Oaks Colliery Bible. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1873. 8vo (217 x 143 cm), contemporary black morocco presentation binding, front board with 'In memory of the awful explosion at the ''Oaks Colliery'', Decr 12th 1866' lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, presentation plate addressed to Lavinia Rhodes (daughter of an Oaks Colliery casualty) mounted to front pastedown, manuscript genealogy of the recipient's family to initial blank (down to the present day), spotting to blanks and outer leaves, New Testament title-page (pp. 855/6) excised (qty: 1) Little remembered today, the explosion at Oaks Colliery in Barnsley remains Britain's worst mining disaster, with some 360 fatalities, though recent research has suggested that the true figure may be even higher.