A TREATISE ON MINE-SURVEYING
Written by Bennett H. Brough.
Stock no. 1831635
Published by Charles Griffin & Company. 2nd 1889. Very good condition.

This work is intended primarily for students, and embodies the substance of the course of intstruction in Mine-Surveying given at the Royal School of Mines. It may also be found useful as a companion to the standard works of reference on Land-surveying. Second edition, revised. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. xvi and 302 pages plus 36 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards a little marked and stained. Text block browned. name in ink to half-title page. Front hinge between free front endpaper and half-title page pulled but tight. A few marks to contents.

THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT & MILLER'S GUIDE
Written by Oliver Evans; Eugene S. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1831633
Published by The Oliver Evans Press. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This work, originally published in 1795, emphasizes sturdy foundations, safe dam design, and reliable mill structures, along with detailed descriptions of improvements for elevating grain, conveying it through machines, and grinding into meal and flour. Foreword by Eugene S. Ferguson. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles and red title blocks. B/w illustrations, some folding. Third printing. Small red ink smudge to lower edge of front of dustwrapper else a lovely, clean copy.

THE CANNING PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ON ELECTRO-PLATING, POLISHING, BRONZING, LACQUERING AND ENAMELLING
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831598
Published by W. Canning & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1940. Almost very good condition.

The purpose of this book is twofold - to serve as a practical guide to electro-plating practice, and to provide a reference book to those already engaged in this trade. Fourteenth Edition. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. x and 383 pages. Vertical edges of spine worn with a 2" split to lower front edge, top & tail worn. Edges of boards lightly rubbed and worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Some browning and grubby marks to contents. Front hinge cracked but binding is tight. Musty odour present.

THE PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF MECHANICS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward H. Knight.
Stock no. 1831593
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering; history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts. Three-quarter maroon leather binding (spine & corners). Brown cloth boards. 5 raised bands to spines. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and plates, some folding. Title page to volume I (A to D) only. D to M, M to S and S to Z follow on in page numbering. 2831 pages spread over the four volumes. Undated but approximately 1880s. Leather is rubbed and worn with some surface loss. Boards marked/stained. Some foxing present as to be expected for a book of its age. Else contents clean. 2 pages detached from volume II (D to M) else binding is tight.

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.

DATES: PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, FOOD, AND MEDICINAL VALUES (MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - INDUSTRIAL PROFILES)
Written by A. Manickavasagan; M. Mohamed Essa; E. Sukumar; et al.
Stock no. 1831247
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This text covers the post-harvest operations and processing of dates, physical, chemical, structural, and sensory properties of dates as human food. The authors also discuss the value of low quality dates and byproducts as cattle feed. The final section focuses on the potential medicinal values of dates. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. xviii and 415 pages including index. ISBN: 9781439849453. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

VANILLA (MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - INDUSTRIAL PROFILES No. 47)
Written by Eric Odoux; Michel Grisoni; et al.
Stock no. 1831237
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Eric Odoux and Michel Grisoni and written by 45 International Experts. Vanilla is a universally appreciated flavour that is consumed worldwide, this globally relevant resource discusses biotechnology aimed at finding novel production methods of vanilla and horticultural studies for improving yields and increasing plant resistance. Cream glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams, a few colour photos. xxiv and 387 pages including index. ISBN: 9781420083378. Boards slightly grubby at edges. Text block very lightly grubby to top edge. Hinge next to title page is pulled but the binding is tight. Contents clean. A very nice copy.

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.

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.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND THE FUTURE
Written by Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1830406
Published by The Studio Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

A Challenge to the Producer. Industrial Design. Green cloth boards, black title to spine, black pattern to front board. B/w photos. 160 pages. Boards a little marked, rubbed at edges and lightly worn to corners. Endpapers and text block browned. Some foxing present. Slight tobacco odour present.

I.C.S. REFERENCE LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830144
Published by International Correspondence Schools Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

New Edition. A series of textbooks (bound as one) prepared for students of the international Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers used in their various courses. Subjects included: Mixing Cast Iron; Machine Moulding; Foundry Appliances; Malleable Casting; Motor-Engine Castings; Brass Founding. B/w diagrams. Brown cloth boards bound as imitation leather with raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. All edges red. Edges and corners lightly worn with some loss of cloth. Name in ink to fly-leaf. Some annotation and underlining else a reasonable copy, binding is tight.

'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS': TWENTY TRAMP FLEETS VOLUME II
Written by N.L. Middlemiss.
Stock no. 1830143
Published by Shield Publications Ltd. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At one time the backbone of Britain, tramps were engaged in world-wide trading and the bringing in of essential raw materials for British industry and the exporting of coal. This book contains historical over-views of twenty of the largest and most interesting fleets. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 1871128064. Base of spine is lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine.