The Second Industrial Survey of South Wales
SOUTH WALES
COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: University Press Board Cardiff for the National Industrial Development Council of Wales & Monmouthshire, 1937
Stock code: 19727
Price: £160.00
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous charts and tables (many full-page) in the text, and 2 folding maps on japon in pocket at end of second volume, wanting 3 (of 5) maps; original green cloth, gilt backs, uncut, covers mildly age-stained, a firm, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers browned at backstrips, moderately age-soiled and chipped with minor loss at heads and tails of backstrips.
Sold from an institution with its inscription on front panels of dustwrappers and stamps on front free endpapers. The set comprises Vol. 1: Industries; Vol. 2: Facilities; Vol. 3: Development. Volume one wants both maps; volume two wants one map (of 3). The maps are often missing. An exhaustive and detailed assessment of South Wales and its industrial potential immediately prior to the outbreak of WWII. Complete sets are scarce.