About Us
Who and What we are
Who and What we are
Who and What we are
- We are an indie press specialising in beautiful formatting and regional topics.
- Lead Mining Land The Northern Pennines (ISBN 978-1-3999-5276-7) is our first title.
- Our books are available in paperback. Our silk-finish paper produces clear photos.
- We're sorry, but we cannot accept submissions at present.
our Logo
Who and What we are
Who and What we are
- Our logo represents a stemple, a sike and a mine entrance and exit.
- A stemple is a wooden bar. Lead miners jammed stemples into the rock face inside their mines and used them as ladders for climbing.
- A sike is a dialect word for a small stream. It's heard in parts of Northern England and parts of Scotland. Lead mining depended on the availability of water .
our logo
Lead Mining Symbols
A stemple, a sike and the entrance to a lead mine! What could be more appropriate? Logo copyright: Stemple Sike Press
Review of Lead Mining Land
"This is a book that has been written with love; for the landscape, the industry, the miner's life and the poetry that weaves a net to capture all. Once you have read to the end, you will be inspired to visit, or re-visit, the valleys and towns of Lead Mining Land."
Extract from the Review by author and geologist Geoff Downer. The full Review appears in Newsletters of the SE branch of the Open University Geology Association and the Kent branch of the Geologists' Association.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please contact us at stemplesike@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Yes. If it's not in stock, it can be ordered through all the usual bookseller channels including through Gardners and via the distributor, YPDBooks. E: orders@yps-publishing.co.uk . The ISBN is 978-1-3999-5276-7.
The book is listed on all the usual online bookshelves. UK and EU residents can also order through YorkBookShop.com, our distributor.
We've taken great care over the formatting of the book. The text and images have various layouts and the broad pages have a drape. We feel it is a book to hold in the hand rather than a book to read on a screen.