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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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FLINT MINES IN NEOLITHIC BRITAIN
Written by Miles Russell.
Stock no. 1823516
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Bringing the Neolithic flint mines of Britain centre stage, the author addresses a number of important questions: What were the mine sites? What did they mean to the people who created them? How did they relate to other monuments being built at the same time? Where were they originally dug? What form did they take? And many more... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 075241481X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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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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A HISTORY OF TIN MINING AND SMELTING IN CORNWALL
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1322440
Published by Cornwall Books. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 302 pages. ISBN: 1871060036. Minimal bumping to spine. Small white address label to front free-endpaper otherwise contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to top of spine. Spine and wrapper edges are badly faded.

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METAL MINES OF LLANENGAN
Written by John Bennett; Robert Vernon.
Stock no. 1322419
Published by Gwydyr Mines Publications. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mining ventures in a North Wales Parish. Dark grey boards with black titles to spine and front cover. 149 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0951479881. Spine slightly bumped. A few very light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges. Includes a SIGNED letter from the author (Vernon).

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THE IRONSTONE QUARRIES OF THE MIDLANDS: HISTORY, OPERATION AND RAILWAYS PART VII RUTLAND
Written by Eric Tonks.
Stock no. 1823368
Published by Runpast Publishing. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870754077. Pale browning to endpapers. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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THE DERBYSHIRE MINERAL STATISTICS: METALLIFEROUS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS 1845-1913
Written by Roger Burt; Peter Waite; Michael Atkinson; Ray Burnley.
Stock no. 1823355
Published by The Mining Research Group. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

This is the first volume only in a continuing series of county studies of metalliferous mining in Britain during the 70 years preceding the First World War. White cardwraps. ISBN: 0950762407. A few scuff marks to covers. Contents clean.

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THE YORKSHIRE MINERAL STATISTICS: METALLIFEROUS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS 1845-1913
Written by Roger Burt; Peter Waite; Michael Atkinson; Ray Burnley.
Stock no. 1823354
Published by The Mining Research Group. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second volum eonly in a continuing series of county studies of metalliferous mining in Britain during the seventy years preceding the First World War. A comprehensive guide to the lead/silver and iron mines of Yorkshire. White cardwraps. ISBN: 0950762415. A few minor marks to covers. Front joint pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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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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MASTERS OF THE COALFIELD
Written by Michael Eyers.
Stock no. 1819357
Published by Village Publishing. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

Green card wraps. B/w photos. People and place-names in Glamorgan and Gwent. ISBN: 0946043272.

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THE NORTH WALES QUARRYMEN 1874-1922
Written by R. Merfyn Jones.
Stock no. 2132487
Published by University of Wales. 1991. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0708308295. Creasing to spine and cover corners. Foxing to outer page edges.

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