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Mining in Cornwall A very good collection of twenty five works. H. G. Dines. 'The Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England,' two volumes, original cloth with embossed lettered titles to front board, later uniform library dj, folded maps in pockets to rear, vg to fine, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1956; D. B. Barton. 'The Cornish Beam Engine,' flat signed and dedicated by the author, first edition, original cloth, later dj, vg, Wordens of Cornwall, Marazion, 1965; 'A Historical Survey of the Mines and Mineral Railways of East Cornwall and West Devon,' first edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, good to very good, D. B. Barton, Truro, 1964; Robert R. Pennington. 'Stannary Law. A History of the Mining Law of Cornwall and Devon,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973; Tony Brooks. 'A History of Iron Mining in Cornwall,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Cornish Hillside Publications, St Austell, 2011; Bryan Earl. 'Cornwall Mining. The Techniques of Metal Mining in the West of England, Past and Present,' first edition, original cloth, later dj, spotting to edge of text block, vg, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1968; R. M. Barton. 'An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall,' first edition, 1964; J. B. Austin. 'The Mines of South Australia,' facsimile, some light spotting, vg, 1968; D. B. Barton. 'A History of Copper Mining in Cornwall and Devon,' second edition, unclipped dj, some spotting, 1968; Arthur Cecil Todd. 'the Cornish Miner in America,' first edition, good to vg, 1967; A. K. Hamilton Jenkin. 'the Cornish Miner. An Account of His Life Above and Underground from Early Times,' third edition, vg, 1962; H. W. Dickinson. 'The Cornish Engine,' clipped dj, vg, Art and Techics, 1951; G. R. Lewis. 'The Stannaries. A Study of the Medieval Tin Miners of Cornwall and Devon,' reprint, vg, 1965; William Pryce. 'Mineralogia Cornubiensis,' facsimile, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, 1972; Allen Buckley. 'Dolcoath Mine. A History,' original cloth, unclipped, dj, fine, The Trevithick Society, 2010; D. B. Barton. 'A History of Tin Mining and Smelting in Cornwall,' first edition, vg, 1967; Edmund Vale. 'The Harveys of Hayle,' first edition, spotting to pastdown, vg, 1966; With seven other works. (25) John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Please see lot 1 for provenance.
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