J W Mctrusty (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. viii 174 [2]pp hardback, purple cloth gilt, cloth part faded, 'with 16 illustrations and diagrams' including frontispiece portrait.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A little foxing and page tanning, previous owner's name stamped on front endpaper, else internally a good, sound copy; cover is rather worn with a lot of marks, generally rather grubby.

Condition: Fair. 1919. Second Edition. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. For Underground Officials & Workmen Including an Account of Colliery Explosions, Coal Dust & Breathing Apparatus - With 16 Illustrations & Diagrams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thomasw Wall & Sons 1919 edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 174pp illustrated, red endpapers, bound in original maroon cloth, gilt lettering ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

8vo, pp. 150, [2] publishers' advertisements; with photographic frontispiece, and 16 text diagrams and half-tone illustrations; small nick at outer margin of pp. 117-120, title-page a little browned, with occasional light soiling; with contemporary repair to front free endpaper; in the original maroon publisher's cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, tail of spine nicked with small loss, spine and outer margins a little sunned; a good copy. Uncommon first edition in book form of this practical work on mine safety, by the mechanical engineer J. W McTrusty 'Lecturer on Mining to Warwickshire County Council', and based upon a series of articles first published in 'The Science and Art of Mining during 1911-12'. Aimed at mining firemen, examiners and deputies, there were written to help them to understand the new regulations brought in by the Coal Mines Act of 1911. The chapters deal in turn with safety issues surrounding mine air; carbon and oxides; black-damp; fire-damp; the diffusion of gases; shaft and underground fires; colliery explosions; the dangers of coal-dust; and with a final chapter on breathing apparatus. The Appendices include official advice on safety procedures to be followed at all mines. A second edition was published in 1916, and was again issued in 1919. OCLC locates copies at Trinity College, Dublin, Cambridge, the National Library of Scotland, Swansea, Sheffield and Strathclude; only one copy in Canada located.