(Mining) Fifteen very good works 'South African School of Mi...

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£80 - £120

(Mining) Fifteen very good works 'South African School of Mines and Technology. Calendar for the Year 1912,' first and only edition, original cloth with silver gold lettering to front board giving a different title of 'Day Calendar and Evening Class Prospectus', ex libris label Courtney Library, pp.7 of advertisements to front, b+w photographic frontis, plates with some being fold outs, vg to fine, appears to be very scarce with no references on WorldCat found, lacks an imprint (the cataloguer can not find a reference), Johannesburg, 1912; 'The Diamond Prospecting Core Drill,' lacks wraps, ex libris label pasted to front, nibbles and ink stains, staple bound, pp.16, no imprint but most likely Royal Institution of Cornwall, Netherton and Worth, Truro, 1893; Frederick Colyer. 'Pumps and Pumping Machinery,' second edition, two volumes, original cloth with gilt tooled lettering, rubbed to extremities, ex libris Courtney Library, pp.200, profuse with fold out charts to the rear, E. &. F. N. Spon, London, 1892; William T. Molyneux. 'C.M.A. Sectionlised with Amendments and New General Regulations,' fourth edition revised, original cloth, ex libris, vg, Thomas Wall and Sons, The Science and Art of Mining Office, Wigan, 1926; W. O. Alexander. 'A Brief Review of the Developments of the Copper, Zinc and Brass Industries in Great Britain from A. D. 1500 to 1900,' pp.389 to 427, staple bound, Volume 1, No.15, Review, Published by Murex Ltd, Essex, 1955; Stephen Michell. 'Mine Drainage. Being a Complete and Practical Treatise on Direct-Acting Underground Steam Pumping Machinery,' first edition, original binding with gilt lettering to spine with splits to hinges, tear to ffep, ex libris, Rebecca Hussey Book Charity and St Just Literary Institution ink stamps throughout, pp.277, plus 48 pages of adverts at the back being a catalogue of books pub by Crosby Lockwood & Co etc, a scarce work, Crosby Lockwood and Co, London, 1881 (Michell was an expert on contemporary mining technology. He co-authored an essay ‘’The Cornish System of Mine Drainage’’ prior to writing this comprehensive survey); With nine other good works including by W. A. Macleod, Bennet H. Brough, John MitchellRhead and Sexton &c, &c. (15)