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MINE ENGRAVINGS Please quote list ME1/2009
1. Fahlun-Minen. A Swedish Iron Mine which could be mistaken for a cave, except for the gantry above it. 10.5 x 16 cm £5.00
2 Fammer Przykos in dem Salzberwerken von Wielietzka. C Reiss del. B Metzroth sc. Showing a boat on a lake in the Wielietzka Salt Mine, Poland. 11 x 14.5 cm. £5.00


A TREATISE ON METALLIFEROUS MINERALS AND MINING by D C Davies. Sixth edition, edited by his son E Henry Davies 1901 526 pp, about 150 illus, HB, publishers original cloth with a section of a mine on the front cover picked out in gold. Both covers show signs of wear, but this is nice tight copy otherwise in good condition. £65.00

MINING IN A MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE. The Royal Silver Mines of the Tamar Valley by Stephen Rippon, Peter Claughton and Chris Smart 2009 207 pp, numerous illustrations.
The royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers which started operating in 1296, to provide silver for minting coins, represented a major departure in medieval English industry. Directly controlled by the Crown, they were deeper, more intensive, and employed many more workers than anything that had gone before, requiring the founding of what was probably Britain's first town purpose built for miners at Bere Alston in the Tamar Valley on the Cornwall / Devon border. SB £25.00

GEOLOGY / Minerals, Mines and Soils of IRELAND in reference to the Amelioration and Industrial Prosperity of the Country by Joseph Holdsworth Esq MGSF & c. 1857 240 pp, couple of steel engravings. I have listed 25 references to mining. HB some wear at top and bottom of the spine. Original publishers in embossed red cloth. £99.00

THE METAL MINES OF WEST CORK by Diane Hodnett, [2010] 288 pp, 230 figs, some in colour. SB. Although many mines have long since fallen in or have been filled in, many adits are still open and ripe for exploration. This book gives the latest information, with maps and photos. SB £12.99 NEW

STRONTAIN MINES CD with 21 jpg files. To clear £1.00

THE LIMESTONES OF SCOTLAND by T Robinson et al 1976 x+221 pp, 7 plates, 43 figs. Includes Oil Shale and coal. With a list of mines and quarries in 1947. HB, £15.00 NEW.

FOUR ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS IRELAND North, South, West and East. Covers all of Ireland including the Republic (Éire) and Northern Ireland. 1: 250 000 or Price New £8.25 each. From us, as new only £2.00 each or £5.00 the lot.

THE COAL-FIELDS OF SCOTLAND by Robert W Dron 1921, Glasgow, Jon Smith & Son Ltd 135 pp, 18 plates, PHOTOCOPY £1.00

SCOTTISH COLLIERIES /An inventory of the Scottish Coal Industry by Miles K Oglethorpe June 2006 iv+333 pp, numerous photos. A massive coffee table book published regardless of expense by the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. HB DW NEW £15.00

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