The romance of mining : containing interesting descriptions of the methods of mining for mineral in all parts of the world / by Archibald Williams … ; with 24 illustrations.
Archibald Williams (1871 - 1934)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3259205
Summary
Bibliographic description
401, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Pencil price, code and date[?] on front pastedown: "1.50 net 4X 1/8". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Blind embossed stamp on front free endpaper: Broughton family crest with motto 'Si je puis' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Brentano's / Booksellers & Stationers, / New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; white ruled outer border on upper board; black, grey, dark red and white blocked illustration on upper board, within white ruled border: mining engineer drilling; gilt lettering on upper board and spine; black, grey, white and gilt blocked illustration on spine: two miners.
Makers and roles
Archibald Williams (1871 - 1934), author