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H G (Geoffrey) Ordish was born in 1901 and made his first visit to Cornwall as early as 1915. He later visited Cornwall regularly, visiting mine sites, often with his friend the mining historian, A K Hamilton Jenkin. The 200 plus photographs in this collection, H G Ordish: The Early Mining Photographs, were all taken between 1920 and 1933. Most have never been published before – indeed there has not been a book devoted to Geoffrey Ordish’s mining photographs since two rather unsatisfactory paperbacks appeared in the 1960s. Despite this his pictures have always been held in high regard by those with a serious interest in Cornish mining. The photographs in this book were all taken on a small Kodak ‘Vest Pocket’ camera and cover mine sites across the whole of Cornwall. Some give new insights into well-known mines – there is for example a splendid sequence from Levant – while others are now the sole record of small, forgotten workings. Cornish mining was at a low ebb during this period and so photographs are much less common than those from the years of prosperity. Tony Clarke, who has prepared the photos for publication, has contributed a Preface with his memories of Geoffrey Ordish and notes on his camera and techniques. H G Ordish: The Early Mining Photographs is available as a 248 page large format paperback . There will be a limited hardback edition of 100 copies at £25.00 I am offering this post free until the end of October WWW.moorebooks.co.uk<http://www.moorebooks.co.uk> ( when ordering just send an email asking for the post discount) Cheers Mike