Farries Mason (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some rubbing and foxing to dust jacket on outer edges. Scuffing and minor tears around top of spine and outer corners. Red binding with illustration in gilt on front. Gilt lettering on spine. Unmarked, very minor rubbing on top and bottom of spine and at outer corners. Pages inside are clean and unmarked, frontispiece is clear and clean. Some foxing to outer edges. 230mmx290mm. 276pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. The windmill is of special interest to the artist, the cartographer, the engineer and the social historian, and is a cherished landmark to the lover of the English scene.This book is copiously illustrated with many fascinating photographs and drawings, and includes much hitherto unpublished material. It contains the most detailed descriptions so far published of the construction and the machinery of individual mills. Altogether a dozen windmills are described in full detail, sixty receive general description and a further forty gain at least a mention; of the total, about fifty appear in illustration. The work is complete and is intended for the general reader as well as for the specialist.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 276 pgs. Bibliography. b/w photos,diagrams, maps and folding plans. A fine copy in age toned dust jacket (see photos) Additional shipping charges will be requested for this volume over 2kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Please see photos.

1st edition, hardback, large 4to, 276pp, illustrated with 131 plates and 15 drawings and maps, owner's name erased on endpaper, edges btowning, otherwise clean and tight, Very Good condition in browning dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. First Edition. CLEAN Fine- 1966 First Edition hardcover with Fine- dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Terracotta colour buckram with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Loosely inserted are two letters from the author dated May 1951 to Mr Hilllier regarding his research for this book and a book Hillier was about to publish regarding Surrey watermills (Old Surrey Watermills, J.Hillier, 1951). Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light sunning to spine and edges of jacket. 276pp. illustrated with 131 plates and 15 drawings and maps.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 9 x 11" pp. 276 with 3 fold-out maps 1 single-page map, 6 drawings, 5 fold-out technical drawings of windmills and 51 pages of photographs. Very good hardback in original rust buckram with gilt lettering to spine and windmill motif on front board. Top edge red. Firm and tight with no stains, marks or labels. Owner's signature on ffep. In very good dustwrapper with no loss but rubbing to corners and top of spine and slight stain to spine. Will require additional postage.

hardbound. profusely illustrated (illustrator). Comprehensive illustrated survey of the windmills of Surrey and Inner London, tracing the windmills through Boroughs and Parishes from Addington to Woldingham, and including Central London; 131 full-page b&w plate illustrations, either photographs or drawings/paintings, etc, and including some gatefold charts; includes historical and statistical review, and chapters on Art and the Surrey Windmill, The Windmill and the Map; details technical aspects, and with Bibliography; nice clay-coloured cloth boards with windmill motif in gilt to front board and gilt titling to spine; dustwrapper with original glassine around; bookshop label to front pastedown, text block foxed, occasional light foxing in text, and with mild toning to edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper tanned to spine, and folds of flaps, o.w. Very Good; original glassine edgeworn and frayed and with loss to spine. Dustwrapper. 276pp. 4to. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Book Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Charles Skilton, 1966. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Large format book in VG condition in a VG dust-jacket, with some wear and rubbing. Browning to spine area of jacket, and small closed tear to head. Internally clean, lacks the ffe. Illustrated. 276pp. Heavy book which will incur extra overseas postage; please enquire for rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ist Edition. Firmly and tightly bound . A little sunning to the jacket spne, overall condition commesuratre with age is is descibed generally as fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original orange cloth in bright condition with a very good dust jacket which is a little browned on the spine an edges, previous owners bookplate, slightly spotted on the outer page edges Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardback 11.5 x 9 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and gilt image to front cover. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with dustwrapper (DW Spine and edges tanned. Edges rubbed. Some creasing to top end of spine. Some small nicks from corners. Not price clipped.). Some rubbing to lower rear corner. Foxing spots to page edges. Inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean & tight copy. 276pp. With B&W plates, figures, line drawings, & maps. "Although this unusual and very comprehensive book covers the windmills of Surrey & Inner London, interest is by no means confined to these areas. The picture presented is representative of most of the windmills of England. It contains the most detailed descriptions so far published of the construction and the machinery of individual mills.Altogether a dozen windmills are described in full details, sixty receive general description and a further forty gain at least a mention". Scarce.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with usual stamps and markings; rear hinge starting to crack. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 131 Plated Illustrations, 15 b/w Figures & Maps (illustrator). First Edition.

1st edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt image of windmill to front board under grey/green illustrated dustwrapper with blue lettering. 11.5ins x 9.25ins, 276pp plus frontis and 51pp plates (131 illustrations), 3 folding maps and 5 folding construction plans. Dustwrapper is darkened to spine and has internal tape repairs, otherwise a VG / VG copy of this useful and informative work.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges faintly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 276 pages, [130] pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), facsimiles, diagrams ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. Subjects; Windmills England Surrey. Windmills England London. Surrey History. London History. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Edges faintly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 276 pages, [130] pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), facsimiles, diagrams ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. Subjects; Windmills England Surrey. Windmills England London. Surrey History. London History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt image of windmill to front board under grey/green illustrated dustwrapper with blue lettering. 11.5ins x 9.25ins, 276pp plus frontis and 51pp plates (131 illustrations), 3 folding maps and 5 folding construction plans. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, otherwise a VG / VG copy of this useful and informative work. Nb heavy book please e-mail for postage cost.

FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A GLASSINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. SOMEDAMP STAINING TO EDGE OF BOARDS. PULL-OUT MAPS.

Hard Cover. Condition: Bindings Virtually as New. Dust Jacket Condition: d/w Excellent. First Edition. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. Packed weight = 03.00kg. PLEASE do NOT order through abe before contacting us direct, as the standard abe postage rates do NOT apply. 276 pages. Well illustrated. Lovely fold out maps and drawings in crisp clean virtually as new condition. Brown cloth boards. Gold stamped illustration of 2 windmills on front board. Bright gold lettering on spine. Crisp corners to boards. The dust wrapper had a few small closed tears all of which have been professionally repaired. All looks very smart on the bookshelf. Lovely copy of this materwork. Size: 11.5" By 9".

QUARTO. FIRST EDITION. A NEAR FINE COPY IN ORANGE BOARDS WITH A SLIGHTLY GRUBBY DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED.

Original publisher's red-brown cloth hardback, gilt title spine, small illustration frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large thick 4to: frontispiece, 276pp. 131 plates & illustrations, 15 large folding plates with technical drawings - section drawings & references and maps, chapternotes & references, acknowledgements, abbreviations, appendices, general bibliographyaddenda, index.

4to, 276pp, 131 plates, 15 maps and line drawings (several colour), orig. cloth. A fine bright copy in fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to., orig. brown/rust buckram with a small gilt decoration on the upper cover, 276pp. With numerous illustrations. Name rubber stamped on the front free e/paper o/w a fine copy in d/w which is a bit faded on the spine but o/w fine. "The windmill is of especial interest to the artist, the cartographer, the engineer and the social historian, and is a cherished landmark to the lover of the English scene. Although this unusual and very comprehensive book covers the windmills of Surrey and Inner London, interest is by no means confined to these areas. The picture presented is representative of most of the windmills of England.".

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this charming study of British windmills. Illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.K. G. Farries and M. T. Mason detail the appearance of windmills in both Surrey and Inner London, identifying the windmill as 'a cherished landmark to the lover of the English scene'.Illustrated with five folding technical drawings of windmills, three folding maps, and numerous monochrome photographic images. Collated, complete.Loosely inserted is a typewritten letter addressed to 'Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie', explaining 'here are the excerpts from The Windmills of Surrey and Outer London'. The letter is neither dated or signed. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bump to spine tail, with light fading to tail of front board. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with small tide mark to back strip tail and to head and tail of front wrap. Small closed tear to back strip head. Former owner's label to head of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.