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SOUTH WALES PORTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317968
Published by British Transport Commission. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, black title. B/w pictorial boards. B/w photos. Photo on page 62 has slightly rubbed and colour has worn off onto facing page (which is title-page for the Plan section). Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and has a small piece of loss to top of spine.

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TUGBOATS
Written by William Burt.
Stock no. 2128430
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st USA 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. Enthusiast Colour Series. ISBN: 0760308241.

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A STUDY IN DEMOCRACY: INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL
Written by Edward Jackson.
Stock no. 2127050
Published by Co-operative Wholesale Society. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol. B/w plates. Spine is browned. Some marks to covers. Joints are cracked. Some foxing.

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A GOLDEN ADVENTURE
Written by Paul Atterbury; Julia MacKenzie.
Stock no. 2126985
Published by Hurtwood Press. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first 50 years of Ultramar, from a small exploration company in Venezuela to an integrated oil company operating on five continents. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 287 pages (including index). Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0903696355. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips/tears and nicks.

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BENCHMARKING IN CONSTRUCTION
Written by Steven McCabe.
Stock no. 2126529
Published by Blackwell Science. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

The first post-Egan book to look at benchmarking and KPIs in the construction industy. Card wraps. 290 pages ISBN: 0632055642. Cover corners are creased. Ink inscriptions to title page. Page corner tips are slightly curled.

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THE FACTORY QUESTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND 1830-1860
Written by Robert Gray.
Stock no. 2126467
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st PB 2002. Very good condition.

The combination of regional, cultural and textual analysis makes this book a coherent and original contribution to the study of industrial Britain in the nineteenth century. Card wraps. 253 pages. ISBN: 0521892929. Some pencil marks, mostly to margins (some erased pencil writing inside front cover).

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BANKING ON COAL
Written by Douglas F. Campbell.
Stock no. 2126335
Published by University College Of Cape Breton Press. 1st CANADA 1997. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Perspectives on a Cape Breton Community Within an International Context. B/w photos. Canadian edition. ISBN: 0920336884. Some creasing to cover corners. A few grubby marks.

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PROBLEMS IN MACHINE DESIGN
Written by Charles H. Innes.
Stock no. 2125958
Published by The Technical Publishing Co. Ltd.. Circa 1894. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. B/w diagrams. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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ROCK BLASTING
Written by Geo. G. Andre.
Stock no. 1609459
Published by E. & F.N. Spon. 1st 1878. Good condition.

A practical treatise on the means employed in blasting rocks for industrial purposes. Red cloth, gilt titles. 194 pages (including index) plus XII plates. 30 page catlaogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and lightly worn; covers scuffed and marked. Gilt titles faded, especially to spine. Front joint cracked. Bookplate to half-title page. damage to title page. Scattered foxing to some margins and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but contents generally very good.

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YESTERDAY'S GOLCONDAS
Written by R.H. Bird.
Stock no. 1609360
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Notable British metal mines. Mottled yellow / orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903485370. Spine and corners bumped. A little foxing. Wrapper spine faded.

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FROM AN ACORN, THE TREE
Written by Harry Lewis.
Stock no. 1608341
c. 1949. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Bound with cord through spine. 44 pages. B/w photos. A history of the Wandsworth Gas Company. Special supplement to The Wandgas Magazine. Covers a little scuffed and darkened. Cover edges creased. Grubby mark to page 37.

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TUNNELLING DESIGN, STABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION
Written by B.N. Whittaker; R.C. Frith.
Stock no. 1608294
Published by The Institution Of Mining And Metallurgy. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. 460 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. Intended to serve the tunnel designer and practitioner with a basis for a better appreciation of tunnel problems and a range of solutions. ISBN: 187070620X. Some light marks to covers and light corner creasing. Contents near fine.

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