In the nineteen thirties, Richard Evans commissioned a public relations document from the Albion Press, The result was 'The Romance of Coal' which gives information about the origins of coal, a historical review of coal mining, a short history of the Evans Company, methods of working coal at that time and how the coal was treated. The book provides a snapshot of a Lancashire Coal Company.

A4. 43 pages, stitched, softback, 24 photographs. ISBN 0 9516843 2 9. Price £3.99 plus p&p.