GREENWELL, George C. (1821-1900). A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M & M.W. Lambert, 1855. Large 4° (310 x 240mm.). Folding double-page chromolithographed frontispiece and 60 chromolithographed plates. (Some spotting and offsetting affecting plates). Contemporary presentation binding of scarlet morocco, covers ruled and tooled in gilt and black, spine gilt in compartments, silver endpapers, gilt and gauffered edges. (Extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: 'Presented to Mr. Thomas Purkin, by William Gibbons, as a slight acknowledgement of many kindnesses' (presentation label). FIRST EDITION of the most comprehensive book on the British mining industry as it stood at the height of the Industrial Revolution.