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198386 pages. Index. Topics include: The Founding of Fort Langley; Fort Rupert, Its Coal and its Spar Trade; Miners and Managers - The Organization of Coal Production on Vancouver Island by the Hudson's Bay Company, 1848-1862; James Douglas - The Gold Governor in the Context of His Times. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
1969128 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "The early history of Sirhowy and Tredegar is more or less the history of the Industrial Revolution in microcosm." - Preface. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
1990Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated map endpapers. Extensive index. vii, [1],332 pp. "One of the most ambitious and lavish local histories ever undertaken in B.C. for such a relatively small community. Originally called Union Wharf, the town on the old Island Highway south of Courtenay arose when the Union Coal Company opened its Cumberland mines in 1888." - BC Bookworld website. Very light wear to burgundy cloth lettered with gilt. Binding tight. Prior owner's bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy of this particularly excellent local history. Gift quality. Hale & Barman 331 Book
rif. 9264170480.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1927Oversize harback with red illustrated paper over green cloth boards. 10"w x 12 1/4"h. Elaborate color map endpapers of the Saint Lawrence River, several other maps inside. Back of cover has a presentation seal identifying the book as #4485, presented to "The N.E. Dairyman" in neat cursive pen. An introduction by the commissioners, after which the book has text on the L. page with a very large b&w photo on the right, captioned below, displaying some element of the Port or some aspect of the Montreal harbor, all on glossy paper.
rif. 0332197859.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1332861008.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1331910927.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1937rif. HC10-171Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off., 1937. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., S. / p. 91 - 149, Taf. / plates 11. : maps Kt. + 1 Kt.-Beil. / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
1984Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. viii, 160 pages. Generously illustrated with colour photos and black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated endpapers. "The information used in this book pertaining to the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century has been obtained from the most reliable sources possible. I am grateful to those that so willingly furnished photos to identify the Elk Valley Pioneers and authenticate the articles written by me." - from author's Foreword. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of the 1984 revised edition. Book
1937rif. BA9-1064Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off., 1937. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., S. / 90 p. / S. , Taf. / plates 9. : maps Kt. + 2 Kt.-Beil. / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
1937rif. EC10-741Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off., 1937. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., S. / 90 p. / S. , Taf. / plates 9. : maps Kt. + 2 Kt.-Beil. / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
rif. 133448158X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1992361 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Footnotes, bibliography and index. "A rich social history which traces the events, from the decades leading up to the blast, the frenetic rescue operation and mass funerals, through the series of acrimonious legal inquiries, to the divisive relief effort and the continued commemoration of the disaster by the community of Mt Kembla." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. Minor bit of discolouration to top of dust jacket at spine. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
4to. Pp. 52, 62 photos and figs. of thin sections (14 in colour) on 13 pls. 4to. New wrs., orig. printed front cover mounted. - The author made several contributions to the techniques of making thin sections of coal, and the present memoir is, according to Andrews, "an especially informative account".
1865rif. 72589New York: C. O. Jones Stationer and Printer 1865. Paperback. Good. Paperback. First edition. 17pp. Missing the frontispiece chart. Ex-institutional copy with numbers written name and stamp on the front cover. Stamp "Library of the Franklin Institute" located on the verso of the title page. Front cover edge chipped and detached. Back cover chipped bottom corner. A good complete example. C. O. Jones, Stationer and Printer paperback books
1938rif. BA9-1065Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off, 1938. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., S.151-253 . / S. , Taf. / plates 14-26 . : maps Kt. + 2 Kt.-Beil. / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
1938rif. EC10-742Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off, 1938. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., S.151-253 . / S. , Taf. / plates 14-26 . : maps Kt. + 2 Kt.-Beil. / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
8vo (215 x 135 mm), 194 + 16pp., of adverts printed in pink paper, pictorial title page, 8 engraved plates, illustrs., in the text, a couple of gatherings standing proud, orig. blind-stamped ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, rubbed, head and foot of spine lightly chipped. All published of this scarce work on the Railway and Coal industry.
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
1971129 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, maps and documents. The story "of a few pioneers who, [south of Brandon, Manitoba], invested their substance and sweat in a mining venture that was only mildly successful". - Foreword. Includes photo-illustrated orange dust jacket. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative history. Book
1980rif. 44140New York: Random House 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 278pp. Octavo 24 cm 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards. Very good in a good dust jacket with much surface rubbing and a couple of small closed tears in the edges. A coal mining story set in West Virginia with Mother Jones leading a camp of striking miners many of them Italian immigrants. Random House hardcover books
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
rif. 1396158820.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1932rif. 054780New York NY: The Hudson Coal Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1932. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket the spine of the book is cocked but the binding remains tight the cover and contents look new and there are no other remarkable flaws the orange and black jacket is sunned to a lighter shade on the spine and moderate edge-wear is present the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional removable mylar cover is included "The purpose of this work is to make clear the story of anthracite - to describe its origin development methods of mining and preparation its human relationships and economic aspects - from the standpoint of experience" 425 pages illustrated throughout with photos and graphs includes a Glossary of Mining Terms and has a tipped-in "Presented with the compliments of The Hudson Coal Company" insert on the front end-paper . The Hudson Coal Company hardcover
