Rev Peter Hemming (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cream paper dust-jacket with black and white photographic image on the front, titles in red and black, not price-clipped (8'6). A little tattered along the top edge, a closed tear at the back bottom edge and with some pale brown spotting. Green cloth binding, gilt title on the front and spine. Hinge and text block firm, pages smooth and clean, some little spots to the closed page edges only. There are two different neatly inked inscriptions to the front end paper. A very good tidy copy.

xviii,[2],138 p. Illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. Publisher's green cloth, gilt which is rubbed on the edges and corners. No dustwrapper. Faint spotting to the page edges is visible when the book is closed,otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and plates, half-title, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green buckram, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Blythman 223.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). First edition. The uncommon first edition of this illustrated description of the construction and operation of windmills. First edition of Windmills in Sussex by Rev. Peter Hemming in the original publisher's cloth binding.A Description of the Construction and Operation of Windmills exemplified by Up-to-Date Notes on the still existing Windmills in Sussex with photographic illustrations.An uncommon edition.Illustrated with 70 photographs across twenty two monochrome plates. Collated, complete.No dust wrapper present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight wear to the cloth in these areas. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some spotting to the endpapers and first few pages including the title page. Very Good. book.

xviii,[2],138 p. Illustrations. The title page is printed in red and black. Publisher's green cloth, gilt. Dustwrapper with small chips from the spine ends and sleeved for protection. Faint spotting to the page edges, otherwise the contents clean and crisp. A very good copy with the scarce dustwrapper.