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4 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.
In-8°; pp. (6), 98, (2), operetta che contiene i principali capitoli deegl autori che hanno interpretato nelle loro opere l’Orazione della Quiete, la vita e alcuni brani da Santa Teresa, e il decreto della sacra inquisizione per la censura della Guida Spirituale di Michel de Molinos. Legatura in piena pergamena. un piccolo strappo al margine interno bianco delle carte centrali.
2 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.
10 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and plans throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, one or two stitches a trifle rusted else a near fine run. The run comprises: No. 1. Wilson: Watermills. A Introduction [?1955]; No. 2. Wailes: Tide Mills Part One [?1957]; No. 3. Wailes: Tide Mills Part Two [?1957]; No. 4. Gardner: Tide Mills Part Three [1957]; No. 5. Pelham: Fuelling Mills [?1958]; No. 6: Reid: Water-mIlls and the Landscape [?1958]; No. 7. Wilson: Watermills with Horizontal Wheels [1960]; No. 8. Luckhurst: Monastic Watermills [?1959]; Shorter: Water Paper Mills In England (1966); No. 10. Rollins: The Needle Mills (1970). RUNS OF THIS NATURE ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED.
44 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in swimwear by Corinne Malvern; Editorial mentions these three topics - the British Ministry of Air, Turmoil in Mexico, and Midsummer in Canada; Little Miss Hurricane (short story); Mr. Burgoyne's Octopus (short story); Wonders of Zululand - great photo-illustrated aritcle, including photo of chief Sidiya; Strictly Personal (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker (part III); Windmills for Sale (short story); Air Liner (short story); Tennis Stars Wanted - photo-illustrated article claims the tennis world will be boring until a challenger for Don Budge arrives on the scene - with photos of Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, Donald (Don) Budge, Frank Parker, Walter Senior, Bob Murray, and William Tilden playing Wilmer Allison on Wimbledon's famous middle court; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Dorothy (Dot) Cunningham of Montreal; Movie News with photos of Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Erroll Flynn, Ian Hunter, Don Ameche (performing swan dive), Johnny Weissmuller, Allan Jones and Dick Powell; Personal finance article; Cosmetics article; World Sayings; Elegant Heinz ad inside back cover; Kodak ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Slippery Wiley" Again - Continued misdeeds of a West Australian gold thief; My Seal-Hunt - The touch-and-go experience of a young man who was seal hunting on the ice off the coast of Newfoundland; Through Spain in Disguise - Part IV - Count and Countess Malmignati continue their adventure, disguised as Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Photo and bried write-up of the "Magic Pool" of Henleaze, said to provide wonderfully fresh skin to her bathers; "The Lucky Seven" - A young ex-serviceman gets stung when he buys a ranch in British Columbia; "Water!" - A young Brit and his party of native soldiers nearly die of thirst while crossing the Karoli Desert in Kenya Colony; The Maroons of Jamaica - Nicely photo-illustrated article on these lineal descendants of runaway slaves who received their own peace treaty - includes photo of the community whipping post; "Witchcraft" - A queer Central African story about a missing old man - with interesting photos; The Secret of Still Valley - While hunting in Northern California, a doctor and clergyman stumble into a dangerous hidden mountain valley; Kite-Fighting in Siam - Photo-illustrated article; The Strain - The vivid photo-illustrated story of two young officers remotely stationed on the Indian frontier; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part II - Colonel Deneys Reitz explores terra incognita in the former German South-West Africa - with nice photos; Brief article on how Dutch Windmills "Talk"; Adventure Comes to the Chemist - Mr. Woodcock is inexperienced with firearms but decides to arm himself due to many local hold-ups. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A pleasing copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
8vo., 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.
2 works [3 vols.] in 1 vol., folio, on laid paper, text in Dutch, with titles in red and black, title-vignettes, and very numerous engraved plates and illustrations (a number double- or full-page); brown faux-calf, upper board blocked in gilt, back gilt with raised bands, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile reissue of two of the best eighteenth-century illustrated works on the mechanics of windmills (first work 1734; 1736; second work 1727 ). VERY SCARCE.
8vo., 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.
32 pages. Features: Firestone ad inside front cover features photo of Harvey S. Firestone addressing 25th annual stockholders' meeting in Akron, OH; A Sailorman Poet - John Masefield; What has become of our Parties? - Coolidge puts last Democrat doctrine into Republican creed; Is the Pulpit a Bulletin Board? - is the preacher a prophet or propagandist?; An English View of American Installment Buying; A Scientist Urges Farmers to Utilize Waste Products - paper can easily be made from wheat straw; Mental Tests Make Us Seem Foolish - because quacks rush in where true psychologists fear to tread; Henry Ford's Page - the dangers of debt; Editorials - U.S. surplus of housing, Abraham Rothfeld is ordered to not reapply for U.S. citizenship for 10 years; Senator Borah speaks like a statesman, P.R. battle over French debt to the U.S., Dictators are increasing in number in Europe, Robert T. Lincoln of the Pullman Company has given the negro 'the only racial monopoly in the world', namely the Pullman porter, sea travel in steerage becomes fashionable; Life Among the Wild American Humorists, as described by Thomas L. Masson; Islam Aims at World Domination - Consolidation of Moslemism inspires Conference at Mecca; A Negro Views His Own Race - the thoughts of Charles Plummer; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 8) - Wreck of the Santiago; Chats with Office Callers - William Lyon Phelps writes article claiming New York stage plays attack Protestants but not Catholics because they are afraid to attack them; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 4) - tales of the time when people traveled for days to see teh circus, and slave-traders followed the show; China's Use of Proverbs; The Stories the Windmills Tell - Joy, grief, trouble or celebration all are indicated by the huge sails which serve as 'Town Criers' for the countryside; A Fighting Quaker of '76 - Joseph Hewes - who led the North Carolina Men in Declaring for Independence; A Dance a Week - Seventeenth Century Minuet, with piano sheet music; I Read in the Papers. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., with large plates and plans (a number folding) and illustrations in the text; publisher's olive cloth, upper board framed and blocked in black, bevelled boards, gilt back, chocolate endpapers (tape scars), uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of a standard reference. SCARCE.
36 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., 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.
8vo., Second Edition, Second Impression, with a frontispiece, 30 plates and 36 maps and diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. Darby's definitive history was first published in 1940 with an updated edition following in 1956. This third revision was issued in 1968. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
xxxiv + 1085pp.+ frontispice (portrait), 32cm., orig.softcover, text in Latin, in the series "Sacra Congregatio pro causis sanctorum officium historicum" volume 62, small stamp, pages still uncut, very good condition, rare, R82495
204 pages. Index. References. Exhaustively illustrated in black and white with photos and diagrams. "The first comprehensive account of the hand-mills, water-mills, windmills and horse-mills in South Africa... Traces the history of mill machinery from mid-17th century to today." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon half-title page, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this superb reference. Book
4to., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and plans (a number folding); original brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp copy of this standard reference. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
10 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.
18 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. The run comprises Proceedings of the following Conferences: First (1983); Second (1984); Third and Fourth (1986); Fifth and Sixth (1990); Seventh and Eighth (1992); Ninth and Tenth (1993); Eleventh (1994); Twelfth (1995); Thirteenth (1996); Fourteenth (1998); Fifteenth (1999); Sixteenth (2000); Seventeenth (2000); Eighteenth (2002); Nineteenth (2003); Twentieth (2005); Twenty-First (2006); Twenty-Second (2009). RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE VERY SCARCE.
18 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine run. The run comprises Proceedings of the following Conferences: First (1983); Second (1984); Third and Fourth (1986); Fixth and Sixth (1990); Seventh and Eighth (1992); Ninth and Tenth (1993); Eleventh (1994); Twelth (1995); Thirteenth (1996); Fourteenth (1998); Fifteenth (1999); Sixteenth (2000); Seventeenth (2000); Eighteenth (2002); Nineteenth (2003); Twentieth (2005); Twenty-First (2006); Twenty-Second (2009). RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE VERY SCARCE.
29 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine interrupted run.
pour le vol. I : demi-percaline kaki, tit. doré sur dos lisse souligné de doubles filets dorés, ENVOI DE L’AUTEUR, tr. mouchetée, ex-libris sous forme d’étiquette collée sous le premier plat, (toile lég. passée, mors sup. fendu en queue sur 3 cm laissant un lég. accroc sur dos, coupes frottées, coins lég. émoussés, feuilles lég. jaunies), intérieur frais pour les vol. II & III : demi-chagrin brun, tit. & tom. dorés sur dos à 5 nerfs ornés de roulettes dorées, dos soulignés de doubles filets dorés et fers à froid, tr. mouchetées, (lég. épidermures sur dos, coupes avec lég. mq., coins lég. émoussés, feuilles jaunies) Lors de la parution du premier volume de cet ouvrage, le ... estimait déjà que « cette première partie fait bien augurer des autres, car l’auteur y a traité avec un soin particulièrement consciencieux une matière assez aride et offrant certainement plus d’utilité pratique que d’attrait scientifique. […] On ne saurait […] assez le remercier d’avoir cherché à débrouiller et à compulser méthodiquement tout le fatras des dispositions législatives, administratives et judiciaires qui se sont accumulées en France sur cette matière depuis plus de deux siècles, sans qu’on puisse, à moins d’en faire une étude aussi approfondie que celle à laquelle s’est livré [l’auteur], se rendre compte des dispositions encore en vigueur et de celles qui sont abrogées. » [J.-O. Devigne, Revue de droit international et de législation comparée, 1871, p. 674]
Oblong 4to., Third Impression, with frontispiece and hundreds of photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of a standard reference first published in 1985.
Features: Arizona in the '50's (conclusion) - a paradise of devils; Bear River Loot - Lafe Roberts and train robbery money; Scoreboard of the Raiders - how fast horses could change ownership in 1870 Texas; Lightning Stealers - manipulating a telegraph line to 'peddle calamity' could give men an easy fortune!; Pleasant Valley and Cowboy Flat - a last glimpse of the Doolin-Dalton outlaws before they turned to banks; A brush with death - the Arnett Hotel, Boulder, Colorado; Last Victim of the Vigilantes - Con Murphy; Mysterious Lady of Yankee Fork - Agnes Elizabeth King Hawthorne and one wedding too many, Bonanza, Idaho; King of the Windmillers - Ray D. Knox, installer of 7 in 10 windmills in the range country near Roswell, New Mexico; Miner's Finishing School - Tuscarora; Wild Old Days. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
192 pages. References. Index. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. "With loving dedication, and the trained eye of the architectural historian, the author examines the details of watermills and windmills - once a common feature of the Canadian landscape, but now disappearing one by one from our view." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: Mills in Canada; Waterpower and the Gristmill; Gristmill Architecture; Surviving Gristmills; The Miller; Canadian Windmills; The Sawmill; The Old Mill Today; The Spirit of the Old Mill. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy of this wonderful reference. Book
