The English Windmill by Rex Wailes - 1967

Routledge, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Edition. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm with mild creasing to gutters. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has noticeably heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

LONDON: ROUTLEDGE AND KEGAN PAUL, 1954 Blue cloth boards with silver titles and windmill to spine, 250 x 160 mm approx. xxiv + 246 pp. 32pp of glossy photo plates, frontis + 64 line figs by Vincent Lines as called for + two line maps. First Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- mild bump to tail of spine, very mild foxing spots to end papers with hint of same to edges of book block. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects).

Routledge & Keegan Paul. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 0710022417 . Dust darkened top text block edge, dw has harsh fade to red titles of spine, a few faint surface marks, price-clipped. In clear removable book film cover. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .

Routlege & Kegan Paul, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, no dj. Small stain to cover. Owner's bookplate inside. Hinges weakening but everything is attached. Contents clean. 246 pages, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illus.

London, England: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1971. First U.K. Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lines, Vincent. xxiii, 246pp w bibliography, appendices and index. Drawings by Vincent Lines, maps, indexed bw photo plates. Blue cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is shows toning to spine and previous owner has trimmed all edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Small quarto: 256 x 160mm. Originally published in the UK in 1954, this is the third impression, 1971, stated.

Routledge, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 246 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Light tanning to otherwise clear pages and plates. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is very slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0710022417 . A later printing. Very good or better in like dust jacket. .

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1977. Hardcover. hardback reprint, large 8vo, 246pp, illustrated, slight foxing on page edges, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper spine browning and lettering faded .

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. Very good/Good. 8vo. 240 x 160mm, 246 pages. B/w photos, detailed line drawings. Book condition: Very good, clean blue boards, tight binding, no inscriptions, neat owner's plate inside cover(Harvest Mouse). Jacket condition: Good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not price-clipped, protected clear in adhesive film which has shown through at edges. Comments: An excellent fully-illustrated history of the English windmill - history, development, styles with details of their workings, status, millers, extra details for Saxtead Green, Cranbrook, Sibsey mills.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1967, 2nd edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & image of windmill to spine under light blue illustrated dustwrapper with red lettering. 10ins x 6.25ins, xxiii, (i), 246pp plus 32pp plates. Also many drawings within the text - many of these by Vincent Lines. Free endpapers have old selotape marks, otherwise VG / VG.