BRITISH WINDMILLS AND WATERMILLS.
by Skilton C.P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1947. First Edition. With 8 colour plates and 27 black and white illustrations. 8vo, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, and with the colour dustjacket. 47 pp. A copy in very fine condition, the jacket with just a touch of shelving evidence. FIRST EDITION. FROM THE BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES. A FINE COPY AND QUITE A PLEASING BOOK. There is history over a thousand years long of watermills in Great Britain, and one nearly as long for windmills. Many of the mills still standing in England today have been largely unchanged since Chaucer's time. The author had explored and sketched them extensively.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27631
- Title
- BRITISH WINDMILLS AND WATERMILLS.
- Author
- Skilton C.P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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