xii, 188pp, occasional in-text tables and diagrams. Red cloth-covered boards, blind embossed design on front, black titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine and board edges, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, quite cocked. Text block edges tanned. Endpapers lightly tanned, prelims starting to fox; previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Loosely laid in newspaper article of the day. Chapters include Early Days, The Working of a Modern Colliery, Wages and Disputes.