INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
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THE GREAT CANAL
Written by Roderick Grant.
Stock no. 1830030
Published by Gordon & Cremonesi.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An epic tale of the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 0860330710. Lower corners of boards bumped, light vertical crease to spine. Text block lightly browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims.Dustwrapper has a circular mark left by a label to rear panel with some removal of surface paper.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- LANCASHIRE
- ENGINEERING
AGRICULTURAL TRADE UNIONISM IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1872-1950
Written by Nigel Scotland.
Stock no. 1329737
Published by The Centre For The Study Of Religion Cheltenham & Gloucester College Of Higher Education.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Tracing the emergence and growth of agricultural trade unionism in Gloucestershire during the period 1872-1950. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 238 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0951736906. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased to spine.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- FARMING
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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A CENTURY OF LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING BY ROBERT STEPHENSON & CO. 1823-1923
Written by J.G.H. Warren.
Stock no. 1829136
Published by Andrew Reid & Company Limited.
1st
1923.
Almost very good condition.
Centenary book. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and embossed vignette to front. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 461 pages including index. Spine & corners lightly rubbed & worn. Text block browned. Foxing mainly go endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean.
A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.
LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST: THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF A FEMALE INDUSTRIALIST
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828606
Published by Pen & Sword.
1st
2020.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
When impoverished artistocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Charlotte championed Welsh culture and translated the Mabinogion into English. She also taught herself John's business from the inside. When John died in 1852, she replaced him as head of the ironworks. This book traces the ardent, creative years of her first marriage, explores her determination - widowed - to preserve John's legacy, and observes her growing devotion to the scholarly Charles Schreiber, her sons' tutor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 214 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526768810. Lower corners of boards bumped else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at bumped corners.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- WALES
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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.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- COAL
- MINING
- NORTH WEST UK
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 24
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327862
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Small price sticker to front cover.
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 29
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327861
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2015.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Light crease to lower corner of front cover else fine.
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 25
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327859
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Minimal rubbing to lower corners else fine.
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 25
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327858
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Slight lifting of laminate to lower corner of front cover.
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 24
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327857
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2010.
Fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society.
THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 22
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327856
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society.
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Minimal rubbing to corners and a small price label to front cover.