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No problem except I have sold out and have just reordered Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Burns" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:27 PM Subject: Re: New book / review > Dear Mike, > Could you please send me a copy of the new book, a cheque is in the > post. > Best Wishes, > Nig. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moore Books" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:13 PM > Subject: New book / review > > > Fragments of Mine and Mill in Wales, Alun John Richards > > Quarto p/b 128pp Colour, and B&W photos. I have read and used Aluns books on > slate mines for many years and when I first heard about this title I figured > it would be one of the usual photo books with one full of arty photos. Well > I was wrong this is a well constructed, well written book full of good > photography of industrial remains that are fast disappearing. This includes > surface and underground remains. As you would expect there is a Slate bias > but Aluns background is that of an Industrial Archaeologist and he feature > Metal Mining and Coal just as much. Throughout there photos of artefacts I > too have visited and unlike Alun failed to record a lot of which are now > lost forever, he has also recorded lot of interesting things that a casual > observer may take for granted. > > As I said at the beginning there is more to this book it there is a very > informative text and throughout there is a strong evocative message. See it > and record it before it is lost forever. Alun at least has ensured that some > of his precious photographic records will last for a long time to come > £9.50+ £1.00 P&P > > available from myself >