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149 pages. "This engaging illustrated history of Vancouver Island's east coast tourist and distribution centre spans the centuries from its Coast Salish Indian days to its boom town present." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lovely copy. Book
Features: Champlain transforms tribal rivalry into a continental conflict; William Duncan - missionary to the Tsimshian; Coal dust days in Canmore; The Nanaimo Mine Disaster of 1887; Robert Campbell - Yukon Explorer. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
Features: Railroad news photos; 19th Annual Motive Power Survey - How to Merge Motive Power - article and photos; Pullman Prolificacy - when Pullman was America's passport to everywhere; Photo section; Coal - going, going gone? - replaced by nuclear?; Why is wartime so synonymous with railroad Wrecks? - article; 11 hours with 111 year-old locomotive - The General, the venerable (Rogers 1855) Western & Atlantic 4-4-0 employed in the daring, ill-fated Andrews Raid in the Civil War - photos and text; and more. Average wear. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
13 pages plus geological sketch plan in pocket inside back cover. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
25 pages. Presents information in tabular format. Topics include: Quebec Peat Bogs; Ontario Peat Bogs; Miscellaneous Samples including coal, briquettes from organic city refuse, anthracite, oil shale and natural gas. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
20072-030911022XNatl Academy Pr 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 184 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Natl Academy Pr hardcover
1937EC10-738Washington, DC, Gov. Print. Off., 1937. original Broschur, gr.-8?, IV S /p ., . 92 S. / p , Taf. / plates 48. : / Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, a good copy
1951ZB494806Bituminous Coal Institute 1951. 204 pp. paperback light wear to covers else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Bituminous Coal Institute paperback
1904214893London : HMSO 1904. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Ex-libris copy with minor marks remaining.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 419 pages; Description: viii 419 p. : tabs. maps ill. ; 34 cm. Subjects: Coal mines and mining -- Coal -- United Kingdom -- Coal mines -- Industry -- Great Britain. Series: Command papers ; 1991. London : HMSO paperback
1957292902London : Colliery Guardian Co. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; A Colliery guardian publication. Physical description; 138 pages. Subjects; Great Britain. National Coal Board. National Coal Board. Coal industry Great Britain. London : Colliery Guardian Co. hardcover
1932054780New York NY: The Hudson Coal Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1932. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket the spine of the book is cocked but the binding remains tight the cover and contents look new and there are no other remarkable flaws the orange and black jacket is sunned to a lighter shade on the spine and moderate edge-wear is present the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional removable mylar cover is included "The purpose of this work is to make clear the story of anthracite - to describe its origin development methods of mining and preparation its human relationships and economic aspects - from the standpoint of experience" 425 pages illustrated throughout with photos and graphs includes a Glossary of Mining Terms and has a tipped-in "Presented with the compliments of The Hudson Coal Company" insert on the front end-paper . The Hudson Coal Company hardcover
8vo, 21.8cm. Pp. xxviii,825, 627 figs. in text. Orig. printed cloth, marbled edges. Title on backstrip partly faded, very good otherwise. - Comprehensive handbook of coal mining. This second edition was considerably enlarged.
22259Printed by 'William Thomas Argraffydd Caerfyrddin.' No date late Vicvtorian. The title is 'Hanes alarus am 26 o golliers a gollasant eu bywydau yn pwll glo Bedwellty gerllaw Tredegar Dydd Gwener Mehefin 16 1865.' This may be translated as 'The woeful tale of 26 colliers who lost their lives in the Bedwellty coal mine near Tredegar Friday 16 June 1865. 4pp 16mo 15.5 x 9 cm. Paginated 1-4. Bifolium. Printer's slug at foot of last page. Disbound. A frail survival: aged and worn. Beneath the title and covering the rest of the first page is a list of 25 of the deceased their ages and dependents headed 'ENWAU Y PERSONAU.' The first entry in the list is 'Thomas Meredith 50 oed priod ac un plentyn'; and the fourth 'Lewis Lewis 40 gweddw a phump o blant'. The poem in sixteen four-line stanzas covers pp.2-4 and is headed 'HANES ALARUS.' No copy in the National Library of Wales. The only copy of this item located either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC is at Swansea University where it is bound with other pamphlets by Carmarthen printers. Printed by 'William Thomas, Argraffydd, Caerfyrddin.' No date [late Vicvtorian]. unknown
33333337476CornwallUK.: Cornwall County Council. This book is part of a large purchase from a Public Sector Library and except where mentioned are for the most part LIKE NEW! MOSTLY the ONLY flaws are the blacked out they insisted Library stamps which show many of them to be UNUSED! This copy is Near Fine NEAR NEW. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE!. EX PUBLIC SECTOR LIBRARY BLACKED OUT STAMPS. Spiral-bound/Plastic Cover. Near Fine NEAR NEW/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. CARD COVERED PAPERBACK. Cornwall County Council. Paperback
0260139319.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1923ZB386922Washington: GPO 1923. 8 pp. quarto ex library extracted from larger bound volume and now re-stapled ex library good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, unknown
0266536433.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 450 pages with a great many photos, mostly in b&w. Chapters, with a large number of sub-chapters, include Rail corridors through the Cordillera to Canada's two Pacific gatways; The first Pacific gateways to overseas treade; The gateways 1917 to 1929 -- Panama extends Vancouver's reach to atlantic markets; A visual record of the gateway ports and the men who moved to cagoes 1843 to 1918; The depression years 1930 to 1938; The war years 1939 to 1945; The gateways 1946 to 1970 -- new markets for bulk commodities -- etc. for a total of eleven chapters ending with The facilities needed to handle overseas treade to 2020.
1855581658Utah Wilderness Coalition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Limited edition. SIGNED by the other. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Numbered 276 of 500 limited edition copies. Signed by Wallace Stegner and Hon. Wayne Owens. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Utah Wilderness Coalition hardcover
1860GITb151Paris Librairie Scientifique, Industrielle et Agricole Eugène Lacroix 1860. In-4 303pp. Demi chagrin noir, dos à nerfs, rel époque. Orné de 144 figures dans le texte ou à pleine page. Usure du papier des plats sur les coins, quelques rousseurs, sans l'atlas annoncé sur le titre.
408 pages including glossary, sources and index. Black and white illustrations. "A book about a time when a young boy could start in the mine as the lowest of workers and could become, through a lot of hard work and a little luck, a boss or even a millionaire." - from Preface. Author's signature upon title page. Usual library markings. Only light wear. A quality copy. Book
94 pages. Features: Saigon Beat; Supply Room; Silhouette Key; Military and Political Analysis; Coal Mine Wars; Ya Gotta Earn It; On Location in Mindanao; The Pima Air Museum; Leftovers in Lebanon; TRA - Tactical Response Association; Dutch Commandos; Custom Servival Knives; The Yachting Airmen; Recon Corpsman. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
129 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, maps and documents. The story "of a few pioneers who, [south of Brandon, Manitoba], invested their substance and sweat in a mining venture that was only mildly successful". - Foreword. Includes photo-illustrated orange dust jacket. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative history. Book
328 p. + Wood engraved frontis portrait, and "Indian Map of Capouse Meadow". Both plates browned. Old damp stain. Early penciled ownerships of Newton?, Montville, Lancaster county, PA and J. F. Steward on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Head and tail of spine slightly worn. Excellent early history of an important region of Pennsylvania, famous for its coal and railroads. Howes H588. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 30 x2
1017235740.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover