Lacy a Dillon (12 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are lightly bumped and shelf worn. Dust jacket has what looks like coffee marks on it and small tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With previous owner's name and inscription on the front flyleaf, a fine hardcover 172 page first edition, bound in bright red faux leather binding with gold lettering on the cover and spine, in a mylar protected DJ, white spine.…

Condition: Good. S.l.: The Author, 1990. 8vo. iv,167pp. Near Very Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket soiled, with tear on top edge of back panel. Owner's name on front free endpage. (West Virginia, coal mining, social strata) [ISBN 096168111X] Inquire if you need further information.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good w/ Protective Cover. First American Edition. Very good condition. Some yellowing and fading on the d.j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with light soiling.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: New condition. New dust jacket. 1985. New and unread in a bright and shiny New dust jacket. PERFECT condition. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with a few photos of coal mining disasters and their victims. Bound in the original gilt-stamped red boards. Complete with pristine dust jacket. From a 2023 Goodreads review by MB: "They Died in the Darkness. 'Today the mine is about worked out but the black old tipple still stands, a somber reminder that deep down, 685 feet vertical, the burned and decomposed bodies were hoisted into the daylight that they could not see, because they died in the darkness" (p. 47). 'Many men came to the West Virginia mines to lose their identity" (p. 82). 'The coal was the thick Pittsburgh Seam, high enough for horses to be used to haul the coal to the partings and thence to the bottom. Two stables underground contained these animals around the clock. Once inside the mine, they stayed until crippled or useless; then they were brought topside and turned to pasture, usually blind from being too long in total darkness" (p. 183). ''What a somber sight to see men blackened by coal dust, with electric lamps on their hats, come from a dark hole in the ground with a burden under a canvas covering or blanketed, blackened by coal dust, a lump of clay molded by God and living a few hours before and now in eternity. One wife collapsed at the knowledge that the lump on the stretcher was her husband" (p. 257). 'It is a sobering book, poetic and brutal in its language, bleak and tragic in its subject matter, but most of all, it is an excellent homage to the victims, both the miners and their families, of the numerous mine tragedies in West Virginia from 1886 to 1968. Lacy A. Dillon describes the hopeless and fatalistic working conditions miners labored under and some of the unforgiving social conditions that forced them down in the darkness. Going down into the mines was a gamble; some men willingly took that gamble, and others had no choice. Dillon's book is fascinating and harsh. As other reviewers point out, the book is tough to come by. I think that Dillon wanted to honor and remember the lost lives of the heroic miners and didn't care much for the monetary gains of writing a book.". 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (10), v, 172pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.