Sharpley, Forbes W. (ed) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN THE COAL INDUSTRY An International Conference organized by the National Coal Board, Great Britain, and held at its Coal Research Establishment at Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, England
Pergamon Press , No date First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: A Very Good Book. Dust Jacket Condition: A Good - Jacket. Neat name and no. to fep. Packed weight 700g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No publication date given. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 0016905. (Book ref. 0016905) £40.00
Hunt, Edward Eyre, Tryon, F. G., Willits, Joseph, H. (eds.): WHAT THE COAL COMMISSION FOUND - AN AUTHORITATIVE SUMMARY BY THE STAFF
(The Williams and Wilkins Company, 1925) Demy 8vo. 420pp. bw. ills. and diagrams, very slightly foxed and browned, front board slightly marked, otherwise G. (Book ref. 7757) £10.00
Sinclair, Upton: KING COAL
(Huchinson, 1917, 1st.ed.) Crown 8vo. i-vii, 368pp. v. slightly browned and foxed at page edges, otherwise G. (Book ref. 7314) £20.00
Tonge, James: COAL
(Constable 1907) vi, 275pp. bw ills. ex-library. Label emains on front board and front paste down.Hinge broken in front of title page (just needs a spot of glue). Otherwise Good. (Book ref. 4162) £10.00
Carver, J. Report on Explosion at Houghton Main Colliery Yorkshire on 12th June 1975
London: HMSO, 1976. Soft Cover. Good Internally. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall small 4to. Ex lib with usual library markings. Includes plan of colliery in rear pocket. Good internally in slightly grubby and edge worn card covers. (Book ref. 21132) £9.50
T H Hair Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland & Durham
Newcastle-on-Tyne: Frank Graham, 1969. Facsimile of First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original cloth and dustwrapper, facsimile of the 1st edition published in 1844, 52pp, with 42 full page b/w illustrations. There will be additional postage due to size and weight [1.5kg approx] (Book ref. 015147) £25.00
STATHAM, Ira Cyril Frank. b.1886 Coal Mining Practice. Edited by I. C. F. Statham. With contributions by 17 other experts. 4 Volumes. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1958. **Four volumes - complete**
London: Caxton Publishing Co, 1959. Illustrated by Illustrated: Plates, Charts, and diagrams - some folding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1958. Four volumes - complete. Plates, Charts, and diagrams - some folding. Hardback. Black leather-grained cloth. Gilt lettered spines. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xi), 448, (ix), 516, (ix), 468, (ix), 438, (xlvi ) pages - 46-page index. Includes bibliographies. Uncommon set; and in such nice state. HEAVY set - extra postage required. ASK if you have any questions. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Theology and Church History. ] (Book ref. 0015894) £65.00
Court, W.H.B. Coal (History of the Second World War United Kingdom Civil series)
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (H.M.S.O) and Longmans, Green and Co, 1951. Illustrated by N/a. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo Large (over 7¾" - 9¾") Z 422pp. 1951. First edition. A very good plus, clean, tight copy in a very good wrapper. Gilt embossed title to the spine. Part of the History of the Second World War United Kingdom Civil Series. Former owner's ink name place and date to the front endpaper - slightly smudged. Slight or light foxing to the fore-edges. The head of the spine a little bumped with light associated creasing to the wrapper. The wrapper has not been price-clipped with slight dust soiling and a little toning to the spine. Rubbing with slight associated loss to one wrapper corner. A very well preserved very good plus copy. (Book ref. 228194) £25.00
Colliery Manager Coal: facts about an unknown industry
Iron & Coal Trades Review, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound paperback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 100 pages, a few text illustrations. Interesting booklet setting out the colliery owner's arguments against nationalisation (Book ref. 36161) £10.00
Greenslade, M.W. and Jenkins, J.G. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Volume II With Index to Volumes I and II. [only, Pottery, Coal, Textiles, Other Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways Forests, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by the OUP 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 416pp. Many plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. rubbed d/w. US$39 (Book ref. 212887) £25.00
Greenslade, M.W. and Jenkins, J.G. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Volume II With Index to Volumes I and II. [only, Pottery, Coal, Textiles, Other Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways Forests, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by the OUP 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 416pp. Many plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. chipped d/w. US$39 (Book ref. 212885) £25.00
Greenslade, M.W. and Jenkins, J.G. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Volume II With Index to Volumes I and II. [only, Pottery, Coal, Textiles, Other Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways Forests, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by the OUP 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 416pp. Many plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. chipped d/w. sl. loss to tail of spine. US$39 (Book ref. 212831) £25.00
Greenslade, M.W. and Jenkins, J.G. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Volume II With Index to Volumes I and II. [only, Pottery, Coal, Textiles, Other Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways Forests, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by the OUP 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 416pp. Many plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. chipped d/w. US$39 (Book ref. 212830) £25.00
Greenslade, M.W. and Jenkins, J.G. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Volume II With Index to Volumes I and II. [only, Pottery, Coal, Textiles, Other Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways Forests, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by the OUP 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 416pp. Many plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. chipped d/w. US$39 (Book ref. 212829) £25.00
Adlard, John: In Sweet St. James's Clerkenwell - The musical coal-man and his friends and neighbours in the golden age of a London suburb
London; Islington Libraries, 1984 8" x 5.5". vi, 37pp. The illustrations are from originals in the Islington Libraries' archives. Illustrated front & back covers. Mint copy. (Book ref. 5655) £4.00
WATERMAN Pete: I Wish I Was Me. Pete Waterman.
Hardback. Pub. Virgin. First 2000. ISBN 1852279001.. Pete Waterman by himself and part of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman triumpherate is one of the most succesful music producers in world pop music history. D/W - Fine. Book - Fine. (Book ref. 859) £8.00
Penn, Granville: Conversations on Geology: comprising a Familiar Explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian Systems, The Mosaic Geology as explained by Mr Granville Penn and the Later Discoveries of Prof. Buckand, Humboldt, Dr. Maculloch, and Others;
London, J. W. Southgate & Son, 1840. HARDBACK, original blind-embossed red cloth with highly ornamented gilt spine, coloured frontispiece, vignette title-page, pages: xvii, 309, all edges gilt, many illus. - including 1 large folding coloured geological map of England and Wales (with tear repaired), sm. 8vo. 98mm x 162mm (3.75" x 6.5") former owner's name on front end-paper, head, tail and corners lightly bumped, otherwise a fine, bright copy of a rare item. (Book ref. 6390) £60.00
Kidston, Robert: The Yorkshire Carboniferous Flora.
Leeds, Transactions Yorkshire Naturalists' Union parts 14, 18, 19 & 21;1890-1898. SOFTBACKS, 8vo., 145mm x 224mm (5.75" x 8.75"), in wrappers as issued. Comprises six reports with indices, pages 176, mainly uncut and unopened. Covers soiled, contents fine. A scarce item. Kidston (1852-1924) was a Scottish palaeo-botanist who trained at the University of Edinburgh. He worked for the British Geological Survey and catalogued the Palaeozoic Plants in the British Museum (Natural History) in the 1880s. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1902. (Book ref. 6352) £20.00
Bolton, H: The Palaeontology of the Lancashire Coal Measures: 2 Vols.;
Salford, Transactions of the Manchester Geological and Mining Society, Vol. I - Part XIV, Vol. XXVIII, 1904 and Vol. 2 - Parts XIX & XX, Vol. XXVIII, 1905. SOFTBACKS, original printed wrappers, pages: 378-420; 578-689, many tables, 8vo. 143mm x 216mm (5.75" x 8.5") presentation letter from the author to 'J. Horwood, Esq., dated Nov. 1st 1905', loosely inserted, ex-academic library, with several small stamps and ink. nos., 'Part I & Part II' handwritten on front wrappers, "p.28,510 & p.28,511" in ink on front wrappers and first page of each, respectively, wrappers faded and chipped on edges, repaired with tape, otherwise a fine set. (Book ref. 6391) £25.00
Watkins, George Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: The National Photographic Collection. Volume 3.1 (Three, III): Lancashire (Volume Three Part One)
Derbyshire: Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1901522563 Volume 3, Part 1. 224pp, engine makers index, 149 stationary engines details, supported by black and white photographs throughout. Red boards, VG clean tight copy in (spine colour faded) dustwrapper. Photographed between 1936 and 1975. Foreword by A.P. Woolrich. (Book ref. 015210) £59.95