THE STORY OF BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY 1939-1991
Written by Alan Hodgson.
Stock no. 1831539
Published by The Bristol Waterworks Company. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 137 pages including index. A lovely copy with just a few signs of wear.

ABERFAN: THE DAYS AFTER
Written by I.C. Rapoport.
Stock no. 1331193
Published by Parthian. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A Journey in Pictures. The Aberfan tragedy which came to symbolise everything that fashionable decade strove to forget: the negligence of authorities and the dirt of existence, poverty and the class divide. B/w photographs commemorating a past decade, a defunct industry, seeking out the women and families of a male-dominated world. White pictorial cardwraps. Dual language: text in English & Welsh. ISBN: 1902638565. Covers lightly foxed and edge creased. Contents fine.

THE COAL INDUSTRY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (ECONOMIC HISTORY SERIES No. V)
Written by Thomas Southcliffe Ashton; Joseph Sykes.
Stock no. 1831250
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Publications of the University of Manchester No. CXCII. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 268 pages including index. Boards lightly edge-rubbed, a few minor marks. Text block browned and foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

THE HISTORY OF LEAD MINING IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND
Written by Les Turnbull.
Stock no. 1831170
Published by Sandhill Press. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

An historical introduction and a description of all the principal processes involved in the mining, dressing and smelting of lead ore. The communities established in the dales and the lives of the men and women connected to the industry. Also contains ideas from exploring the region by car and on foot. Black pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w photos. 72 pages. ISBN: 0946098026. Light rubbing to spine. Covers lightly scuffed. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

DINORWIC: THE LANBERIS SLATE QUARRY 1780-1969
Written by Reg Chambers Jones.
Stock no. 1831161
Published by Bridge Books. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating account of the history of the quarry, the life of the men who worked there and the harsh conditions they operated under, the local community, and the industrial railway system that flourished around it. Now home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 175 pages. ISBN: 1844940330. Top of spine and corners lightly bumped. Pale grease spot to vertical edge of front endpaper, half-title page and colophon page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and front panel, base of spine & lower corner lightly worn.

LINEN HOUSES OF BANBRIDGE
Written by Catherine Cahill; Jack Diamond. Illustrated by Clare Boyce; Elizabeth McCalla.
Stock no. 1831077
1st thus 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Historical and Architectural Study of the Houses of The Linen Merchants of Banbridge, Ireland. Limited Edition of 200. Oblong format. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages including index. This is copy 88 of 200. A few scuff marks to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

BRISTOL AT WORK
Written by John Penny.
Stock no. 1830848
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive, highly illustrated history of Bristol's working life. Vivid accounts of lost industries and trades. Over 250 archive photographs showing every aspect of commerce and manufacturing in the city. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 195 pages including index. ISBN: 1859833551. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

HISTORY OF THE HUDDERSFIELD WOOLLEN INDUSTRY
Written by William B. Crump; Gertrude Ghorbal.
Stock no. 1830726
Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd.. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition.

Reprint of the 1935 edition. Grey cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. 132 pages. A few light grubby marks and discolouration to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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.

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.

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.