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HARRIS,HELEN: : THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF DARTMOOR

UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1968.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Clean, blue+black and b/w photographic illustrated upper panel with black lettering,a lightly grubbed b/w publisher's advert for other titles in series to rear panel; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Some small nicks and closed tears to both top+bottom edges of dw/dj,with minimal loss - if any - some light rubbing to some corners and majority of any rubbing is to spine/backstrip's gutter edges of dw/dj.Top edge colourd blue with some light fading,fore-edges uncoloured and bright and clean; contents clean and crisp,bright,tight,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-239pp [paginated] includes separate contents,b/w plates and b/w diagrams lists/tables,Pt 1 (8 chapters) & Pt2 (comprising Gazetteer, biblio notes,acknowledgements and an index),24pp contemporary b/w scenic photographs (45 in total) throughout the text,17 b/w maps/diagrams etc.,also interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and Pts separator pages.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - the dw/dj being the most adversely affected - between book+dw/dj. Dartmoor is more readily pictured as a silent,barren waste than as an industrial area.Yet over the centuries a surprisingly wide variety of industries has been based on its apparently meagre natural resources.Changing social and economic conditions have killed most of them,but for the very reason that the moor is now deserted,save by ramblers,farmers and the thriving china-clay works,the remains of its industrial past still stand,changed only by the weather. The extractive industries have of course predominated.The 'moorstone' or granite of which Dartmoor is made has been used for purposes ranging from ancient tinners' blowing-houses to London Bridge; the tramway built in 1820 to carry it from Haytor quarry to the Stover Canal even had granite rails,some of which can still be seen.China clay,a derivative of granite,is now a valuable export and its workers have their own unique community.Tin was mined on a fairly large scale in the 16thC, copper in the 19thC.The ups and downs of 19thC attempts to cut peat commercially embody much economic history. Water-powered mills have abounded on the edges of the moor; astonishingly,the buildings and the testing-mortar of a gun-powder factory have been found in its depths.A glassworks,an iceworks,and the work of the 19thC 'agricultural improvers' are here fully described,as are the trackways,tramways and railways that have in their turn served man's struggle with a harsh environment.'The Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor' is indeed the story of optimistic small-scale enterprise contending with weather and isolation.See also,rja484514 for another title from the same series. A popular title from the 'The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles'; a 3-part series,the first group of books, edited by Dr E.R.R. Green,consisting of regional history and eventually covering the whole of the British Isles.The second group of volumes examines smaller areas in greater detail.Finally,there are volumes on specific subjects.All books have the same format and are uniform. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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