A summary of the history of printing on cotton in the Sett Valley Derbyshire, where a plentiful supply of pure water was available, and the evolution of steam-driven cylinder presses powered by coal from local coalfields.  The history of five individual print mills is described in detail, all of which closed in the mid-C20th, and traces of which have all but disappeared.   Illustrated with archive photographs and site plans.  Paperback.  30 pages.  Near new condition.  Cat No 3852