLANDS
Written by R.A. Shill.
Stock no. 1820062
Published by The Industrial Railway Society. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Blue & white glazed boards. B/w maps. ISBN: 0901096695.

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THE AGE OF MACHINERY
Written by Alexander R. Horne.
Stock no. 1819205
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

The Forces of Nature turned to the Service of Man. Some ordinary useful applications of the sciences explained in simple language for young people. Blue boards, pale blue titles. B/w illustrations. 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.

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STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COALING STATIONS AND DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE FUELING FACILITIES
Written by Thomas W. Dixon.
Stock no. 1818168
Published by Tlc Publishing Inc.. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

An explanation and examples of how steam locomotives and early diesel-electric locomotives were supplied with fuel and in the case of steam, how the residue of combustion (ash) was disposed. Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams throughout. 80 pages. ISBN: 1883089778. A fine copy.

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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO, COAL, AND COLOR
Written by Eugene L. Huddleston; John Joseph; Everett Young.
Stock no. 1818097
Published by Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc.. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

The coalfield operations of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, long known as the 'world's largest originator of bituminous coal'. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. 120 pages. ISBN: 0939487284.

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