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[Holland, John].
The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain.
Publisher: Whittaker & Co, London;
Date of Publication: 1835
Stock Code: 12405
Second Edition. Octavo, pp. xvi,485, [1]. Title page vignette plus numerous illustrations and diagrams in text. Original decorative bottle green cloth with gilt titles to spine and arabesque border in blind to boards. Cover cloth lightly scuffed and spine sunned, with bruised corners. A slightly shaken copy with wear inner hinges. Author’s name inscribed in pencil to half-title Published anonymously as “By the Author of the “Treatise on Manufactures in Metal”. Subject matter includes the conveyance of coal, machinery, geology and formation of deposits, the mines in the UK at the time and the state of the trade. Scarce. £100.00