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Mining   6 Books
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining. 1st Ed., x+148pp., 29 photos., 61 plates/diagrams/sketches (many fldg.). Chatham: Mackay & Co. for the Institution of Royal Engineers. 1922  #63617
[HLMainPic] Superb & now very rare reference on Western Front mining: outline history of operations, technical aspects & mine rescue, with splendid illustrations inc. fldg. maps of trench & tunnel systems, aerial photos., photos. & sketches of methods & equipment. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little chipped, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £225
BALL (H. Standish, MSc., late Inspector of Mines, GHQ, France) The Work of the Miner on the Western Front 1915-1918. 1st Ed., 53pp., 25 photos., 2 fldg. maps, fldg. plan, fldg. coloured geological section of 2nd Army (Messines) Front June 1917, num. sketches & diagrams in text. Institution of Mining & Metallurgy. 1919  #66031
[HLMainPic] The text of a paper read to a meeting of the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy at the Rooms of the Geological Society, Burlington House, on April 10th 1919. A very informative & well-illustrated account, full of interesting material on aspects of mine warfare & offensive operations at Messines, Arras, &c. Housed in modern black binder's cloth, gilt, to front, VG but for the fact that the careless binder has bound several of the photos. upside-down. See illustrations on our website.   £120
GRAHAM (Capt. H.W., MC, RE) The Life of a Tunnelling Company, Being an Intimate Story of the Life of the 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, in France during the Great War, 1914-1918. Intro. by Lt.-Col. R.G. Stokes, DSO, OBE, MC, late Controller of Mines, 1st Army, BEF. 1st Ed., xv+180pp., 19 sketch portraits of officers, one of dog, map. Hexham: J. Catherall & Co. (Printers) Ltd. 1927  #65958
[HLMainPic] Personal narrative & unit history of 185 T.C. from the author's arrival in February 1916 onwards, mainly ops. on the Arras-Vimy front. Roll of officers. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & very scarce account. See illustration on our website.   £165
GRIEVE (Capt. W. Grant) & NEWMAN (Bernard) Tunnellers: The Story of the Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers, during the Great War. 1st Ed., 334pp., 9 plates, num. sketches, maps & plans. VG in dw. Herbert Jenkins. 1936  #65569
[HLMainPic] Invaluable study. Orig. wheat cloth, titled in red, near fine in little worn dw (a little soiled & chipped, neat internal repairs). Rare in dw. See illustration on our website.   £225
HEATH (Maj.-Gen. Sir Gerard Moore, KCMG, CB, DSO, RE) The Work of the Royal Engineers in the Great War. 1st Ed. in this form, orig. printed wraps., 43pp. Institution of Civil Engineers. 1921  #62533
[HLMainPic] A wide-ranging paper covering Preparations for Defence & Attack; Mining; Railways, Roads &c., including various interesting statistics. Excerpts from Minutes of the Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers, 1919-20, Ed. by the Sec., J.H.T. Tudsbery, DSc. &c., including an Abstract of the Discussion Upon the Paper (with interesting contributions by several senior RE officers & others). Orig. wraps. little split/chipped, about VG. Scarce. See illustration on our website.   £50
MACPHERSON (Maj.-Gen. Sir W.G., KCMG, CB) et al. Eds. Medical Services in the War: Diseases of the War. Vol. II: Including the Medical Aspects of Aviation & Gas Warfare, & Gas Poisoning in Tanks & Mines. 1st Ed., viii+621pp., 7 col. plates, 6 maps. HMSO. 1923  #66289
[HLMainPic] Orig. green cloth, gilt, split & worn ex-BMA Lib., o/w sound & rare (1500 copies printed). See illustration on our website.   £165

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