About Engine House Books
We are a small independent publisher, currently working on a project to publish and re-publish most of the works of
D. R. Evans as well a number of under-appreciated classics
in high-quality paperback editions.
Our Name
An engine house was a building that housed the beam engine
for the man engine that allowed 19th century
Cornish tin miners to descend to, and ascend from,
the workings that were often deep underground. Engine houses thus became associated with the motive power used
to run the mine.
As the Cornish tin mining industry declined, more and more (and eventually all) the tin mines dotted
throughout the county fell into disuse. The buildings fell into ruin, and the modern Cornish landscape
is littered with the old engine houses, often standing in what are now lonely fields.
This landscape has been, since 2006, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The picture at the top left of this page (which also appears on the back cover of our books) is of
the Greenburrow Shaft engine house, which was in the western part of the extensive
Ding Dong mine. This engine house
is located at Bosiliack, between Madron and Morvah (at
50° 09' 14.90"N, 5° 35' 34.69"W).
It is visible for miles across the Cornish moorland.
Contact
Engine House Books
330 Weld County Road 16½
Longmont
CO 80504-9467
330 Weld County Road 16½
Longmont
CO 80504-9467
Reviewers
If you are a bona fide reviewer from the media and wish to review any of our books, please contact
us at the above address or e-mail the user reviewbook at the domain enginehousebooks.com
(sorry: the e-mail address is obfuscated somewhat in an attempt to thwart spam robots from harvesting the address).
Unsolicited Manuscripts
Currently we are not accepting unsolicted manuscripts.