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8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and plates in monochrome; black ribbed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly rubbed dustwrapper.
188244390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown books
188244390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown
Institutional ex-library book with interior library marks, but unmarked cover. 240 pages. Many photos. Crease on spine.
335 pages. Index. Glossary. Black and white photos in text. "Features true stories from miners that worked in the largest lead and zinc mine in the world, Kimberley's 'Mighty Sullivan' in southeastern British Columbia." - from back cover. Few spots of soiling otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1985147343La Paz Bolivia: n.pub 1985. 64 p. wraps 16th edition Spanish text. n.pub unknown books
384 p. Numerous illustrations. Ownership label. 4to. Original cloth spine over glossy paper covered boards. Extremities rubbed. Original dust jacket worn and chipped with small loss. Second printing. Hardbound. Very good. W2
[8], 9-222 pages. Occasional black and white illustrations. Undated but appears to be circa 1937. A collection of approximately 180 Canadian mining verses compiled, in part, because "a good deal of verse associated with the industry's remoter past was in danger of becoming permanently lost." - Foreword. Includes works by Robert Service, J.C. Murray, Alpine MacGregor, and many others, brief biographies for fourteen of whom are included at back. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's illustrated brown buckram-covered boards. Front hinge starting. Narrow opening in binding at title page. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A worthy vintage copy of this nostalgic Mother Lode of Canadian verse. Book
197664387Toronto Ontario Canada: Ministry of the Attorney General Province of Ontario Canada 1976. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Ham. DJ has some wear soiling tears and chips. xi 349 20 p.23 cm. Illustrations. Map. Notes. Statistical Tables; OC-2340/74. The Committee of Council gave due consideration to the Report of the Attorney General and recommended that a Commission be issued to appoint Dr. James Milton Hamm to investigate all matters related to health and savety involved in the working conditions and working environment of mines in Ontario. This report is increasingly scarce. Mining accidents continue to occur in the United States China and elsewhere around the world. There is enduring value in this Royal Commission report. Ministry of the Attorney General, Province of Ontario, Canada hardcover
Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper - otherwise 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 196pp. Six months after the miners' strike of 1984-5, the author visited the north-east of England where he interviewed people on both sides of the dispute - miners, their wives, Union officials, policemen, shopkeepers, young people, Coal Board officials, schoolteachers and many others. This vivid social documents sets out their words. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
One of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series. 288 pages. Comes with letter from the publisher to Dr. Timothy Sicks.
190297198San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company 1902. 1902. Good. - Octavo 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages i-xvi 1-170 2 portraits and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits textual diagrams & illustrations pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. <p>First edition. RARE.<p>From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas after whom Douglas Arizona was named with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas who was born in Quebec spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years as a metallurgist and mining engineer he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. hardcover
0260879703.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
241001012Audio CD. Used: Very Good. 0x0x0. Very good condition. From a private collection. Comes from non smoking home. unknown
348 pages including index and select bibliography and photo gallery. Topics include: the native people, the Lillooets, and their first known contacts with Europeans; Hurrying miners of the Gold Rush; isolated pioneer farmers; the eventual dyking and drainage of the valley which resulted, finally, in a road to Vancouver. Text is graced with many historical black and white photos. Moderate wear and soiling. Unmarked. Tight and sqaure. A quality copy. Book
1332233473.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332237478.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0091892457.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
158724411X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0331084961.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0331302829.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1396088512.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19713713422Methuen & Co 1971. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN:0416658601 Methuen & Co paperback
1912184517Pony Montana: Western Federation of Miners 1912. Seven 8x12-inch printed forms with written data very good condition. The WFM union miners Local 131 of Pony MT entered monthly figures on its membership income and expenses and other information for filing with the WFM. The local suffered high unemployment during this period. Gold mining was prevalent in this area in southwest Montana. Western Federation of Miners unknown books
1912184517Pony Montana: Western Federation of Miners 1912. Ephemera. Seven 8x12-inch printed forms with written data very good condition. The WFM union miners Local 131 of Pony MT entered monthly figures on its membership income and expenses and other information for filing with the WFM. The local suffered high unemployment during this period. Gold mining was prevalent in this area in southwest Montana. Western Federation of Miners unknown