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1853Two volumes in one. pp. 308; 207. Over 200 wood engraved illustrations. Lacks map as usual. 8vo. Attractive original full cloth leather binding, embossed in gold and blind. Some browning, but not brittle. Includes: Locomotive Sketches, with Pen and Pencil. From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. A book that deserves greater attention as a repository of: interesting local history; accounts of the coal, railroad, canal, and iron industries; as well as specifics of travel and sightseeing in mid-19th century America. PA 15
1903257 p. + Color frontis map. Marbled end papers. All edges marbled. First signature loose. 8vo. Original quarter leather over cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Edges scuffed. Hardbound. Very good copy. In the summer of 1902 the anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania went on strike for over 160 days and sent the nation into a panic over a possible coal shortage, prompting President Teddy Roosevelt to intervene. Includes sections on: the coal region and its production; market conditions; hazards of mining; losses from the strike; and the commission's findings - with appendices of names of companies and individuals affected by the work stoppage. Quite important, though rarely consulted. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 42
1935197 p. Numerous charts and tables. Blue cloth. XLib. (Bureau of business research monographs, number 4). .
1887166 p. + Frontis. Bookseller's label, E. H. Stick, Scranton, Pa. on front paste down. 12mo. Pictorial color paper boards, slightly soiled and worn at extremities. Tale of the coal mines written in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. PA 28 x2
1954203 p. Illustrations. Welsh miners in Pennsylvania. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1884802 p. + Colored maps; engraved portrait illustrations; and plates showing architecture, etc. Title page loose and torn with some text loss. 4to. All edges gold gilt. Boards detached; spine lacking. The colored maps and architectural plates really make this a stand out among PA county histories. PA 1
1978167 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slight tear on top edge. The son of a famed Pennsylvania German printer, Cist developed the coal regions of the Wyoming Valley. PA 26.
1909256 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps, worn and chipped. Uncut edges. Includes: Coal Celebrations; Anthracite Mines; Capt. Shoemaker's Rangers Northampton County 1781; Olden Times in Bradford County; Capture and Rescue of Rosewell Franklin's Family by Indians 1782; Turtle Shell Rattles from Indian Graves; Etc. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 38
1920194p + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Includes: Grand Canyon as an Object Lesson in Geology; Indian Trails in Pennsylvania; Mineral Coal; Portraits of Eminent Americans; Etc. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA38
1864Volume I: pp. xx; 13-494. Uncut and unopened. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine faded. Includes important articles on: William Penn; Lord Baltimore; Provincial Literature (with bibliographic notes); Discovery of Anthracite Coal on the Lehigh; Notices of Negro Slavery; First Settlements of the Townships of Buckingham and Solebury in Bucks County; Robert Proud; Early Medical History; Etc. Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 35
1857328 p. + Wood engraved frontis portrait, and "Indian Map of Capouse Meadow". Both plates browned. Old damp stain. Early penciled ownerships of Newton?, Montville, Lancaster county, PA and J. F. Steward on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Head and tail of spine slightly worn. Excellent early history of an important region of Pennsylvania, famous for its coal and railroads. Howes H588. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 30 x2
1961166p. Numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. Folio. Original full paper binding. Original dust jacket. Slightly chipped. ART 5
1978108p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very good copy. AMERICANA BOX 4
1840pp. viii, 100, 12 [Appendix : Rules and regulations of the Bute Docks at Cardiff] + Two engraved maps. Yellow endpapers. Thin 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in blind. Cloth taped spine. Manuscript presentation from the Marquess of Bute to Robert Stephenson. Bute Docks: Following the development of the coal found in South Wales, the export of both coal and iron products required a sea connection to the Bristol Channel. In 1794, the Glamorganshire Canal was completed, linking the then small town of Cardiff with Merthyr, and in 1798 a basin was built, connecting the canal to the sea. By the 1830s, Cardiff became the pre-eminent iron-exporting port, shipping almost half of British overseas iron exports; between 1840 and 1870. Lack of proper dock facilities led Cardiff's foremost landowner, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848), to promote the construction of the (West) Bute Dock. Designed by Admiral William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), hydrographer, astronomer, antiquary, and author of this work. It opened in October 1839. Just two years later, the Taff Vale Railway was opened, following much the same route as the canal. Bute created modern Cardiff, Wales and the docks there. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer (many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son). Robert also gained fame as a bridge builder. The book also has an early pencil ownership for: W.J. Lewis, The Mardy, Aberdare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151 Far Rt
1 volume in-12° relié pleine percaline bleue éditeur avec fer spécial doré de la bibliothèque des merveilles, 316 pp. + 66 figures. Bon état mais avec des rousseurs et quelques traces de mouillure. [FL-11]
1900559pp, 560-1229pp + maps + errata VG/none First edition, in French. Editorial red cloth with gilt author and title on front board and spine, slightly worn with small stains, minute dent on the spine of vol.I, Royal Statistical Society sticker on the rear boards, one leaf in vol.I torn (no loss, repairable), unobstrusive stamps of the RSS throughout incl. Title page, Author's signed presentation on preliminary leaf detached in vol.I, small loss on margins in frontespice of vol.II, paper slightly browned on margins. Despite the defects observed it remains a nice set, tight and clean. Comprehensive work dedicated to the British coal trade, profusely illustrated by tables, large attractive folding charts and maps, some in colour. Two large coloured folding maps are included in a back pocket in vol.II. "Researches on the power of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. With charts, maps and graphs. Production and consumption of coal, lignites and petrol in the world and in the British Colonies, Navy and Army.". Heavy volumes (almost 3kg) attracting extra postage charges. Prima edizione, in francese. Due volumi tutta tela rossa con autore e titolo dorati al piatto e al dorso, leggeri segni di usura e qualche lieve macchia, piccola tacca al dorso del vol. I, etichetta della Royal Statistical Society al piatto posteriore, una pagina constrappo (senza mancanze, riparabile), discreti timbri della RSS all'interno. Presentazione autografa dall'autore sul foglio preliminare, staccato, nel vol.I, piccole mancanze al bordo del frontespizio del vol.II e carta lievemente brunita ai margini. Nonostante i difetti indicati i due volumi sono in condizioni piu' che buone. Completa ed esauriente opera dedicata al carbone delle Isole Britanniche con molte mappe e diagrammi. Due cartine di grande formato piegate sono presenti in una tasca nel vol.II.
1980159 pages including glossary and black and white photographic reproductions. Author began his career as a hand miner in England when he was thirteen and, after a few years of prairie farming, spent his working life in the industry, eventually becoming District Superintendant of the mines at Cumberland on Vancouver Island. In the intervening years he worked at nearly every phase of the coal mining process. This autobiography provides real insight into the life of the miner and how men worked in the mines. A most valuable record. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
198078 pages. Features: cutting and polishing stones is a lot of fun; 14 ways to hunt 'worked out' areas; Coinshooting old homes; Detecting accessories improve hobby; Arkansas pearls; Digging a Minie Ball "Gloryhole"; How to find coins around old swimming holes; The mystery of the beautiful bottle; A dump by any other name; Find where the ancients wandered; Roubaix and the Uncle Sam gold mine; Coal Town - Pennsylvania. Above-average wear. Book
198550 pages. Circa mid-1980s. "This is a book of images - fleeting moments in a construction project captured on film. "North East Coal" conjures up many different images: to those who negotiated sales agreements in Canada and Japan there is one set; to those who spent years styding and planning the development, other memories come to the fore; to those who worked on the construction projects across northern British Columbia there are other pictures; and to those who live in Tumbler Ridge and work in jobs created by the development yet still another set of images surfaces. We hope that the pages of this book will trigger all these memories." - from foreward. Wonderfully illustrated with colour photography. Negligible wear to clean, bright and unmarked book. Three closed tears to attractive dust jacket which bears light wear. Very nice copy. Book
198355 pages. A play based upon the coal-mining Dunsmuirs of Vancouver Island. Few markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
191815 pages. Documents Manitoba Peat Bogs, Saskatchewan Coal Fields and Saskatchwan Oil shale. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
191825 pages. Presents information in tabular format. Topics include: Quebec Peat Bogs; Ontario Peat Bogs; Miscellaneous Samples including coal, briquettes from organic city refuse, anthracite, oil shale and natural gas. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
194776 pages. Features: John L. Lewis vs. the People - the man who ran the coal mines in wartime says the U.S. must break the power monopoly of John L. Lewis; Look Out when you Eat Out; What to do in a Fire; Hundred-Year Harvest - Farmers in 72 lands use Massy-Harris equipment; Elizabeth and Philip - Close-up of a Royal Romance; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh; The Nahanni Valley. Nice colour ads for: The Banff Springs Hotel; Campbell's Vegetable Soup; Stetson Hats; Canada Dry; SOS Pads; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Maxwell House Coffee; Kellogg's Corn Flakes; Good Year Tires; Carling Breweries; Studebaker automobiles. Average wear. Covers partially detached. A worthy copy of this very nostalgic issue. Book
197840 pages. Features: To the Unknown Interior - excerpts from Frederich Whymper's book; Captain Cook Ceremony; Deserted Danish Settlement; Quinsam Lake coal mine update; Lasqueti Islanders oppose Transmission Line; Sea Otter Preserve Proposed. Light wear. clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1998312 pages. Presents high quality black and white photos and brief biographies of retired and active coal miners from across Canada. Most nostalgic and enjoyable to peruse! Clean, glossy and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy of this wonderful photographic compilation. Book