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Found 75 books for Rare Mining and Metallurgy Books (57-64 of 75)

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Books on Mining

Rare Mining and Metallurgy Books
Rare Mining Book by Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege; Brasilien die Neu Welt, in Topographischer, Geonostischer, Bergmannischer, Naturhistorishcher. Hissicht, wahrend eines . . . Aufenthaltes von 1810 bis 1821 . . .Braunschweig, 1830.
Eschwege, Wilhelm Ludwig von; Brasilien die Neu Welt, in Topographischer, Geonostischer, Bergmannischer, Naturhistorishcher. Hissicht, wahrend eines . . . Aufenthaltes von 1810 bis 1821 . . .Braunschweig, 1830. Two theil in one volume. Octavo, theil 1, pp.x, 252. frontispiece. Theil 2, pp. x, 183, frontispiece, 2 folded tables.
PRICE: $1,500.00
Rare Mining book for sale, Humphrey Davy, On Fire Damp of Coal Mines
Davy, Sir Humphrey; On the Fire Damp of Coal Mines, and on Methods of Lighting the Mines so as to Prevent its Explosion. Read November 9, 1815 and An Account of an Invention for Giving Light in Explosive Mixtures of Fire Damp in Coal Mines, by Consuming the Fire Damp. Extract, Philosophical Transactions Royal Society of London, 1816. Quarto, pp. 24, 1 large folded engraved plate.

The work is complete and in a modern archival folder with marbled boards and title on cover. The binding is tight and clean, the text is very clean, off set of image to last page, minor dust soiling to very outer margin of plate. In very good condition.
PRICE: $1,000.00
Rare Mining Book, British Parliamentary Papers (1864) Condition of all Mines
British Parliamentary Papers (1864) Vol. 24.  Report of Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of all Mines in Great Britain to which the Provisions of the act 23 & 24 Vict. C 151 do not Apply. London, 1864. Octavo, pp. xlv, 34, 17 folded plates (many colored or tinted) of miners, mine scenes, mine workings, mining equipment.

The work is complete and in a later buckram with gilt cover and spine titles. The binding is tight and clean, the text and plates are clean. In very good condition.
PRICE: $700.00
Rare Mining book, F. Bernaldez, & Don Ramon Rua Figueroa, Memoria sobre las minas de Almadén y Almadenejos
Bernáldez, Fernando & Figueroa, Don Ramon Rua; Memoria Sobre las Minas de Almadén y Almadenejos. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid, 1861. Quarto, pp. 327, errata, 27 folded tables, 2 folded colored maps and profiles.
The work is complete and in a later cloth with a gilt spine label. The binding is tight and clean with a book plate on the paste down. The original pale pink title wrap has been bound in. Inscribed to noted American mining geologist George Becker on the title page with his signature on the original title wrap. Later owners blind stamp on title page. Very minor wear to original title wrap, the text is exceptionally clean. In very good condition.
PRICE: $900.00
Rare Mining Book, Macnamara Russell, Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania Appendix
Russell, Macnamara; Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania being an Updated Appendix to the Authors 1896 work. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, London, 1898. Octavo, pp. 67, frontispiece of colored locality map of principal mines, 2 plates.

The work is complete and in the original green linen with gilt titles. Light soiling to covers, binding is re-cased with modern end sheets, inscribed by Russell on the title page. In very good condition.
PRICE: $550.00
Rare Mining Book, Macnamara Russell, Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania with maps
Russell, Macnamara; Mount Lyell Mines Tasmania...with numerous photographic and other views, plans sections, etc.  London, Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, E.C., 1896. Quarto, pp. x, 174, frontispiece view of Mount Lyell, 16 other views, maps and profiles with four folded and in rear pocket. Lacks one folded map which is plate 17.

The work is in the original green cloth with gilt cover titles. Binding is tight with scuffing and soiling to covers. Owners stamp on upper title page margin, text is clean. In very good condition.

PRICE: $1,100.00
Rare Mining Book, Pettus, Sir John; Fodinae Regales, or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland.
Pettus, Sir John; Fodinae Regales, or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland. As also of the Mint and Mony with a Clavis Explaining some difficult words relating to mines etc. London, 1670. Small folio, pp. 12, 108, 6, 108, 4, 2 engraved illustrations.
PRICE: $800.00
Rare Mining Book: George Abbott - An Essay on the Mines of England
Abbott, George; An Essay on the Mines of England; their Importance as a Source of National Wealth, and as a Channel for the Advantageous Employment of Private Capital. London for Private Circulation, 1833. vii, 227.

The binding is tight and clean and is a modern full calf binding with original title label retained. Lower one inch margin of title page nicely restored, the text is very clean. In very good condition.
PRICE: $450.00

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