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Grant-Francis, Col.
The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales, From the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day.
Publisher: Henry Sotheran & Co, London and Manchester;
Date of Publication: 1881
Stock Code: 6862
SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp., x, [2], 193. 15 illustrations as called for, including frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 2 plates not called for: a portrait of H.H. Vivian the M.P and a map of the coal fields of South Wales. Black quarter calf with gilt titles to spine and paper-covered green marbled boards. Spine rubbed with 2-inch loss at tail; boards worn to edge. Ownership inscription to ffep dated 1890; scattered light foxing. A Good copy. The 1867 First Edition was issued in a very small impression of only 50 presentation copies, and this, the second edition, was much expanded. Grant-Francis was a Justice of the Peace, Vice President of the Royal Institution of South Wales, member of the Society of Antiquaries and a well-respected historian of the South Wales district. £85.00