Industry from Greystone Books

Deal, Kent: Jerry Vyse, 2010. Fine. First edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GEORGE BRAILSFORD, on verso of front cover. Inscription reads, 'To -----/Best Wishes/George Brailsford'. 128pp. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings, photographs and a map; of the local Kent coal mines. The author, George Brailsford was a miner at one of Kent's collierys, Betteshanger, until it… Read more about this item

New York: Bruce Publishing, 1948. VG/VG-. Third printing ,(first published in 1938), in d/w price clipped. Profusely illustrated. An in-depth study of the forestry and lumbering industry; including wood using industries, conservation, woodworking, finishes and tools. With Glossary and Index. Light fading to bottom of spine (7mm); some spotting to top-edge; d/w has slight loss to head of spine (5mm),… Read more about this item

Manchester.: National Union Of Foundry Workers, 1928. VG. First edition. Cloth covered card covers. viii,179pp. The 1928 Rule Book for the National Union of Foundry Workers. This union was established in June 1920 by the fusion of three societies. This then is an early rule book for that union published just two years after the General Strike. Some minor corner… Read more about this item

Lewes, Sussex.: Temple House, 1995. VG+. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 160pp. Illustrated by Alan Miller. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on verso of front cover. Signing reads, 'Dear -----/Thanks for a/really enjoyable/interview./Warmest regards/& very best wishes/Swee Lip Quek/1-3-95'. A well-written book on marketing and management. Light reading crease to spine; else a very good plus copy of a… Read more about this item

Deal, Kent: Jerry Vyse, 2010. Fine. First edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GEORGE BRAILSFORD, on verso of front cover. Inscription reads, 'To -----/Best Wishes/George Brailsford'. 128pp. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings, photographs and a map. The author, George Brailsford was a miner at one of Kent's collierys, Betteshanger, until it closed in 1989. One thing the… Read more about this item

Lucaston, Tasmania, Australia: Southern Holdings, 1994. VG/VG. First Edition, 1994 Printing in d/w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BILL LEITCH, without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'Best Wishes/Bill Leitch'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A history of forest exploitation in the Tasmanian, Australia forests. The author shows us the earliest days of settlement in Hobart, when convict timber gangs worked… Read more about this item

Delta, British Columbia, Canada: Privately Published, 1980. NrF/VG. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MAYOR ERNEST BURNETT (1922-2004), HE WAS MAYOR OF DELTA CITY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA FROM 1979 T0 1987. A book of information about Canada: facts and figures and interesting notes from each Province. D/w has some chipping and edge chipping; else a near… Read more about this item

Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Robin Paine And Roger Syms/Writersworld, 2012. Fine. First edition, first printing. No d/w, (as published). Glazed pictorial covers. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To -----/With best wishes from/Robin/Roger'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative history of Hoverlloyd, written by two former employes. With details of the invention… Read more about this item

Ramsgate, Kent: Privately Published., 1986. VG. First edition. Large paperback. No date, (1986). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'For -----/Kind regards/Len/May 1986'. Large paperback. (iv),178pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of C J Hudson Ltd, at Ramsgate, Kent from the eighteenth century. It is also a… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1917. VG. First edition. No d/w; now protected in a non-adhesive, archival, acetate, clear d/w. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Sub-titled, 'A Theoretical and Practical Handbook of Flour Manufacture for Millers, Millwrights, Flour-Milling Engineers, and others Engaged in the Flour-Milling Industry'. xii,584pp. A well-researched and authoritative study of flour milling: including a chapter 'Historical… Read more about this item

Mercer Books, 2010. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs and family charts. A well-researched and authoritative history of Christopher (Kit) Chapman's family (family name changed from Pruger in 1937). A tale of fortunes won and lost, of bitter rivalries, death and suicide, and… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1953. VG. First edition. Paperback. This copy was the property of the American film producer Wilbur Stark (1912-1995). It is a photocopy/mimeographed copy of the first edition and is bound in blue wrappers, with a label on the front cover 'Reputation For A Song/Property of:/Picture Productions/25 West 54th Street/New York 10019/NY, USA'. Stark produced the film version… Read more about this item

London: Steamship Insurance Management Services, 2009. NrF/NrF. First edition in d/w. Profusely illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative history of the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association from 1909 to 2009. In its early years it insured many of the well known sailing ships; the Nurse Brothers ships from Gloucester, the Ashburner fleet from Barrow and the Stephens fleet from Fowey. With Bibliography… Read more about this item

Ramsgate, Kent: Privately Published., 1986. VG. First edition, first printing. No date, (1986). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 'With very best wishes, Len July 1987'. Large paperback. (iv),178pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of C J Hudson Ltd, at Ramsgate, Kent from the eighteenth century. It is also a history of the Hudson family from… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Author House, 2012. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TIM REYNOLDS, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'To ----/May you be safe and protected/always/Best Wishes/Tim Reynolds'. xxi,117pp. Have you ever wondered why one house gets burgled and the one next door does not? Why some people get attacked, why others… Read more about this item

London: Beautiful Books Limited, 2010. NrF. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, without named dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'This one is for U/Steven Machat'. (xii),388pp. Illustrated with photographs. A no-holds-barred, insider account of over five decades in the music industry. Steven Machat, (born in New York in 1952), was born into the music business and has… Read more about this item

Thame, Oxfordshire: Privately Published, 2002. VG+. First edition. No d/w, (as published). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated. A fictionalised biography of John 'Jack' Elks, (1885-1950). He was a miner who worked in the Kent coalfields. He was General Secretary of the Kent area National Union of Mineworkers in the 1920s. A very good… Read more about this item

London: Graham & Trotman, 1981. NrF/NrF. First British edition, first printing in d/w. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel, yet oil and gas currently supply more of the world's energy needs. This situation is not likely to last and as oil's share of the energy market dimiishes it will have to be replaced by an… Read more about this item

Wakefield, Yorkshire: EP Publishing, 1977. NrF/VG+. Facsimile Edition, First Edition Thus in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs. In 1920, a survey began of rural industries in England and Wales. Principal matters examined included avalability of material and labour, markets for products, organisation, technical training, relationship with agriculture, and the prospects for development. This book deals with osier-growing and… Read more about this item

Kidderminster, Worcestershire: David Voice, 2004. NrF. Revised and expanded edition. Large format and stapled paperback. (ii),75pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and town plans. A well-researched and authoritative history of carpet weaving in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Parts One: The Friars And Its Memories, and Part Two: The History Of Weaving In Bridgnorth, were first published in 1947. Parts Three: The Postwar… Read more about this item