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"In some of the most dangerous mines in the world, fortunes were made and hundreds of lives were lost. The origins of the present volatile labour climate in British Columbia can be seen in the long and frustrating fight for a union which began in the 1850s and ended eighty years later in Nanaimo when management finally recognized the United Mind Workers of America just six weeks before the largest mine on the Island closed forever. This lively presentation combines archival footage with the reminiscences of retired miners." - from cover. Please note: This is a VHS video tape which appears to be circa 1980s. Book
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
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.
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.
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
Two volumes in one. pp. 308; 207. Over 200 wood engraved illustrations. Lacks map as usual. 8vo. Attractive original full cloth leather binding, embossed in gold and blind. Some browning, but not brittle. Includes: Locomotive Sketches, with Pen and Pencil. From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. A book that deserves greater attention as a repository of: interesting local history; accounts of the coal, railroad, canal, and iron industries; as well as specifics of travel and sightseeing in mid-19th century America. PA 15
Ex-library with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 293 pages with graphs, charts, tables. Sections on fluidized-bed combustion, surace coal gasification, advanced coal cleaning, coal-fueled diesel engines, Coal-fueled gas turbines, Advanced combustors, fuel cells, alternate fuels, hot gas cleanup,
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/2"w x 11"h 148 pages. Laid-in folded map of Coal Mines of the Lethbridge District 1874-1982. Many b&w photos.
181 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Oblong 11" x 9". "With specific information that reflects the state of the art and knowledge of the pitfalls, this book is the one source you need for heating with wood and coal. Seasonal checklists give stove users assurance that they have taken the necessary steps each season to qualify as safe, dependable providers of heat for the household." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Front hinge taped. A worthy reference copy. Book
56 pages. Features: Locomotive Kit Construction - 2; The Midland Division from Nationalisation to Electrification - 4; Signal Chart -4; Building a Garden Railway for Steam; Datafile - LSWR bullion van; Bodmin goods shed; Tetbury 1935; Tetbury's Trees; Private Owner Wagon Colourrs; The Tumbler Sub - Built for coal; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Book shows light wear to covers only, straight spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 63 pages with text to p. 48 then b&w photos.
257 p. + Color frontis map. Marbled end papers. All edges marbled. First signature loose. 8vo. Original quarter leather over cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Edges scuffed. Hardbound. Very good copy. In the summer of 1902 the anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania went on strike for over 160 days and sent the nation into a panic over a possible coal shortage, prompting President Teddy Roosevelt to intervene. Includes sections on: the coal region and its production; market conditions; hazards of mining; losses from the strike; and the commission's findings - with appendices of names of companies and individuals affected by the work stoppage. Quite important, though rarely consulted. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 42
32 pages. "A series of true events in the discovery of coal, gold, lead, silver and copper. Intended as a basic introduction to the story of mining." - from Foreward. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
280 pages. Index. Excellent black and white photographic plates. Reviews the dramatic history of coal mining and coal miners on Vancouver Island. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Please note: Front free endpaper removed. A sound working copy. Book
16 pages. "With facts and figures to help you understand 'The Crisis'" - subtitle. Author was Chairman of the I.L.P. Topics include: labour and the crisis; the export target, what should be done, economic tendencies in Britain, ineffectivenss of labour policy, increase profits, huge national incomes, fuel and power, apply science to coal, I.L.P. immediate plan of action. Numerous data sets include: balance of payment, sale of gold and assets, loss of national wealth, cost of the war in British human life, dwellings destroyed and built, how many rich and how rich are they?, capital levy - opinions of two experts, and more. Printing date unstated but appears to be circa 1948 based on data cited within this booklet. Average external wear and soiling. Handwritten price on front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this interesting work. Book
159 pages including glossary and black and white photographic reproductions. Author began his career as a hand miner in England when he was thirteen and, after a few years of prairie farming, spent his working life in the industry, eventually becoming District Superintendant of the mines at Cumberland on Vancouver Island. In the intervening years he worked at nearly every phase of the coal mining process. This autobiography provides real insight into the life of the miner and how men worked in the mines. A most valuable record. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
314 pages. Many black and white illustrations. "The Story of this 'Island to the West', its past, and its present" - from title page. Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. Somewhat above-average soiling and wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
86 pages. Index. Topics include: The Founding of Fort Langley; Fort Rupert, Its Coal and its Spar Trade; Miners and Managers - The Organization of Coal Production on Vancouver Island by the Hudson's Bay Company, 1848-1862; James Douglas - The Gold Governor in the Context of His Times. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
