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COAL MINING IN LUNESDALE
Written by Philip John Hudson.
Stock no. 1828309
Published by Hudson History. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introductory study into the hsitory of coal mining in the valle of the River Lune and its tributaries in North West England. White & blue cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0953364305. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Two diagonal marks to lower edge of text block. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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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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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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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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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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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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BANKING ON COAL
Written by Douglas F. Campbell.
Stock no. 2126335
Published by University College Of Cape Breton Press. 1st CANADA 1997. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Perspectives on a Cape Breton Community Within an International Context. B/w photos. Canadian edition. ISBN: 0920336884. Some creasing to cover corners. A few grubby marks.

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RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe; Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1948. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.

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COAL CARRIAGE BY SEA
Written by Philip Rogers; John Strange; Brian Studd.
Stock no. 1601197
Published by Llp. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Glazed boards. B/w photos, maps, tables and diagrams. 286 pages including index. ISBN: 185978108X. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (possibly by one of the authors).

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