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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ENGLAND & WALES: EXPLANATION OF SHEET 288 : THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND MAIDSTONE

By: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Price: £9.50

Publisher: LONDON, H.M.S.O.: 1963

Seller ID: 007400

Condition: VG-

Standard Geological Survey memoir covering the central area of Kent. 183pp, illustrated. Ex-ref. library with just a few stamps, otherwise a VG copy.
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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ENGLAND & WALES: EXPLANATION OF SHEET 304 : THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND TENDERDEN

By: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Price: £10.00

Publisher: LONDON, H.M.S.O.: 1969

Seller ID: 007401

Condition: VG-

Standard Geological Survey memoir covering the High Weald area of Kent. 123pp, illustrated. Ex-ref. library with just a few stamps, otherwise a VG copy in dw..
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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ENGLAND & WALES: EXPLANATION OF SHEETS 187 & 204 : THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND HUNTINGDON AND BIGGLESWADE

By: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Price: £9.50

Publisher: LONDON, H.M.S.O.: 1965

Seller ID: 007402

Condition: VG-

Standard Geological Survey memoir covering this area on the edge of the Fens. 90pp, illustrated. Ex-ref. library with just a few stamps, otherwise a VG copy in slightly marked dw..
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THE WHARFDALE MINES (BRITISH MINING No.49)

By: GILL M C

Price: £8.00

Publisher: NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 1994

Seller ID: 003370

ISBN: 0901450413

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: VG

History and account of the lead mines in the Wharfdale area of the Yorkshire Dales. 124pp with photos, maps and plans. VG copy in card covers.
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THE GRASSINGTON MINES (BRITISH MINING No.46)

By: GILL M C

Price: £12.00

Publisher: NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 1993

Seller ID: 002819

ISBN: 0901450391

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: VG

History and account of the lead mines in the Grassington area of Yorkshire, much revised version of British Mining 13. 160pp with photos, maps and plans. VG copy in card covers.
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KEIGHLEY COAL (British Mining No.74)

By: GILL M C

Price: £9.95

Publisher: NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 2004

Seller ID: 012360

ISBN: 090145057X

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: VG

History of coal mining in the Keighley district. 107pp, with photos and plans. VG copy in card covers.
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SWALEDALE : ITS MINES AND SMELT MILLS

By: GILL MIKE

Price: £27.50

Publisher: LANDMARK PUBLISHING: 2000

Seller ID: 003378

ISBN: 1843060183

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Fairly detailed study of the lead mines and smelt mills of the area with many photos, plans and maps. 174pp Date written on front end-paper otherwise a Fine copy in dw.
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SWALEDALE : ITS MINES AND SMELT MILLS

By: GILL MIKE

Price: £15.00

Publisher: LANDMARK PUBLISHING: 2004

Seller ID: 018518

ISBN: 1843061317

Binding: Card Cover

Condition: Fine

Fairly detailed study of the lead mines and smelt mills of the area with many photos, plans and maps. 174pp Fine copy in card covers
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The Malham Mines (British Mining No.97)

By: Gill Mike & Squirrell Mike

Price: £14.95

Publisher: NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 2014

Seller ID: 018504

ISBN: 0901450707

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: Fine

Standard NMRS history of the metal mines and smelt mills of this part of Yorkshire. 104pp, illustrated. Fine copy in card covers.
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ADVENTURES IN COAL (British Mining 66)

By: GOODCHILD JOHN

Price: £9.50

Publisher: NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: 2000

Seller ID: 012327

ISBN: 0901450537

Binding: Card

Condition: As New

The Beginnings of the Coal Mining Firm of Henry Briggs Son & Co. in Yorkshire c1826 to 1890. 96pp, illustrated. As new copy in card covers.
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TIN MINES & MINERS OF DARTMOOR: A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD

By: GREEVES TOM

Price: £11.50

Publisher: DEVON BOOKS: 1993

Seller ID: 016614

ISBN: 0861147669

Condition: VG

Good photograhic record of many aspects of tin mining on Dartmoor. 86pp, mainly old photos with extemsive captions plus old maps etc. VG copy in card covers. Revised edition.
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Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland & Durham

By: Hair T H

Price: £39.00

Publisher: Augustus M Kelley Publications: 1969

Seller ID: X016129

Condition: VG

Facsimile of the 1st edition published in 1844, 52pp, folio, with 42 full page b/w illustrations. VG copy in dust wrapper.
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METAL MINES OF SOUTHERN WALES

By: HALL G W

Price: £16.95

Publisher: AUTHOR: 1971

Seller ID: 000264

Condition: VG

Account of all known mines in South Western Wales, including mining for Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper. 95pp with photos and plans. VG copy in original pictorial card covers.
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THE COPPER KING

By: HARRIS J R

Price: £15.00

Publisher: LANDMARK PUBLISHING: 2003

Seller ID: 011386

ISBN: 1843060922

Condition: Fine

Biography of Thomas Williams of LLanidan who developed the Parys Mountain Copper mines on Anglesey into the worlds largest copper producer in the late 18th Century. Much detail on the development of the mines. 192pp. Fine copy in dw.
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COLLIERIES & THEIR RAILWAYS IN THE MANCHESTER COALFIELDS

By: HAYES GEOFFREY

Price: £30.00

Publisher: LANDMARK PUBLISHING: 2004

Seller ID: 010475

ISBN: 184306135X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Good history of the Coal Mines of the South East Lancashire Coalfield - Atherton, Tyldesley, Worsley, Agecroft etc. and the related railway systems. 208pp, many photos and maps. VG copy in dw.
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Collieries in the Manchester Coalfields

By: HAYES GEOFFREY

Price: £25.00

Publisher: DE ARCHAEOLOGISCHE PERS: 1987

Seller ID: 004023

ISBN: 9065850384

Binding: Card

Condition: VG

Good history of the Coal Mines of the South East Lancashire Coalfield - Atherton, Tyldesley, Worsley, Agecroft etc. 211pp, illustrated. Published early 1980s. VG copy in card covers, slight wear. Scarce.
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SLATES FROM ABERGYNOLWYN - THE STORY OF BRYNEGLWYS SLATE QUARRY

By: HOLMES ALAN

Price: £16.95

Publisher: GWYNEDD ARCHIVES: 1999

Seller ID: 014761

ISBN: 0901337730

Condition: VG

History and account of these Slate Quarries served by the Tal-y-Llyn Railway. 143pp, well illustrated. Expanded 2nd edition. VG copy in card covers.
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BRYNEGLWYS SLATE QUARRY

By: HOLMES ALAN & EADE SARA

Price: £29.95

Publisher: AUTHORS: 2013

Seller ID: 014261

ISBN: 0956565247

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: Fine

History and account of these Slate Quarries served by the Tal-y-Llyn Railway. 138pp, well illustrated. Fine copy in card covers.
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A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BRITISH MINING

By: HUNT ROBERT

Price: £30.00

Publisher: EP PUBLISHING: 1978

Seller ID: 003000

ISBN: 0715812467

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Hunt's 'British Mining' originally published in 1884 is the single most important work to have been written on the history of metalliferrous mining in Great Britain. This reprint is of the first 'Book' of Hunts work (from the 1887 2nd edition), which gives the history of mining up to the end of the 18th century, plus the appendiices of mining returns. A full reprint of the work has never been published and the original editions are now extremely rare (and expensive). c.200pp. VG copy in slightly worn dw.
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MINING - AYRSHIRE'S LOST INDUSTRY

By: HUTTON GUTHRIE

Price: £9.00

Publisher: STENLAKE: 1996

Seller ID: 002550

ISBN: 187207488X

Condition: VG

Largely photographic history of the coal mines of Ayrshire. 112pp. VG in slightly edge worn card covers with glassine wrapper.
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LANARKSHIRE'S MINING LEGACY

By: HUTTON GUTHRIE

Price: £10.95

Publisher: STENLAKE: 1997

Seller ID: 011619

ISBN: 1840330155

Condition: VG

Largely photographic history of the coal mines of Lanarkshire. 112pp. VG in card covers.
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FIFE - THE MINING KINGDOM

By: HUTTON GUTHRIE

Price: £9.00

Publisher: STENLAKE: 1999

Seller ID: 002549

ISBN: 1840330929

Condition: VG

Largely photographic account of the coal mines of the Fife area. 112pp. VG copy in card covers.
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MINING FROM KIRKINTILLOCH TO CLACKMANNAN & STIRLAING TO SLAMANNAN

By: HUTTON GUTHRIE

Price: £9.50

Publisher: STENLAKE: 2000

Seller ID: 002551

ISBN: 1840331321

Condition: VG

Largely photographic account of the coal mines across the central belt of Scotland from Glasgow to Edinburgh. 112pp. VG in card covers.
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CWMORTHIN SLATE QUARRY

By: ISHERWOOD GRAHAM

Price: £20.00

Publisher: ADIT PUBLICATIONS: 1995

Seller ID: 012379

ISBN: 0952297914

Binding: Card

Condition: Fine

Detailed history and survey of this Slate Quarry south of Blaenau Ffestiniog, linked by rail incline to the Festiniog railway. 106pp, well illustrated, fold out plan at rear. Fine copy in card covers.
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MINES OF DEVON VOLUME 1: THE SOUTHERN AREA

By: JENKIN A K HAMILTON

Price: £11.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1974

Seller ID: 000258

ISBN: 0715367846

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

In similar style to the author's books on Cornish mines, this volume covers South Devon and the southern and central areas of Dartmoor. Volume 2 was only published 7 years later! 145pp with photos and plans. VG copy in dust wrapper, slightly faded on spine as usual.
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THE LADY ISABELLA WATERWHEEL OF THE GREAT LAXEY MINING COMPANY, ISLE OF MAN

By: JESPERSEN ANDERS

Price: £26.00

Publisher: AUTHOR: 1970

Seller ID: 002708

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: VG-

The only detailed account of the Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man - its technology, associated watercourses and mine pumps. 95pp plus fold out plans etc. VG copy in slightly edge worn card covers. Privately published by the Author in Denmark, this is the third and final edition. Uncommon.
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Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales

By: Johnson David

Price: £18.00

Publisher: AMBERLEY: 2010

Seller ID: 018722

ISBN: 1445600609

Binding: Card Cover

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of Limestone quarrying and Lime burning in the Dales. 283pp. The enlarged 2nd edition. VG copy in card covers
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Modelling Further Aspects of the Coal Industry

By: Johnson Rob

Price: £18.00

Publisher: BOOKLAW: 2006

Seller ID: 018557

ISBN: 1899624937

Binding: Glazed Boards

Condition: Fine

The Author's second book on ideas for modelling coal mines and their railways. 96pp. Fine copy in dust wrpaper.
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VICTORIAN SLATE MINING

By: JONES IVOR WYNNE

Price: £15.00

Publisher: LANDMARK PUBLISHING: 2003

Seller ID: 011324

ISBN: 1843060736

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG

Largely photographic look at the Welsh Slate Industry with some excellent victorian views. 142pp. VG copy in dw.
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MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY : THE GEOLOGY OF THE FIFE COALFIELDS : AREA III MARKINCH, DYSART AND LEVEN

By: KNOX J

Price: £18.00

Publisher: H.M.S.O.: 1954

Seller ID: 007184

Condition: VG-

Standard Geological Survey memoir on the economic geology of the Eastern section of the Fife Coalfield. 134pp, many plans and maps. Ex-reference library, a few marking to front end-papers and spine but otherwise a VG copy in original brown cloth boards as issued. Scarce.
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