The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day by Col. Grant-Francis - 1881

London and Manchester; Henry Sotheran & Co, 1881., 1881. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp., x, [2], 193. 15 illustrations as called for, including frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 2 plates not called for: a portrait of H.H. Vivian the M.P and a map of the coal fields of South Wales. Black quarter calf with gilt titles to spine and paper-covered green marbled boards. Spine rubbed with 2-inch loss at tail; boards worn to edge. Ownership inscription to ffep dated 1890; scattered light foxing. A Good copy. The 1867 First Edition was issued in a very small impression of only 50 presentation copies, and this, the second edition, was much expanded. Grant-Francis was a Justice of the Peace, Vice President of the Royal Institution of South Wales, member of the Society of Antiquaries and a well-respected historian of the South Wales district.

London: Henry Sotheran and co, 1881. Second edition (hardback). 8vo, x, 193pp. 17 illustrations (correct as per list, plus two plates not called for). Original quarter black calf, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt titling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Extremities of binding rubbed, else this copy is in very good condition.