Coal Mining, Northumberland & Durham- Fordyce, William
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 17 May 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal mining... Iron, its ores and processes of Manufacture London: Sampson Low, 1860. First edition, large folio, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Robert Henry Allen Esq., in a presentation binding, large folding hand-coloured map, 32 steel engraved views, and 2 tables printed in red and blue, plates with tissue guards, contemporary red morocco gilt, with green morocco lettering piece on cover and spine, gauffered edges, watered silk endpapers, some spotting, lightly rubbed