[ COTES, J. ]:

The Miner's Guide or Complete Miner.

Wirksworth, J. Cotes, 1810, 8vo, pp. xx, 150, with two illustrations and list of subscribers. Paper discoloured in places, but very good condition in modern quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Particlarly relates to lead mining in the High Peak of Derbyshire.

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Book number: 2734

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Keywords: mining, Wirksworth, Peak District, Derbyshire, lead mining, lead mines,

ANON:

The Struggle for Supremacy: Being a Series of Chapters in the History of the Leblanc Alkali Industry in Great Britain

Liverpool, Walmsley, 1907, pp. 78, illustrated. Original cloth, a little wrinkling to back cover, but very good condition.

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Book number: 3444

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Keywords: Alkali, Leblanc,Widnes,Muspratt, Mond,

ASPIN, Chris:

The Water-Spinners; a New Look at the Cotton Trade.

Helmshore Local History Society, 2003., pp. (8), 508, illustrated. Original limp card covers, Reading creases to spine, lightly used, but good, sound condition.

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Book number: 3256

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Keywords: isbn 0906881137,Helmshore,cotton trade,textiles,Arkwright,Samuel Crompton,cotton mills,factories, 0906881137

BANKS, A.G. and SCHOFIELD, R.B:

Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery: an Engineering Study.

Newton Abbot, David Charles,1968, pp.156,illustrated. The dust jacket has few marks and has been covered in sticky-back plastic to preserve it, the book is very good. With a presentation inscription signed by the two authors.

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Book number: 3349

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Keywords: Brindley,Duke of Bridgewater,mining,Wet Earth,Manchester,Clifton,Salford,collieries,

BIRD, R.H. (editor):

The Mines of Grassington Moor & Wharfedale.

Northern Mine Research Society, 1980, A4,pp.95, folding plan of the principal veins and other illustrations. Name on tile-page, but a nice,clean copy in the original illustrated card covers. British Mining No.13.

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Book number: 1747

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Keywords: isbn 0901450162,mines,mining,Yorkshire,Grassington,Wharfedale,lead mining,metal mining, 0901450162

BOWES, Alderman I:

George Stephenson and M. Ferdinand de Lesseps

Salford, 1893, 62 page pamphlet. Original card covers a bit dusty and foxed, but sound condition. The full title is Rails and Waterways. George Stephenson and M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. The men and their work: The First Public Railway in the World and the Suez and Panama Canals. Ottley 2466.

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Book number: 2878

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Keywords: railways,Suez Canal,Panama Canal, de Lesseps,George Stephenson,Stockton and darlington railway,

CHAPMAN, Sydney J:

The Lancashire Cotton industry. A Study in Economic Development.

Manchester University Press,1904, first edition,pp.vii, 309. A few small marks to the front cover, head and tail of spine a bit bumped, but very sound in the original cloth. Stamp of the Free Trade Union on the front endpaper, but no other marks. Includes a useful and detailed bibliography.

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Book number: 2599

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Keywords: cotton,spinning,weaving,textiles,Lancashire,yarn,cloth,factories,factory,trade unions, factory legislation,

CORNWALL:

The Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall: with Marginal Notes and References to Authorities to which are added the Several Acts of Parliament, Schedule of Fees, Resolutions of the Judges etc.

Truro, Joseph Tregoning, 1824, 8vo, pp. 136. Original boards, edges uncut. Spine worn and defective, boards dusty, edges and corners rubbed, but still tight and sound. Name erased from front endpaper, leaving the date, but contents good and clean.

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Book number: 2160

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Keywords: Cornwall,mining, tin mining, stannaries, stannary, industrial history, metal mining,

DICKINSON, H. W:

John Wilkinson, Ironmaster.

Hume Kitchin, Ulverston, 1914, 8vo, pp. 60, (5), with 14 illustrations. Original cloth, a little faded, but very good, sound condition. Scarce.

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Book number: 2445

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Keywords: John Wilkinson, Ulverston, ironfounder ironmaster foundries pig iron cast iron Coalbrookdale

FIELDEN, John:

The Curse of the Factory System.

Halifax, Milner, [1836] small format, 13x8cm, pp. 96. Original cloth, rubbed and stained, neatly rebacked. Some heavy ink marks, mainly marginal, but some underlining, particularly to the early pages. Piece torn from margin of one leaf, not touching the text. Generally a rather used copy, but a scarce edition, Library Hub recording only copies at Oxford and Reading Univesities.

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Book number: 3168

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Keywords: John Fielden,factory acts,child labour,factory system,cotton factories,

GALLOWAY, Robert L:

Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade; The Invention of the Steam Engine and the Origin of the Railway

Colliery Guardian, 1898, two volume set, pp. xii, 533, xv, 409. Original maroon cloth, spines faded, else a very good and clean set of the original edition.

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Book number: 3119

Catalogue: Industrial History

Keywords: coal mining,coal trade,mines,mine explosions,

GUEST, Richard:

The British Cotton Manufactures.

Manchester, Henry Smith, 1828, pp. [2], 230. Original boards with paper label. largely unopened. A little dusty, but in exceptional sound and original condition. Includes "a reply to an article on the Spinning Machinery contained in a recent number of the Edinburgh Review." Goldsmith 25498.

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Book number: 2802

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Keywords: cotton manufacture,industrial history,Arkwright,McCulloch,textile machinery,cotton spinning,

GUEST, Richard:

A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture; with a disproval of the claim of Sir Richard Arkwright to the invention of its ingenious machinery.

Manchester, Joseph Pratt, 1823, 4to, pp. (4), 70, 4, 12 plates as called for. Original boards neatly re-backed with a leather spine. Boards rubbed and stained, but still tight and sound. Please note that there is some foxing and browning throughout, as seems quite usual, but this is an acceptable copy of an important early work on the cotton manufacture. Photos on request.

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Book number: 3262

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Keywords: cotton manufacture,Arkwright,industrial revolution,factories,cotton industry

HADDOCK, M. H:

Cultural Contacts of Mining.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949, pp. 144, original black cloth. Spine dull, some light foxing, but good, sound condition.

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Book number: 2562

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Keywords: mining mines coal coalfields minerals mine surveying triangulation compass

PEARSE, Arno S:

The Cotton Industry of Japan and China; being the Report of the Journey to Japan and China

February-April 1929 pp. 254. Original cloth-backed printed boards. Very good, clean condition.

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Book number: 3018

Catalogue: Industrial History

Keywords: Japan,China,cotton industry,