Mining History from Bramcote Books Ltd

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Focuses on local coal mining societies which can then be compared and contrasted to similar communities elsewhere; glossy hardcovers show some signs of handling, text bright and unmarked; very good working copy; pp ix, 287

National Mining Museum, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Stapled booklet, a catalogue and guide to the museum with illustrations and photos; pp 14

Truro: Tor Mark Press. Soft cover. Good. Stapled pamphlet, pp. 32; scuffing on back cover, otherwise very good.

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1891. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1891 first edition; full handbook on laying-out and working of collieries for colliery managers and coal-mining students; numerous plans, diagrams, illustrations, with illustrated adverts including printed endpapers; blue boards with gilt spine title; some loosening of pages and small tear to top spine, but still a good… Ler mais sobre este item

NUM, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A book for the use of branch officials; grubby condition, but intact; pp 205

London: Institution of Mining Engineers, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. An eclectic mix of the annual reports of various regions, plus discussion records of topical developments - for example, 'Recent Borings in the Nottingham Coalfields', 'The Permeability of Coal to Gasses', 'The Introduction and Supply of Coke-Oven Gas to Sheffield; pp. 348.

London: ICDI. Stapled Booklet. Fine. 210mm x 295mm. pp. 31; produced in the late 1980s, this 'report presents the case for coal as the best option against all the main criteria power companies examine when making their investment decisions'.

London: Department of Energy, 1978. Soft cover. Fine. Report of a working party, recommending that the government should consider funding up to two thirds of the cost of projects concerned with using coal to make petrol, chemical feedstocks and substitute natural gas and with new combustion technologies; foreword by Tony Benn, Secretary of State for Energy; stapled booklet… Ler mais sobre este item

NUM, 1955. Soft cover. Good. pp. 32; some discolouration to the cover, staples rusting; this stapled pamphlet is exactly what you might expect - it concludes 'all were firmly of the opinion that it is only by such visits whereby the "man in the street" can meet and talk with his counterparts throughout the world and learn somethng… Ler mais sobre este item

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident Association, 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Inscribed with label 'With the General Secretary's compliments, L C Maitland'; contains details of the Acts of Parliament bearing on the mining industry, together with miners' national agreements, covering areas such as hours and wages, compensation, hewers and fillers, horsekeepers, boys etc.; small marks… Ler mais sobre este item

Sheffield: Peak District Mines Historical Society, 1971. Third Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Special publication no 2 from the Peak District Mines Historical Society "to encourage the study of the mines, mining and mineralogy of the Peak District by the conservation of mines, tools, plant and equipment"; stapled booklet, pp 32

London: Institution of Mining Engineers, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Records of regional meetings, plus discussion records of topical developments: for example, the 'Characteristics of of Outbursts of Gas in Mines', 'Electrical Haulage and the Elimination of Pit Ponies', 'The Beam Electric Head Lamp'; pp. 198.