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19302 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous plates and maps in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat contemporary uniform signature on front free endpapers; cloth (grey/blue respectively), upper boards and backstrips framed and lettered in black, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH A COPY OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED PROSPECTUS LOOSELY INSERTED IN EACH VOLUME. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end of first volume. Published on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the set comprises Vol. I: Kent Surrey and Sussex, 1930); vol. II: (Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and London, 1932). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 165, 280.
19318vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in dark red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 343.
19168vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates and folding map; original pale green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. THE PUBLISHER'S 'TO THE READER' SLIP IS LOOSELY INSERTED. Clarke's classic travelogue covers the windmills of Lancashire. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 180.
19162 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates and folding map; original pale green cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in black, fore-edges very lightly spotted else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp, well-preserved set. THE PUBLISHER'S SEPARATELY PRINTED PRODUCTION SLIP IS LOOSELY INSERTED IN SECOND VOLUME. The set comprises Windmill Land (1916) and More Windmill Land (1917-1918). The windmills of Lancashire. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED. Blythman 180,181 respectively.
19278vo., First Edition, with frontispiece,and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, red top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SIGNED BY MARTIN ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Blythman 342.
19818vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, and numerous plates, maps and plans throughout; green marbled boards, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH A COPY OF THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS LOOSELY INSERTED IN FIRST VOLUME. Fine set of this monumental study. The set comprises: Vol. I: An Historical Review (1981); Vol. II: A Technical Review (1982); Vol. III: A Review by Parishes A-E (1984); Vol. IV: A Review by Parishes F-R (1985); Vol. V: A Review by Parishes S-Z (1988). Blythman 204.
19388vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped facsimile dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 356.
19388vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 790.
19768vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, and plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Blythman 183.
19338vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and plates and illustrations in the text; red buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and sunned at backstrip. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 183.
19498vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; blue boards, upper board with printed paper label, ivory buckram back, uncut,a near fine copy in publisher's original glassine dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19208vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; original brown illustrated wrappers illustrated and printed in black, yapped edges, uncut, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 237.
18984 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, title-vignettes and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; publisher's green cloth, boards framed in blind, upper boards lettered in gilt, gilt backs, primrose endpapers, a near fine set. WITH THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED PROSPECTUS TO VOLUME IV LOOSELY INSERTED IN FIRST VOLUME. The set comprises: Vol. I: Handstones, Slave and Cattle Mills; Vol. II: Watermills and Windmills; Vol. III: Feudal Laws and Customs; Vol. IV: Some Feudal Mills. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19588vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy Published by the Wind and Watermill Section, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
19608vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy Published by the Wind and Watermill Section, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
197010 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations, pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean set. Published by the Wind and Watermill Section, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The set comprises: No. 1. Paul Wilson: Watermills. An Introduction; No. 2. Rex Wailes: Tide Mills. Part One; No. 3. Rex Wailes. Tide Mills. Part Two; No. 4. E.M. Gardner: Tide Mills. Part Three; No. 5. R.A. Pelham: Fulling Mills; No. 6. Kenneth C. Reid: Water-Mills and the Landscape; No. 7. Paul Wilson: Watermills with Horizontal Wheels; No. 8. David Luckhurst: Monastic Watermills; No. 9. Alfred Shorter: Water Paper Mills in England; No. 10. John Rollins: The Needle Mills. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE.
19858vo., First Edition, with photographs; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes detailed gazetteer of sites. Blythman 228.
19808vo., First Edition, with photographs and map; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Blythman 301.
19518vo., First Edition, with photographs; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XXVIII. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19638vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XXXVI. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19718vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XLIV. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19668vo., First Edition, with photographs, maps and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XXXIX. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19678vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XL. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 396.
19728vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XLV. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19728vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XLV. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
