English Heritage : Book of Ironbridge Gorge

144pp; central section of colour plates, elsewhere illustrated in black and white photographs. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Text block edge tanning. Red Endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, chipping to top edge. 8vo. Places this spectacular feat of engineering in its complex archaeological and landscape setting and gives an account of the Gorge from the earliest times to the present day, including the medieval monastic landholdings, the thriving coal industry, iron making and smelting, pottery and brick manufacturers, and its links with the rest of Britain and beyond. A clean, bright hardback in unclipped dust wrapper which shows signs of light shelf wear. Illustrated with maps, plans, photographs and specially drawn reconstructions.