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The Archaeology of Industry. Hudson, Kenneth., Book Club Assiciates, 1976. Book Club. ISBN: . 128 pages, 565g. Brown cloth boards with slight bump to base of spine, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs and line drawings. The author has divided the book into five main sections, Mining and Quarrying, Metal-processing & Engineering, Manufacturing, Transport and food and drink, giving reference to several sites under each section from around the World. 4to.
£4.00
£3.20

The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution, 1750-1850. Ransom, Philip John Greer, World's Work, 1984. . ISBN: 043714335X. 208 pages. 1.14Kg. 4to A history of the revolution in British transport with a particular emphasis on the surviving relics of the period. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Red cloth boards a little rubbed to edges o/w Near FINE with contents tight and clean, in a V.G. d/w with a light creasing and small repaired tear to top edge.
£6.50
£3.50

Archive - The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History, Issue 1 - March 1994.. Parkhouse, Neil & Pope, Ian (Editors), Lightmoor Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 250g. Magazine format a little rubbed, Very GOOD. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and track plans / maps. Items include 'East Greenwich Gasworks',' Change on the Great Northern','A Lancashire Clay Works,',The Glamorganshire Canal,',Coals to Portreath' & 'The Jarrow Tramway'.
£4.00
£3.20

Archive - The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History, Issue 2 - June 1994.. Parkhouse, Neil & Pope, Ian (Editors), Lightmoor Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 250g. Magazine format, FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and track plans / maps. Items include 'Mostyn Ironworks','The Grand Surry Canal','Presteign Coal Trials,',Building Calstock Viaduct & Others.
£5.00
£3.20

Archive - The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History, Issue 4 - December 1994.. Parkhouse, Neil & Pope, Ian (Editors), Lightmoor Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 250g. Magazine format a little sunned to spine FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs and track plans / maps. Items include 'Dry Dock at Berengaria',' Llanberis Copper Mine','Hartley Main Collieries,',The LNWR No.565 & Others.
£6.00
£3.20

Archive Issue 5 - The Quarterley Journal for British Industrial and Transport History. . Parkhouse, Neil (Editor), Lighmoor Press, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 250g. Soft card covers with crease to front bottom corner, Very Good. Illustarted with b/w photographs covering The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation by Mike Taylor, p. 2; Hartley Main Colleries: Part Two by James T. Tuck, p. 23; Follow up 1: Bryant's Maggotorium, p. 42; Follow up 2: The Owain Tudur, p. 43; Cornwall ? A Floating Borstal in the Thames by Patricia O'Driscoll, p. 46; The Fintona Horse Tram by Neil Parkhouse, p. 57; The Big Bang ? In Practice! by John Tatchell, p. 61
£3.00
£3.20

Archive- Issue 3 - September 1994 - The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History. Parkhouse, Neil (Editor), Lightmoor Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages, 245g. Soft card covers with slightly sunned spine, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track plans. Articles on the 'Brodsworth Colliery', 'The Peak Forest Tramway', 'Steam Rail Motor..' & 'Tower Bridge' amongst others.
£5.00
£3.20

Bridge across the Atlantic - The Story of John Rennie. Reyburn, Wallace, Harrap, 1972. First edition. ISBN: 0245508880. 160 pages. 530g. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a Very Good slightly darkened d/w now in removable clear wrap. Illustrated with b/w plates. The biography of John Rennie, who from a farm boy in East Lothian, became one of the greatest engineers of the time.
£5.50
£3.20

Bristol Scroll: Its Origins and Evolution. Martin Curtis, Ian Allan Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780948975950. 72 pages, 220g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photograpgs. Published to mark the centenary of the first appearance of the famous Bristol scroll, this book traces its use, first in 1911 by the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company, later to become the Bristol Aeroplane Company and finally part of the British Aircraft Corporation; by Bristol Tramways Company on its engines and vehicles; and by the Bristol Omnibus Company, where the scroll got its well-known fleet name from 1965. The scroll also appeared on cars, Lorries, boats, and even on prefab houses in the 1940s.
£3.00
£3.20

Brunel - 200 Years of Brunel, Souvenir Special.. Robin Jones, Mortons Media Group, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0955022126. 130 pages, 545g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
£4.00
£3.20

Brunels Britain. Beckett, Derrick, David & Charles, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715379739. 222 pages, 650g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Ilustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. The first systematic appraisal of Brunel's engineering achievements.
£7.00
£3.20

Cook's Tours - The Story of Popular Travel. Edmund Swinglehurst, Blandford Press Ltd, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713711833. 192 pages, 880g. Brown cloth boards with minor foxing to prelims, Near FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w. SIGNED dedication by author to title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A history of how holiday travel developed, especially with the introduction of paid holidays.
£4.00
£3.20

Country Series - Victorian Britain. Michael. Jenner, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1841880493. 160 pages, 565g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Meet the people who defined the time, from Darwin to Marx to Queen Victoria herself, and see their homes and castles, as well as the statues erected in their honor. Here are the 19th-century architectural marvels--elegant fountains in Liverpool, the Manchester town hall, the marvelous streetscapes, gardens, and arcades, and topping it all off the cathedral-like St. Pancras Station. From model housing to palatial factories, from mighty bridges to seaside piers, a brilliant portrait of a dynamic period emerges.
£4.50
£3.20

Crofton Beam Engines - The Story of Crofton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Harris, David (Editor), The Crofton Society, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 22 pages, 55g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
£3.00
£2.50

The Decline and Rise of British Industry. Clutterbuck, David; Crainer, Stuart, Mercury Books, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1852510307. 388 pages. 770g. 8vo. Black cloth boards with inscription to front paste-down part hidden by d/w, o/w FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. The facts and statistics behind the collapse of British industrial power after the 2nd World War, and subsequent return to apparent health in the Thatcherite years.
£3.50
£3.20

Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A gazetteer of Sites Part II - Borough of Erewash.. Fowkes, Dudley, Derbyshire Archaeology Society, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0951136801. 44 pages, 70g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. 8vo. Illustrated with maps and b/w photographs.
£2.00
£1.95

English Provincial Posts 1633-1840 - A Study Based on Kent Examples.. Austen, Brian ., Phillimore, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850332664. 192 pages. 400g. Red cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE lightly edge-rubbed d/w. IIlustrated with b/w frontispiece and maps in the text. A well researched and detailed study of how the Post Office ran its services outside of London.
£8.00
£3.20

The Factory in a Garden - Wedgwood from Etruria to Barlaston, the Transitional Years.. Gater, Sharon & Vincent David, Keele Life Histories Centre, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1871588006. 80 pages, 165g. Soft card covers with first and last pages a little age browned, FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Written to commemorate the laying of the foundation stone for the premises in Barlaston on September 1938.
£4.00
£2.50

Fred - The Definitive Biography of Fred Dibnah. David Hall, Bantam Press, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0593058046. 328 pages, 655g. Pictorial glazed boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
£4.50
£3.20

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam. Dibnah Fred & David Hall, BBC Books, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0563487437. 192 pages. 575g. Black cloth Boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. A complete history of the age of steam with a list of steam-related sites to visit up and down the country.
£5.00
£3.20

Fred Dibnah's Buildings of Britain. Hall, David., Bantam Books, 2008. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780593061718. 256 pages, 1.1kg. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings, Fred takes us to some of the country's most famous and historic monuments, castles, cathedrals, abbeys, great houses and engineering marvels. One of Fred's great passions was architecture, engineering and the craft skills of builders, carpenters, stonemasons and structural engineers.
£5.00
£3.20

Geometric Patterns from Tiles & Brickwork. Field, Robert, Tarquin Publications, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899618120. 64 pages. 130g. Stapled card covers FINE. Wonderfully detailed b/w and colour photographs of architectural features no longer found in modern buildings.
£5.50
£1.95

George Hudson of York. David Joy, Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0852061269. 96 pages, 170g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Published to coincide with the centenary of his death, this book provides an overdue re-assessment of Hudson. It also contains a most detailed account of his political activites in York, and makes a realistic appraisal of his influence on the railway scene.
£4.50
£2.50

Industrial Archaeology of Exeter: A Guide (Exeter papers in industrial archaeology). Michael Chitty, Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950177849. 36 pages, 90g. (16mo) Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in the text.
£3.00
£2.50

The Industrial Past - Discover Dorset Series. Stanier, Peter , Dovecote Press, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1874336555. 80 pages, 150g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
£3.00
£2.50

Industrial Railway Record - No. 47 (April 1973). West, R.E. (Editor), Industrial Railway Society, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 32 pages, 100g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. A description of the Griff Collieries of North Warwickshire, plus articles on 'Russian Beyers', Explosion at Llanelly, 'Railways and Insurance and the Kerr Stuwart 'Wren' class locomotive amongst others.
£4.00
£1.95

Industrial Railway Record - No. 63 (December 1975). West, R.E. (Editor), Industrial Railway Society, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 32 pages, 100g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. A description of the Dover Harbour Contractors' Railway dating from the late 1800's, plus articles on some 'Decauville Locomotives', & Ministry of Munitions Locomotives, amongst others.
£4.00
£1.95

Industrial Railway Record - No. 66 (JUNE 1976). West, R.E. (Editor), Industrial Railway Society, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 32 pages, 100g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. A description of the 'Bagnall at Astillero, of 1894, plus articles on Narrow Gauge Railways in the Malvern Hills, A report from North Negros, mostly narrow gauge industrial lines & Pony Trucks and Mersey Tanks, amongst others.
£4.00
£1.95

Industrial Railway Record - No. 81 (MARCH 1979). West, R.E. (Editor), Industrial Railway Society, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 32 pages, 100g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. A description of The Railways of the Leicester Navigation Company, plus articles on contractors locomotives, An article on the first locomotive built in Australia, also a description of a delightful 4 wheeled battery locomotive used by Sheffield Corporation & some recollections of Bedford Engineering, amongst others.
£4.00
£1.95

Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Robin Jones, Mortons Media Group, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780955022128. 130 pages, 550g. Magazine format card covers with crease to top corner, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs and drawings.
£3.50
£3.20

The Limit - Engineering on the Boundaries of Science. Dase, Mike., B.B.C Books, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 056337117X. 191 pages. 4to. 780g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near Fine slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Published to accompany the television series of the same name.
£3.50
£3.20

Local history Mini-Guide to Sources - No.4 - Railways in West Sussex.. West Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 12 pages, 40g. Stapled soft card covers MINT. A list of sources for information on the industrial history of West Sussex, mainly railways.
£1.50
£1.95

The Machinery of War : An Illustrated History of Weapons. Young, Peter, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1973. . ISBN: 0246105909. 128 pages. 800g. Folio Red cloth boards FINE, in a Very Good edge-worn d/w. Fully illustrated with over 150 colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
£4.50
£3.20

Marconi's Atlantic Leap. Bussey, Gordon, Marconi Publications, 2000. First edition. ISBN: 0953896706. 96 pages. 450g. 4to. The story of the bridging of the Atlantic by wireless in 1901, illustrated with b/w photographs. Pictorial laminated boards. Near MINT.
£4.50
£3.20

The Metalliferous Mines of Wales.. D. Morgan Rees,, National Museum of Wales, , 1972. 1st Thus. ISBN: . 21 pages, 95g. Stapled soft card covers, a little sun darkened, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and location maps.
£3.00
£2.50

Middlesbrough and its Jubllee - A History of the Iron and Steel Industries, with Biograhies of Pioneers. . Reid, H. G. (Editor), The Gazette, 1881. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 285 pages, 635g. Bevelled brown cloth boards with black embossing and gilt decoration, hinges cracked, loose but firm, binding tight, sporadic foxing throughout, especially to prelims and period gift inscription to free end-paper, Illustrated with engravings. Scarce.
£70.00
£3.20

Mining in Cornwall - Volume One.. Trounson, J,, Moorland Publishing, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903485796. 80 pages, 290g. Card covers with light creasing, Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs, many showing conditions underground.
£3.00
£3.20

Ploughing Engines in Focus. Crawley, John, John Crawley LTD, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950804630. 128 pages, 560g. Black cloth boards with faint scar to free end-paper, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with over 260 b/w photographs of steam ploughing engines taken during their working days.
£5.50
£3.20

A Pocket History of the British Working Class. Postgate, Raymond., N.C.L.C Publishing Society Ltd., 1964. 3rd Edition. ISBN: . 103 pages, 100g. Soft card covers a little marked, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w drawings.
£3.00
£2.50

Power of Speech: A History of Standard Telephones and Cables 1883-1983. Peter Young, George Allen & Unwin, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0043820395. 221 pages, 550g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.20

Quarry Tracks, Village Ways: A Descriptive History Of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry And Abergynolwyn Village. Alan Holmes, Talyllyn Railway Company, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 24 pages, 55g. Stapled card covers with light crease to bottom corner, Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs, detailing the remains of the slate industry in this area, most of which has now been lost under forestry plantations.
£3.00
£2.50

The Romance of Commerce. H. Gordon Selfridge, Bodley Head, 1923. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 422 + 4 review pages, 930g. Blue cloth boards clean and bright, with rear hinge loose, age toning to prelims, binding sound and tight, Very Good. With b/w illustrations. A history of commerce and trade from ancient times to the twentieth century.
£15.00
£3.20

Rosedale Mines and Railway (Research Report No.9). Hayes, R. H. & Rutter, J .G., The Scarborough Archaeology and Historical Society., 1977. Reprint. ISBN: . 32 pages. 115g. Stapled card covers FINE with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route map and track plan.
£7.00
£1.95

Rye Memories 16 - Transport Around Rye. Kirkham, Jo (Editor), The Thomas Peacocke School Local History Group, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 187060007X. 90 pages, 145g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with photocopied b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.20

Rye Memories 19 - More About Transport Around Rye. Kirkham, Jo (Editor), The Thomas Peacocke School Local History Group, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870600169. 96 pages, 160g. Stapled soft card covers Very Good. Illustrated with photocopied b/w photographs.
£3.00
£3.20

The Shell Book of British Buildings. Anthony McIntyre, David & Charles, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715381229. 384 pages, 865g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
£4.50
£3.20

The Singing Line. Thomson, Alice, Chatto & Windus, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0701166762. 292 pages. 550g. 8vo. The story of the man who strung the Telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs. Illustrated with b/w plates and map to end papers. Blue cloth boards with a little darkening to page fore-edges o/w FINE with contents tight and clean, in a FINE d/w.
£4.50
£3.20

The Standing Windmills of West Sussex. McDermott, Richard & Richard., Betford Publications, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090639600X. 48 pages, 145g. Card covers a little rubbed to top edge, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.20

The Steam Engine in Industry Volume 2 (Historic Industrial Scenes Series). Watkins, George., Moorland Publishing, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903485664. 128 pages, 565g. Pictorial laminated boards Very Good. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£5.00
£3.20

Surrey at Work in Old Photographs. Shepheard, Chris., Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750901276. 160 pages, 330g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with contemporary photgraphs showing the various forms of employment covering the last 100 years. A great source for the social as well as the industrial historian.
£3.50
£3.20
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