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Cornwall, Poltesco

The Serpentine Quarries, Valley of Poltesco, Cornwall, 1872, in The Illustrated London News. B/W engraving, flat, 8”x11”. In very good condition

£12

2

Devon, Dawlish

Breach in the South Devon Railway Sea-Wall, near Dawlish, March 15, 1873, in The Illustrated London News. B/W engraving, flat, 7”x10”. In very good condition

£12

3

Coal, Barnsley, Yorkshire

The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley in the Mar 7, 1857 issue of the Illustrated London News. Two pictures on separate pages showing the explosion and the pit after the explosion. News article on reverse of second page. B/W engravings each, 16”x11”. In very good condition.

£20

4

Coal, Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffs

The Leycett Colliery Disaster, near Newcastle-Under-Lyme, in the Jan 31, 1880 issue of the Illustrated London News. News article on reverse side. Two pictures showing the explosion and the pit after the explosion (shown to right). B/W engravings together, 16”x11”. In very good condition.

£15

5

Coal

Pitmen Hewing The Coal, from The Graphic, Jan 28, 1871, part 1 of a series Pits and Pitmen. B/W engraving of powerful image of miners working by lamplight in high temperatures, 12”x16” (actual engraving 9”x11.5”). With essay on reverse, King Coal at Home, about the South Durham mining area. In very good condition.

£20

6

Coal

Section of the Shafts and Workings of a Coal Mine, from The Graphic, Jan 28, 1871, part of a series Pits and Pitmen. B/W engraving of a deep mine with insets showing safety lamps, ventilating furnace and trap door, 12”x16” (actual engraving 12.5”x9”). In very good condition.

£12

7

Coal

Pits and Pitmen – The Night Shift, from The Graphic, Feb 4, 1871, part 2 of a series Pits and Pitmen. B/W engravings of Miners waiting by a Brazier at the Pit Head waiting to begin their shift, 12”x16” (actual engraving 9”x12”). With essay on reverse, The Night Shift. In very good condition.

£20

8

Coal

Pits and Pitmen – The Men Leaving the Pit, from The Graphic, Feb 11, 1871, part of series, Pits and Pitmen. B/W engraving of family meeting father leaving the mine, 12”x16” (actual engraving 12”x9”). In very good condition.

£15

9

Coal

Pits and Pitmen – Above Ground, from The Graphic, Feb 25, 1871, part 4 of a series Pits and Pitmen. B/W engravings of Miners Playing at Quoits, Cleaning up after Work,(both 4.5”x4.5”) and a rural scene The Coal District of a couple having a picnic on flowery bank between a rail cutting and open coal wagon on a rail embankment with the mine in the background (7”x9”). With essay on reverse, Above Ground. In very good condition.

£15

10

Coal

Pits and Pitmen – Coal Whipping in the Pool, from The Graphic, Feb 25, 1871, part 5 of a series Pits and Pitmen. B/W engraving of strong image of collier (sailing ship) being unloaded onto a Thames barge, 12”x16” (actual engraving 12”x9”). With essay on reverse, From the Pit to London. In very good condition.

£20

11

Coal

Women who work at our Coal Mines: Cleaning Coal at the Pit Brow, from The Sphere, Feb.8, 1902, 12”x16” (actual engraving 12”x9”). Women removing slag, clay and shale from coal while it passes over size-sorter. In very good condition.

£10

12

Coal

Seeking the Black Diamonds which give Man the Power ‘Getting’ Coal: The Industry threatened by a Strike, in the Feb. 24, 1912 issue of the Illustrated London News. Double page montage (cut along fold) of 12 photos showing men and women working in typical mines. In very good condition.

£8

13

Coal

Digging for Power: The Getting of Coal in the Mines, in the Mar. 2, 1912 issue of the Illustrated London News. 2 montages: 6 photos showing miners working in typical mines and 15 photo portraits of the Miners and Masters: Coal-dispute Protagonists. In very good condition.

£8

14

Coal

Winning Coal with Diamonds and Ice, in the Mar. 2, 1912 issue of the Illustrated London News. Montage (13”x9”) of drawings showing old and new boring methods and How a mineshaft is constructed with an example of ground freezing in order to cut through running sands. In very good condition.

£8

15

Coal

What a Coal Strike Means: the Fuel-Seekers, in the Mar. 2, 1912 issue of the Illustrated London News. Picture (13”x9”) of oil painting of women gathering fuel on spoil tip with colliery in background, together with From Carboniferous Age to Strike Age: Coal a montage of sketches showing coal formation. In very good condition.

£12

16

Coal

The Flooding of the Mines, from The Sphere, Aug.2, 1919, 15.5”x10.5” (actual engraving 13”x8.5”). Combined cut-away and ‘perspective’ view of the workings of a typical coal mine, particularly the drainage of a mine together with article on the flooding consequent on a pump-men’s strike and general outline map of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Midland Coal Fields. In very good condition.

£15