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219 pages. Many archival black and white illustrations. Signed and inscribed by Warren Cullins atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Fold-out maps. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this pleasing vintage reference of early days of transportation in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. Book
276 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. "Illuminates the origins of the 1912-14 strike by examining the development of the coal industry on Vancouver Island, the founding of Ladysmith, the experience of work and safety in the mines, the process of political and economic mobilization, and how these factors contributed to the development of identity and community." - from back cover. Book
16396Kenfig Hill Bridgend South Wales. 1 February 1911 to 18 January 1938. The present volume provides a fascinating sidelight into the operations of an archetypal Working Men's Club Labour leader Ed Milliband was recently described as being 'more at home in Primrose Hill than Kenfig Hill' at what was perhaps the high point of such an institution covering the period from just before the Great War to the end of the Depression of the 1930s. The accounts relate to two locations: the Cefn Institute and the Talbot Miners' Welfare Institute. The latter was founded in 1911 after a gift from the Talbot family and closed in 1959. A listed building it reopened with lottery funding in 2005. The item is 270pp. large 4to. In printed ledger by Western Mail Limited of Cardiff: in double column with 'Receipts' including printed columns for the Kenfig Hill collieries Aberbaidon Ton Philip Bryndu Cribbwr Vawr on the left-hand opening and 'Expenditure' on the right. A sturdy 41 x 34 cm. volume with plum leather quarter-binding and grey cloth covers. In gilt on spine: 'General Income and Expenditure Book'. Internally good on lightly-aged paper in aged and worn binding. Occasional sets of accounts are dated and marked as 'Audited and found correct' and signed and dated by two individuals. Loosely inserted in the volume are manuscript memoranda 2pp. 4to on one leaf with one side carrying a list of 12 Kenfig Hill names and addresses headed 'January 12th 1920 Management Committee Aberberbaiden sic for Aberbaiden a Kenfig colliery together with the name and address of the 'Examiners Rep'. The volume also contains three loose receipts dated 1913 1914 and 1938 and a note in Welsh. The first page of the volume contains a record of sums raised by 'Tickets sold for opening concert' and at the rear are two entries relating to the 'Opening Ceremony' on 20 September 1911: a record of the 'Proceeds of Tickets sold at doors' £6 16s 0d and eleven guineas to J. D. Dover for the 'cost of Luncheon'. The accounts cover everything from methylated spirits to waste paper baskets and a note indicates the care with which the accounts were kept: 'N.B. Of the £8 18s 1d received from the Collieries prior to the appointment of D H Price as Treasurer - the Sum of £8 6s 9d was expended before his appointment and the Balance 11s/4d was transferred to him and acknowledged on opposite page - receipt No. 9'. A valuable aspect of the volume is the record of wages and salaries caretaker cashier treasurer for example: £10 7s 6d to 'John Rogers 5 wks' wages & £2 7s 6d less 10s/- a wk. Insurance Benefit for 3 wk.'; 10s to 'E. Grififth Rees acting as temporary caretaker - one day'; £3 to 'Mrs. Hopkin for washing towels'; £5 to 'A. Holwill for Painting Cen Institute on a/c'; £5 2s 8d to 'W. Parry 44 Hours at 2/4 per hour Repairs to Institute'. The thousands of entries include: 3s 6d to 'Mr Wm Hopkins - haulage of coal from Cribur Fawr'; £10 7s 9d to 'Messrs Evan Thomas & Co. Ironmongery etc carbide'; 15s to 'Mrs A Davies cleaner - for cleaning school after Committee meetings'; £0 5s 6d to 'D Davis Haulage of Coal from Ton-Phillip yard to K. Hill'; £10 to 'H Samuels Ltd. Medals for Billiard Tournament Prizes'; £13 15s 0d to 'Mr E J Riley cost of small Billiard Table'; £1 11s 0d for 'Hire of Hall Piano'; 9s 6d to 'Dana & Co. Temple of Fashion rubber gloves'; 10s 6d to 'Western Mail - revolving climax date stamp'; £29 14s 0d to 'Acetylene Gas & Carbide Co. new generator'; £1 15s 0d to 'Ton Phillip Colliery Co. 2 tons coal'; 1s to 'G Richards - throwing a load of coal'; 6d to 'S. H. Stockwood - Billiard License'; 18s to 'John Davies goods supplied as prizes for billiard handicap'; 12s to 'The Blick Typewriter Co Ltd'; £8 9s 11d to the 'Postmaster General Telephone Charges Cefn £4 . 15 Talbot £3 . 4 . 11'. The Institute's library features in a number of entries for example: £3 4s 0d to 'Moses Morgan classifying books'; £1 14s 0d to 'Mr Edward Dodd cost of 24 Vol. Punch's Library'; £30 to 'W H Smith & Son - 3rd instalment for Library books'; £1 10s 7d to 'D F Williams - Magazines etc'; £10 3s 6d to 'Albert Edwards Bookcase etc. for Cefn'; £1 8s 6d to 'Pain & Co. Magazine Covers'. [Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, South Wales.] 1 February 1911 to 18 January 1938. hardcover
9788599993897TEOSOFICA. new. Vrios autores apresentam nesta obra uma abordagem ampla da energia interior que controla o �mpeto sexual humano. Eles escrevem francamente acerca das motivaes profundas e transcendentes que esto por trs da atrao sexual humana. TEOSOFICA unknown
0483972193.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
195415390Lünen, Selbstverlag Gewerkschaft, 1954. mit 26 farb. Offset-Tafeln. ill. blindgepr. OLdr., 26 Tafeln + 36-seitiges Begleitheft, 4° (=32 x 26 cm) [2 Warenabbildungen]
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Scarce
251782 June 1892. On House of Commons letterhead. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Under Gladstone Burt served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1892-1895. From the papers of Arthur George Liddon Rogers 1864-1944 son of the editor of the economist Thorold Rogers and written while Rogers was Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department a sort of public relations department a position to which he was appointed in November 1891. 2pp 12mo. On bifolium. Signed 'Thos Burt'. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Begins 'Dear Mr Rogers / I see there were two divisions on the weighing clauses of the mines Act of 1887. The first on an amendment moved by Mr Fenwick to deprive the Home Secretary of the power to exempt any mine from the weighing clauses. The second moved by Mr Donald Proudford to make it imperative that the weight should be by imperial ton. The representatives of the miners in the House supported both and Mr. Herman Hodge voted against both.' He gives a reference to the 'Division List' and ends by stating that his name need not be mentioned 'in connection with this'. 2 June 1892. On House of Commons letterhead. unknown
249232 June 1892; and 2 and 11 February and 11 October 1893. The first two on House of Commons letterhead; the third on letterhead of the Reform Club Pall Mall; the fourth from Cromer on letterhead of the Board of Trade Whitehall London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Under Gladstone Burt served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1892-1895. From the papers of Arthur George Liddon Rogers 1864-1944 son of the editor of the economist Thorold Rogers and written while Rogers was Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department a sort of public relations department a position to which he was appointed in November 1891. The four items all addressed to ‘Dear Mr Rogers’ and signed ‘Thos Burt’ are all bifoliums in good condition folded for postage. ONE 2 June 1892: 2pp 12mo. With regard to an LPD publication he regrets that he ‘cannot do the leaflet’. Not only does he have ‘more work on hand than I can get through my having a member of the Royal Commission inquiring into the subject hampers me’. He does not think he could ‘with propriety write publicly on the subject at a time when I am engaged with others in preparing the Report’. TWO 2 February 1893: 4pp 12mo. A ‘rush of correspondence’ has left him without a ‘spare minute’. He is enclosing a letter from one of his constituents ‘in the hope that you may be able to forward him some leaflets bearing upon the points he mentions’. Burt’s own paper ‘on the Mines Reg Act that I wrote for you might be useful and I have no doubt you have something on Free Education and the other questions referred to’. He asks if there is ‘a cheap edition of Mr John Nohle’s book’. He ends with reference to the return of a book and the settling of an account. THREE 11 February 1893. 2pp 12mo. In thanking him for his ‘kind letter & for yr prompt attention to my request’ he is returning a cheque. FOUR 11 October 1893. 4pp 12mo. In a secretarial hand with Burt’s autograph signature. He is ‘away from the Board of Trade until Parliament re-assembles’ and is consequently ‘not in a position myself to verify all the facts contained in the enclosed pamphlet’. He believes ‘the facts given are strictly accurate except under the heading Seaman’s Wages’. As ‘chairman of the departmental Comttee that enquired into the subject’ he makes suggestions towards the way ‘the beginning of that paragraph should I think be somewhat modified’. He knows ‘that steps are now being taken to extend the system to foreign posts. If the leaflet is not issued before I return to the B of T I will make further enquiry should you so desire with a view to ensure absolute correctness.’ 2 June 1892; and 2 and 11 February, and 11 October, 1893. The first two on House of Commons letterhead; the third on letterhead unknown
193953575Chicago: Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee 1939. First Edition. Quarto 30cm. Bifolium circular single sheet folded to make 4pp; illus. Also three laid-in clippings relating to the case; draft resolution for the use of UMWA locals; and petition form blank for submission to Hon. Henry Horner Governor of Illinois. Mild wear and soil; ink date at base of first page; Very Good or better overall. Apparently complete campaign packet as distributed to UMWA locals in Illinois following the sentencing of five Du Quoin Illinois miners for the death of a bystander during a violent strike at the United Electric Coal Company's strip mine in Perry County. The brochure gives background on the case prints the joint petition of the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers of America and statements by Norman Thomas Charles Edward Russell Margaret Marshall and others. Catalogued but not located in OCLC. Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee unknown books
288 p. Illustrated with numerous paintings and photographs, many in color. Pictorial end papers. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped, slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. W2 LStk
xi, 394 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Joe Boyle led many lives - sailor, sports promoter, entrepreneur, diplomat, soldier, spy - each life a testament to a romantic nature, a love of action, a blunt, single-minded devotion to doing what seemeed right and what needed to be done. Decorated by four European countries for outstanding services in war, he long remained unsung and all but forgotten in his own land. Now, using new material from the Boyle family archives never before published, this book recreates in colourful detail the exciting life of one of the last international heroes." - dust jacket. Book
189941042Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co. n.d. ca 1899. 1899. First edition. 7 3/4" x 4" in colorful pictorial wrapper. Rear wrapper missing. 32 pp. including front wrapper. Illustrations. Maps. Schedules. "Founded in Baltimore in 1852 to operate a cargo and passenger steamship line between Baltimore and Boston Mass. The service initially operated with two wooden hulled side wheelers but in 1859 built two iron hulled steamers to augment services and extended services to call at Providence Rhode Island. Services were disrupted by the American Civil War but resumed in 1864. After a period of decline after the war the company slowly recovered and by 1869 were able to order a new ship. Further ships were built in the 1870s and in 1876 the Baltimore & Savannah SS Co. was purchased which allowed the company to enter the cotton trade between Savannah Charleston and New York. The company expanded in the 1880s and added several new ports of call including Newport News and Norfolk to their routes. In 1900 a Philadelphia - Savannah service was started and in 1907 the Winsor Line of Philadelphia was purchased with their fleet of seven steamers. A new route between Baltimore and Jacksonville commenced in 1909 and in 1920 a service was initiated to Havana Cuba but this was discontinued after about a year. A service to Nassau Bahamas started in 1939 but on the entry of the United Stated into World War II in 1941 most of the company's ships were requisitioned for war duty. Limited services continued but after the war it was not considered financially viable to re-purchase ships which had been sold to the Government or to build new ships and in 1948 it was decided to cease trading. The company was officially liquidated in 1952." Pamphlet includes overview of the company; information about places along the route to include Chesapeake Bay Old Point Comfort Fort Monroe Hampton Hampton Roads and Norfolk; general information about the ships and officers; information about what one can expect while sailing; information on various rooms aboard the ship to include the Social Hall the Saloon the Companionway and Staterooms and the Culinary Department. List of running times between various ports 11 pages of deck plans for the various ships schedules list of fleet ships and their Commanders and rates of fare. Illustrations throughout most shaded in blue and with 2 pages of color illustrations. At center is a double-page system map colored in yellow and with the routes in red. 3 small maps 3 3/4" x 1 3/4" showing their Boston line Providence line Savannah line Newport News and Norfolk line. Staples rusted and center page disbound along with small crease to top corner of front wrapper and first few pages and tiny crease to bottom corner of one page. A. Hoen & Co., n.d. [ca 1899]. unknown
11 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "One of the last of the old miners, Captain Norman Evans-Atkinson, discusses the declining days of gold mining in British Columbia". - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Book
1032618418.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2025x-1032618523Routledge 2025. Paperback. New. 306 pages. 7.81x5.06x7.81 inches. Routledge paperback
1032618523.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19714324900Methuen & Co 1971. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN:0416658601 Methuen & Co hardcover
A9781032618418Hardback. New. <p>Originally published in 1971 this book is an account of the development of the Nigerian Army in the critical ten years spanning independence. It describes the transformation of a despised colonial defence force into a Nigerian army with a popularly recognized reputation. </p> hardcover
ria9781032618524_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Originally published in 1971 this book is an account of the development of the Nigerian Army in the critical ten years spanning independence. It describes the transformation of a despised colonial defence force into a Nigeria paperback
50245669like new. unknown
0416658601.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
240 p. Profusely illustrated. Bottom corners damp stained. Small 4to. Original faux leather binding embossed in the style of saddle leather. Front board decorated with a color oval drawing. Hardbound. Very good. W9
191220972Denver Colorado: Western Federation of Miners 1912. 16 pages; John M. O'Neill editor; first page with short pieces of importance to the general union movement n the U.S. & abroad political commentary; especially interesting is a pre-cursor to a following article urging laborers to stay away from the anti-union state of California and especially to not bother to apply for work at the upcoming San Francisco Exposition in 1915; followed by articles about a prison flogging in Delaware 'Dire Poverty and Great Wealth' 'W.R. Hearst Denounced' 'School Funds for Military Purposes' by John Tierney a piece on revolution by E. Moyle others; an open letter to Senator Borah by Tom Corra Organizer for the W.F.M regarding tariffs and employment; opinions on the Socialist Party trade unions 'News from Washington D.C.'; more; mining union news as in "Stay away from Tonopah Nevada" due to high unemployment and dismal future prospects for workers; also with a couple of pro-union anti-capitalist poetry pieces; a couple of memorials for passed union brothers; with a directory of local unions and offices of the Federation listed by state giving useful information with number name location meeting night president & secretary number of members address; with also the state and district listings and the womens' auxiliaries; with a few advertisements for union made materials and products and a warning "Don't be a Scab" in the mining camps of So. Dakota where the Homestake Mining Company required prospective employees to sign a non-union affiliation pledge - this paper has a facsimile printed of the pledge card on the 3rd page in; small old original subscription label on front cover of the American Association for Labor Legislation New York; large format 15 ½" x 11" size; printed on thin slightly glossy-stock paper original illustrated cover; some edgewear and chipping to paper old fold line at middle cover with a bit of loss along that line which splits the pages almost to the end of the issue no loss of text; overall in good condition and a fragile survival from this period of great unrest in the mining regions of the American West. . Soft Cover. Good. Western Federation of Miners Paperback books