As canal construction burgeoned in the late C18th a great many entrepreneurial canal companies were founded, each with a need to validate legal documents.  To do so required a company seal cast and engraved in metal, often with elaborate armorial insignia.

A useful handbook providing summaries on every heritage landmark and industrial exhibit in the open-air museum at Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale alongside illustrations, maps, suggested itineraries and visitor information.  Large paperback.  36 pages.  Very good clean condition.&nbsp

The antecedents of Newcomen’s engine described prior to a complete analysis of his experiments during the invention and production of his engine brought by him to completion, with an appendix of measurements.

Educational guide to the evolution manufacturing techniques and use of cast iron in historic building such as bridges and glass houses with an emphasis on its production of street furniture such as railings, manhole covers, bollards and lamp posts.  Paperback.  32 pages.

A thorough and comprehensive history of the cultivation of flax from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt up to the C20th, with a complete history of  harvesting practices and the evolution of retting, combing and spinning techniques over the centuries to produce linen cloth.  Paperback.

In contrast to other historic industrial buildings such as mills and warehouses, breweries have received little attention from architectural historians.  This book remedies that neglect.

Fifty-four schematic technical drawings of C19th steam engines with annotations reprinted from the journal 'Industrial Archaeology' as a 32 page booklet at the request of the Northern Mill Engine Society whose mission is to restore and preserve such engines.  Good condition.

A short practical guide to method in industrial archaeology comprising: the range of objects for study; preparing for fieldwork; describing and recording; preparation for publication; and special interest organisations.  Hardback in dustjacket.  84 pages.

A visitors walking itinerary through Coalbrookdale concentrating on its historic buildings.  Booklet.  8 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3595

A short history of iron making in Coalbrookdale and the Darby family behind it, plus a description of the furnace site today and a plan of how it worked.  Booklet. 12 pages.  Illustrated.  Good condition.  Cat No 3594