Alan Ticehurst Books
Acts of Parliament
1 Act for discharging the Township of Osset cum Gawthorpe (York) from the Custom
of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt at certain Water Corn Mills in the parish of Sandal (York)
33 pages. 4th July 1832
£25
2 Act for discharging the Manor of Leeds in the Township of Leeds from the Custom
of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt at certain Water Corn Mills in the said Manor
33 pages. 14th May 1839
£25
3 Act for discharging the Township of Wakefield etc. in the parishes of Wakefield and Sandal
Magna in West Riding of County of York from the Custom of grinding Corn, Grain and Malt
at certain Corn Mills in the Wakefield,Horbury and Sandal Magna.
45 pages. 14th June 1853
£25
4 Act for the better securing the Excise Duties on Paper and Pasteboard.
22 pages 15th July 1820
£20
5 Act for collecting the Shaws-Water, and applying the same to the driving mills and machinery
near Greenock in Renfrew,and suppyling the town and harbour with Water.
26 pages 10th June 1825
£20
Mill Sales Particulars
6 Loose Watermill, Dwelling House Flour mill and stabling and premises known as Loose Mill
in village of Loose. For auction by Day and Son 17th July 1913 one page. Three copies each £50
7 Borstal Mill Rochester - Wind Corn Mill with auxiliary steam power driving two Pairs of stones
with space for four pairs with living rooms stable etc. and corner plot of building ground.
For Auction by Thomas & Homan 24th February 1880 four pages
Four copies each £60
Draft manuscript Conditions of sale
£25
8 Chatham - Wind Corn Mill containing 3 pars of stones and necessary standing and going
.
gear, with patent sweeps and fantail supplying 100 houses with water plus dwelling house
with frontage of 130 feet to High Street Ordnance Place in full working order in occupation
of Mr. Bacon for 35 years. For Auction by George Slater 20th July 1875 six pages.
Two Copies each £50
9 Cliffe Rochester and Chatham, - Corn Windmill mill house and cottage in Cliffe plus two lots in
Rochester and Chatham For auction my Messrs. Cobb 29th November 1887 four pages.
£55
10 Ordnance Place Chatham and Rochester,- A freehold estate at Cliffe A corn Windmill with
patent sails, driving three pairs of stones together with dwelling house plus a leasehold
residence at Ordnance Place Chatham for auction by Mr. Skinner 26th June 1861 four pages £55
11 Cassington Oxon. Cassington Flour Mills four storey mill driven by turbine wheel with roller
mill mixer shafting and belting and double rotary scalper.together with house cottages and land
For Auction by Messenger and Son 24th October 1924 four pages
Two copies each £50
and three typed copy letters buying the mill.
£8
12 Brill Bucks.- Four Lots House and cottages and lot four being The seventeenth Century
Windmill on Brill Common of timber with two pairs of stones, bears date of 1680.
For Auction by Messenger and Son 30th August 1927 four pages Three pages.
£50
13 Marlingford Norfolk, - Brick Tower Wind Mill containing five floors, on which are three pairs of
stones, largest 5'2" over, flour mill, papent sails, iron shaft, self winding apparatus together
with dwelling house stable waggon sheds. For Auction by Clowes and Nash 14th June 1879.
four pages
£50
14 Rochdale, - Seven lots including farms and shop and a Fulling Mill with Brimstone stove
Drying Stove, cisterns, water wheel, Millwright Work, going gear, Fulling Stocks, Perching
machines. With manuscript traced map attached. For Auction by Richard Clegg 7th April 1852
four pages.
£55
15 Langley Mill, Derbyshire - Langley Mill Iron and Steel Works comprising Forge and Rolling
Mill, Engine House,Boiler House Roll Turning Shop and houses and cottages
each item shown on coloured attached plan. For Auction by Joseph Nicholson 6th December
1881 four pages large format.
Two Copies each £50
16 Littlebourne Watermill, Kent a renovated 18th century Watermill in use until 1970
For Auction 28th June 1972 Amos & Dawton 9 pages including coloured map.
£15
17 Nowton Road Tower Mill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. A six Sail brick tower windmill on five
floors driving three pairs of stones together with dwelling house. For Auction by H. Lacy Scott
28th september 1892 four pages.
£60
18 Congham Windmill Norfolk, A windmill in full trade with messuage barn,stable and out-buildings
in occupation of Mr. Wm. Riches to be let by Mr. Spooner or Messrs. Whincop and Lane
Solicitors of Lynn. 13th February 1831 one sheet printed by Wm. Turner Printer of Lynn
Two Copies each £65
Accounts
19 Thurnham Water Mill Bearsted, account rendered by Mr. Blinkhorn 1919 - 1924 15 items £15
20 Worth Mill near Sandwich account rendered by Billing and Son, Millers and Bakers 1929-1932
14 items
£16
21 Sun Flour Mills of Bishopsgate, Mills at Bromley - By -Bow and Stanley Bridge Chelsea
Mr. Wrightson account rendered 1890/1 5 items
£7
22 Stanley & Son, Stanley Bros. Millers of White Mill Sandwich acc. 1925 and 1931. 2 items £10
23 Providence Mill, Luton Road Chatham, Huggins and Son Corn Flour Merchants acc. 1938 £5
£2
24 Northbourne New Mill, Deal, acc. rendered by E.M.Fuller, Miller & Corn Merchant 1938
£5
25 Littlebourne Mill Via Dover, account rendered by E.Jarvis. Miller and Corn Dealer 1903
26 Bethersden Mill, Near Ashford, acc. rendered by James Wood, Miller & Corn Dealer 1912 £3
£6
27 Charlton Mill, Dover, account rendered by G.W. Chitty & Co, 1891 two items
£3
28 Barton Mill Canterbury, account rendered by Kingford & Co. 1891
£3
29 Buckland and Crabble Flour Mills Dover, account rendered by W & E. Mannering 1908
£6
30 Eastry Mill, Kent account rendered by E.G. Clark. 1938 two items
£6
31 Macclesfield Flour Mills, acc.rendered to S. Fitton & Son Ramsgate 1890/1 three items
£2
32 The Mill Higham ,Kent account rendered by C.J. Rose 1963
£3
33 Isle of Thanet Steam Flour Mill Co. account rendered to Mr. Wrightson 1890
£1
34 Styles and Son Builders and Contractors Sandwich account rendered to Billings 1932
£2
35 Water and Steam Mills East Hill Ashford, account rendered by Pledge & sons 1910
£2
36 Homestead Stores East Studdale nr. Dover account rendered by Chas. Foat 1932
£4
37 Carter & Son Warrington Corn Flour & Provender Stores Account rendered 1927
Letters Patent
38 Patent Granted to David Brown of Belfast for the Improvement of Dressing Flax, Hemp etc.
7 pages and large folding plan 9th May 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£25
39 Patent Granted to John Henry Johnson of Middlesex for the Improvement in the Treatment of
Maize. 2 pages 5th May 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£20
40 Patent Granted to Santo Pini of Vienna for the Improvement in Mills for Grinding Grain.
5 pages and large folding plan 2nd September 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£25
41 Patent Granted to Thomas Coles and William Henderson of Castle Cary Somerset for the
Improvement in Machinery for Scutching Flax and other Fibres.
7 pages and large folding plan 13th May 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£25
42 Patent Granted to Thomas Smith of Leeds, millwright for the Improvement in Machinery for
Dressing, Sifting and Feeding Middlings, Meal etc.,
3 pages 30th August 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£25
43 Patent Granted to John Buchholz of Middlesex for the Improvement in Apparatus used for
Hulling,Polishing,Cleaning, Separating, and Dressing Grain and Grain Produce.
8 pages and two large folding plans 4th September 1875 in original blue wrappers.
£30
44 Patent Granted to William Robert Lake of London for the Improvement in Machinery for
Manufacturing Meal or Flour.
7 pages 2nd January 1873 large folding plan in original blue wrappers.
£30
45 Patent Granted to Walkden Thompson and Thomas Stather of Kingston -Upon-Hull for the
Improvement in Mills for Grinding Cattle Food etc.
6 pages and large folding plan 23rd April 1870 in original blue wrappers.
£25
46 Provisional Patent Granted to Sidney William Stanbridge of Camberwell, Malster for the
Improvements in the Preparation of Malt for Brewing, Colouring, Flavouring and
Keeping Ales.
2 pages 2nd May 1870 in original blue wrappers.
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£25
HMSO Reports
Reports on nutritive value of bread made from different flour, 53 pages wrappers 1911.
2 copies
each £8
Reports on bleaching of flour, 65 pages wrappers 1911.
£8
Reports on colouring of flour, 10 pages wrappers 1912.
£8
Reports on treatment of flour, 23 pages wrappers 1927. 2 copies
each £8
Manuscripts
51 Borstal Mill Kent, Abstract of title between Mary Ann Nightingale, James Andrews and James
Edwards. 8 pages dated 1880
£30
52 Borstal Mill Kent, Draft Abstract of title of Henry Ringe of a windmill five pages
dated 31st May 1880
£30
53 Borstal Mill Kent, Draft Conditions of Sale issued by Hayward & Smith Solicitors of Rochester
five pages dated 24th February 1880
£20
54 Ryarsh Water Corn Mill, Kent, Lease for 21 years at £60 per annum between Sir Joseph
Hawley, Baronet and Mr. James Phillips, Miller dated 3rd December 1834 one sheet on vellum
29" by 22"
£40
55 Appledore Mill, Kent, Mortgage between Mary Johnson and George Grist, Miller for £300
dated 5th February 1878 three sheets on vellum 25" by 22"
£45
56 Apprenticeship Indenture of George Blinkhorn son of Robert Blinkhorn, Miller apprenticed to
John Hill of Ashford, Millwright for seven years for £30 on sheet printed completed in ink
13" by 16 1/2 " dated 4th November 1823.
Oath and Indenture £150
57 Oath, George Blinkhorn of Maidstone, Millwright and John Hill, Millwright affirming that George
Blinkhorn did serve the term of seven years to learn the Art Trade and Mistery of a Millwright
dated 18th May 1831 one sheet 8" by 13".
See above.
58 Abbey Mill, Leeds, Kent, Inventory and Valuation of property at Abbey Mill and Shop also
Lacey's Farm Langley from George Blinkhorn to Alfred Blinkhorn four pages, two of which are
detailed description of the mills's equipment in each room. dated 2nd April 1886.
£40
59 Hothfield, Kent, A Mill messuage and four acres at Conyers Wood, Hothfield a Feoffment
between Bennett Godfrye daughter of Richard Godfrye Clothier and William Hyll, manuscript
on vellum 13 inches by 5 inches with seal in Latin dated 1st January 1592.
£75
60 Bond between John Kylligrew of Arwenacke Esq. And William Lower of St Wynn, witness
Sir Walter Hungerford Knight, Moity of Howle Barton of Hamatethe except one corn mylle and
one tucking mille, dated 20th Jan. 1566. Written on vellum 15" by 10 1/2" 32 lines.
John engaged in piracy, and spent some time in Fleet prison where he died.
The Killigrew family lived in Arwenack House which still stands outside Falmouth and upon the
advice of Sir Walter Raleigh developed Falmouth in the 17th century.
A tucking mill is a wet country term for fulling mill.
£195
61 A handwritten poem entitled "Song of the Mill" signed H.G. Adams one sheet 9" by 11"
nd c19th century
£15
62 Two Notebooks dated 1911 to 1913, size 4" by 6" 68 pages handwritten plus a further 4 larger
sheets, Name inside P.Morphett, Hale St, East Peckham, Nr. Paddock Wood, Kent.
Concerns mainly the milling and mixing of flour and a hop bitters recipe.
£45
63 Shorthand Notebook with advert on front cover of W. Hobbs of Maidstone, dated 1913 in the
same hand as above 7" by 4" 55 pages handwritten, records time taken to grind, weight of
wheat and the mixture. Very interesting item.
£65
Reports and Plans
64 Reports and Plans relating to Paper Mills, Oasts, a Tidemill and Mills in Kent, 1814-1824
111 pages of text and sixteen plans of buildings 9" by 14" bound in half calf, 54 reports
plus a further three reports loose in front of volume. These reports appear to have been compiled
for the Kent Fire Insurance Company and provide detailed often room by room description of the
equipment. A rare survivor.
£1950
Papermaking
65 A declaration by George Hayes of Hemel Hempstead, paper manufacturer 53 years of age
and forty years knowing Padsole Mill first occupied by my uncle Stacey Wise, then John Shaw
then John Phipps then Christopher Phipps then unoccupied since 1838, the document then
details the mill, carpenters shop, cottages and forge. Affirming that the plan is correct.
four pages two being blank. 26th Oct 1869
£65
66 Padsole Mills, Maidstone, Kent, Plan of land and premises for sale by auction by Tootell
& Sons Land Surveyors, Maidstone, 31 inches by 18 inches large scale plan showing Mill
and Mill building beside the Mill pond and on the river Len. Dated 1869.
£150
Views
67 Liverpool, Four Coloured lithographs of windmills from Herdman's Ancient Liverpool 1856
a The Mill Park Road 8" by 12". A post mill with roundhouse with two further mills in distance
b Scene from North Shore 14 1/2" by 10" a large tower mill winded by wheel and rope
beside the sea and road.
c Tyrer's Mills, Copperas Hill 10"by 6" a tower and post mill on roundhouse both winded by
tower poles having a cart wheel at end.
d Liverpool from Low Hill 8" by 6". A view with three mills in distance.
Each view £60
68 Kempsford Mill, Gloucestershire. An engraving of Kempsford Mill circa 1833 from Tombleson's
Views of the Thames. The smock mill appears to be thatched on a stone base and one sail
missing and another damaged. Waggon loading in foreground.
£25
69 Knocholt Mill, Near Sevenoaks, Kent original coloured aquatint 9" by 6 1/2" circa 1800
engraved by Laporte, a small wooden mill beside cottages with three people in foreground.
This mill is not recorded in Coles Finch
£40
70 Red Mill House, Battersea Smock Mill, 6" by 4 1/2" circa 1833 from Tombleson's Thames £25
71 Ashford Flour Mill watercolour 14" by 9 1/2" a tall white watermill with bridge and river in
foreground signed on reverse E.M. Meaton.
£25
£10
72 Meopham Smock Mill print undated 7" by 5"
73 Hurst Castle and Lighthouse Hampshire with a tower mill beside the castle, pencil drawing
9" by 4 1/2" mounted dated Feb. 1821.
£25
74 Engraving of Thomas Wood entitled the Abstemious Miller 5" by 7 1/2" The Miller is standing
in the road with sails of two windmills in background looking other than abstemious! C1840. £15
75 Watercolour "Mill at Killeven near Clones County Monaghan", W. Greenlees dated 1839,
76 Watercolour "Keady County Armagh" W. Greenlees dated 1839,
both images 7" by 4", feature men and women working at watermills.
For both £65
77 Trumpets Hill Windmill Reigate Common, painting, signed E Brill, undated c1900
21" by 7 1/4" mounted on card. Demolished 1949 Smock Mill with a cottage on the North
Downs overlooking the Weald.
£150
78 Halnaker Mill West Sussex, signed Reg. Rowland 8" by 10" original watercolour framed and
glazed.
£85
79 Earnley Mill West Sussex, signed Norman Hirst, 8" by 10", original mezzotint one of one
hundred, framed and glazed.
£85
80 Strood Mill Kent, signed Alfred W. Rich, 16" by 11" original watercolour of smock mill upon a hill
nd.c1900. A recorded artist, 1856-1921, Studied at the Slade. A number of his watercolour are
held at the V & A and a number of Art Galleries on the South Coast. Gilt Frame and glazed £350
Photographs
81 Barnet Gate Mill, Arkley, Greater London, photograph 8 1/2" by 6 1/2" mounted on board
dated 29th May 1926 taken by Whittlesey of Charlton, Nottingham. Shows the tower mill with
a pond in front.
£15
82 Barton Flour Mills, Canterbury, Kingsford & Co. Millers Ltd. Entitled "The Last Mill on the Stour"
9 1/2" by 7" mounted on board taken by Halksworth Wheeler Folkstone. Large building with the
river in front.
£15
83 Denver Tower Mill near Downham Norfolk. 6" by 4" mounted on board dated December 1939
a large windmill surrounded by small buildings with pond in foreground.
£18
84 Rye Smock Mill Sussex 6 1/2" by 8 1/2" mounted on board taken in the late 1920's shows a
large mill with railway line beside it. One sail badly damaged the others missing shutters.
part of the staging disappeared
£25
85 Sandhurst Smock Mill, Kent, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" mounted on board taken circa 1910 shows the
side view with a river in front.
£25
86 Black Mill,Borstal Hill, Whitstable, Kent. A Smock Mill, two photographs from different angles
8 1/2" by 6" each mounted on board taken by West & Son Whitstable circa 1930's Owned by
Irving who was awarded a Windmill Certificate by SPAB ( Windmills of Kent by Jenny West) £25
£15
87 Shoreham Water Mill Kent 10 1/2" by 7" dated reverse circa 1925
88 The following 12 black & white photographs are 8" by 10" professionally taken
£15
89 Willesborough Smock Mill Kent
£15
90 Davison's Smock Mill, Stelling Minnis, Kent
£15
91 Sarre Smock Mill, Kent
£15
92 Oare Tower Mill, Luddenham, Kent
£15
93 Rolvenden Post mill, Kent
£15
94 Meopham Smock Mill, Kent
£10
95 Union Smock Mill, Cranbrook, Kent
£10
96 Union Smock Mill, from Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent
£15
97 Chillenden Post Mill, Kent
£15
98 West Kingsdown Smock Mill, Kent
£15
99 Lower Mill, Smock, Woodchurch, Kent
£15
100 St. Martins Tower Mill, Canterbury no stocks but with a fantail.
101 Hykeham Moor Mill, Lincolnshire. A post mill dated 1756 ceased work in WW1 collapsed
late 1930's photograph circa 1930 shows the mill deteorating having only two sweeps.
£30
102 Ramsey Post Mill, Essex showing mill complete with full set of shutters and roof mounted fan
4 1/2 " by 6" mounted on paper. Nd c1930's.
£25
£12
103 King's Mill, Shipley, Sussex, 4" by 6". A smock mill dated 29th June 1933
104 Biddenden Town Smock Mill, Kent, with wagon in waggon shed circa 1910 4 1/2" by 6 1/2"
same picture as Coles Finch page 96
£30
£30
105 High Halden Post Mill, Kent 6 1/2" by 4 1/2" working, circa 1910 demolished 1920's
£20
106 John Baker's Tower Mill Barnham Sussex 6" by 4 1/2" dated 14th September 1934
£20
107 Henfield Post Mill, Sussex 6" by 4 1/2" dated 16th June 1935
£20
108 Durrington Post Mill, Sussex 6" by 4 1/2" dated 5th April 1933
£20
109 West Chiltington, Sussex 4 1/2" by 5 1/2" dated 5th July 1933
110 Cross in Hand, Sussex 3 1/2" by 5" interior showing weight, break lever and control cord. £20
111 Haverhill Suffolk, 3 1/2" by 5" with annular sails, one only four constructed, sails were 50 feet
in diameter and 120 shutters driving 4 pairs of stones. C1930's
£18
112 Dalham, Suffolk, 3 1/2" by 5" Smock mill last worked 1926, Reverse "Photo copyright Frank
Farrow, Dalham Mill" Frank Farrow bought the mill in 1970 to restore it. Dated 1971
£10
113 Windmill Hill Mill, Gravesend, 4" by 5 3/4" converted into a show building and camera obscura
destroyed 1900. Photograph c1890
£30
£10
114 Watts Cross Mill, Hildenborough Kent, 10" by 8" c1960's two story base only.
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Milling
Milling
Milling
Milling
Journals
- Coronation Number Sat. June 17th 1911, 30 pages
- Sat. Dec 23rd 1911, 124 pages
- Sat. May 18th 1912, 28 pages
- Sat. Jan 2nd. 1915 New Year Number, 75 pages
£30
£30
£30
£35
The Organ of British and Irish Millers Published every Saturday large format 10" by 14"
Full of advertisement of buildings and milling equipment. Much information on mills.
Wells collection of Kent Watermills
119 Kent Watermills A Collection of 104 watercolours of Watermills on and around the River
Medway by A. Wells dated 1933. With a manuscript introduction and listing by Wells
each page measures 15" by 11 with the watercolour image 13" by 10" painted on card and linen
backed unbound. Originally 106 watercolours.
Architectually correct they represent an outstanding archive of original material.
Referred to in "Watermills of the Kent & Sussex Border" by Fuller & Spain.
£2500
Watermills and Windmills of Kent
120 Watermills and Windmills of Kent, William Coles Finch, the original photographs each
described in the author's own handwriting and mounted in the original album. The album also
includes photographs of the maps used in the production of the book. Used for the publication
by the author in 1933, in original cloth and leather spine.
An important Mill Photograph Achive.
£1900
Medway Navigation
121 Medway Lower Navigation Register from 1803 to 1953, manscript volume of some
350 pages recording share transactions in Medway Navigation. It recounts wills, deed polls,
assignments of people involved. Most of the pages are before 1900. Large Format bound.
The river Medway was used for trading purposes from Tonbridge to Rochester, this is an
important record of transactions of trading and owning of shares on the Medway Navigation.
£400
Printed Items
122 Flour Mill Valuations, Wood & Newland 1914, 23 pages 3" by 4 1/2", a valuers advertising
item.
£18
123 The Flooring, Kilning and Valuation of Malt, O. Russell a consulting brewer, c1910,
30 pages original red card covers.
£15
124 Thos. E. Carwardine & Compy. Family Millers, 1911, 60 pages, lovely advertising item with
illustrations, multi coloured card covers.
£30
125 Wm. Gardner Milling Engineer and Importer of Dufour's Swiss Silk , c1900, 12 pages
containing 70 samples of silks used in a bolting machine. Original red cloth cover. Scarce £30
126 Swiss Silk Bolting Cloth and extra stong Gritgauzes c1900, 10 pages, containing 74
samples, Original red cloth cover and gilt decoration. Very scarce
£30
127 Efficiency in Milling dated 1912 4 pages including sheet of headed notepaper with a factory
at Rochdale.
£6
128 The Water Mill, Christmas 1889 5" by 5 1/4" 12 pages poetry and vignettes. Together with
a Festival of Britain Windmill Christmas Card.
£8
129 The Water Mill, From Four Poems by Shove set to music by Vaughan Williams, OUP 8 pages
12" by 9", decorated covers.
£4
130 Mill Stream composed by Lasserre, 8 pages 12" by 9", c1900, a water mill on front cover £5
131 A watermill printed sheet 34" by 11 1/2 ", for cutting out and constructing a watermill,
late 19th century. A very fragile and scarce item uncoloured.
£20
132 The Windmill Rondo composed by Chas. King, 6 pages, 9" by 13". with large vignette of a
smock mill beside a river 7" by 5" on cover nd c1900
£12
133 Broadsheet 7 1/2" by 10" with picture of an old watermill and the poem "Down by the Old Mill
Stream" nd c early 19th century.
£30
134 Broadsheet 7 1/2" by 10" with picture of an old cottage and the poem "The Female Smuggler"
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printed by W.S. Fortey of Seven Dials c 1860. Fortey is recorded as a London printer and
examples of his work are in the British Library.
£30
The Musical Miller, J.Jackson Wray, 32 pages story set at Burnham Mill attractive cover with the
miller wearing a smock. C1910.
£7
8 photocopies of Maidstone Journal of the 18th Century referring to mills and 3 coloured copies
of mills in Kent and a working watermill cut-out.
£5
The Bread Story from Wheatfield to Table a collection a display cards, viewer and film telling
the story of milling.
£7
A "Scofa" Brown Scone Meal sack 7" by 11" with a picture on the front 1950's
£8
Delft syle blue tile of a post mill beside a river and a brown glazed tile of a watermill, each tile
6" by 6".
The two £15
140 A Whatman Glass engraved "Whatman 1740-1990 250 Years of Excellence" in a presentation
box.
£15
Bedfordshire
141 Windmills in Bedfordshire - A Contemporary survey, Arthur Smith, nd A4 format
11 pages, appears to be photocopied.
£9
£6
142 Stevington Mill by A.F.Cirket 1966 17 pages includes six pages of photos.
Berkshire
143 Berkshire Watermills, Kenneth Major 1964 reprinted from Berkshire
Archaeological Journal 14 pages card covers,Fep removed, A full listing of 112
watermills and their present state.
£15
Buckinghamshire
£9
144 Pitstone Windmill by David Wray 15 pages some attractive internal views
£3
145 Ford End Watermill, Pitstone LHS 1982, 7 pages card covers.
Cambridgeshire
146 Wisbech Windmills, Arthur Oldham, manuscript in ring binder dated 1951, 8 1/2" by 10",
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44 pages of text, 6 plans and 10 original photographs. A very detailed work. Recording 6 mills
existing in 1880.
£60
Windmills of Cambridgeshire a contemporary survey Arthur Smith
29 pages paper covers an important listing 1975
£16
The Old Mills of Cambridge by Rev. H.P. Stokes 1910, 57 pages, original paper covers
Wind and Water Mills of Cambridge and district from Domesday, illustrated. Very scarce
£45
The Urgent Hour History of the drainage of Burnt Fen by John Beckett 1974, 40 pages
The drainage used mills, illustrated, card covers.
£12
Old Windmills of Chishill by Philip Unwin 1977 33 pages many illustrations card covers
£14
Stretham Old Engine, R.L. Hills, 1965, 12 pages, 3 folding, mounted original photographs
3 folding plans and map. card covers.
£10
Cheshire
152 The Watered Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, Harold Norris 1969 card covers
71 pages and a further 21 pages of photographs a well researched work.
£25
Cornwall
153 Cornish Windmills by H.L. Douch 69 pages illustrated lists sites cloth bound and dust
wrapper
£25
154 An introduction to Cornish Watermills, D.E.Benney 1972, 104 pages cloth bound in dust
jacket, Millwrights and millers with gazetteer of watermills from 16th century.
£28
Cumbia
155 Watermills of Cumbria, Mike Davies-Shiel 1978 card covers 120 pages over 50 plans
and diagrams
£30
Devon
156 The Tidemills of Devon and Cornwall, Minchinton & Perkins 1971 45 pages a history
a gazetteer card covers.
157 Town Mills of Chudleigh, R.K Sturdy, 32 pages card covers. ND c 1980
£22
£6
Essex
158 Essex Windmills Millers and Millwrights , Kenneth G. Farries, Charles Skilton 1981-88, large
format complete set of five volumes in original bindings and dust jackets.
Vol 1 An Historical review Volume 2 a technical review and Volumes 3,4 and 5 comprise parish
by parish record of all mill known to have existed from 1700, some 230 parishes in all.
Illustrated with over 300 photographs and drawings
£175
159 The Annals of One Hundred Years of Flour Milling 1840-1940 Marriage & Son, 63 pages
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11" by 8 1/2" , with attractive photographs, original card covers. Starting with short history of
milling in Essex from earliest times.
£30
The Walthamstow Windmill and Essex Windmills Today, A.D.Law 1970 17 pages
attractive photographs card covers.
£6
Windmill at Bocking, D.R. Possee, 1967 2 pages & Bocking Post Mill, 12 pages card covers £5
Thaxted Windmill Restoration Appeal, 4 pages includes 2 letters, one handwritten
and signed Mark Arman, Secretary, 1971.
£5
Mountessing Windmill, 5 pages, 1976 original wrappers.
£4
The Mill's Life From the Domesday Book to the Millennium, Charles Llewellyn 1997
197 pages cloth bound in dust jacket. A person history of the restoration of the mill.
£15
History,Restoration & Machinery of John Webb's Windmill Thaxted, Mark Arman
1982 14 pages card covers.
£7
Windmills in Essex, B.J.&J.M. Turpin 1977 28 pages card covers.
£7
Upminster Mill, Anthony Butler 1968 52 pages thick card covers signed by author a good
mill history with many photographs.
£15
Some Essex Watermills, Hervey Benham, Essex Newspapers 1976, 120 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket. Records over 100 mills on rivers Chelmer, Blackwater and Colne including
11 Tide Mills. Illustrated with many mill photographs, drawings and plans.
£30
169 Stansted Windmill A Pictorial Guide, Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill Cttee. c1960's, 12 pages
with Stansted Mill picture on cover. original card covers.
£5
Gloucestershire
170 Gloucestershire Woollen Mills, Jennifer Tann 1967 254 pages soft cover
The Woollen Industry from 1550 and gazetter of remaining buildings with many photographs. £25
171 Short History of the Postlip Mill Winchcombe, Eleanor Adlard 1949, 31 pages
blue paper covered boards and white buckram spine, printed on hand made paper.
£24
£22
172 also available 2nd edition 1950 original binding as above.
173 Priston Mill - A working corn mill powered by a water wheel, c1970's, 12 pages, card covers. £4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
£15
174 The Old Mills of Southampton, R.A.Pelham 1963 39 pages soft covered
175 The Old Mills of Southampton, R.A.Pelham reprinted 1978 39 pages soft covered
A detailed introduction with attractive photographs.
£15
176 The Windmills of Hampshire, Anthony Triggs 1982 48 pages many photographs. Card
covered.
£10
177 Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and Isle of Wight , Monica Ellis 1978 soft cover
84 pages produced by Southampton University a detailed history and gazetteer
£15
£3.
178 Yafford Mill and Farm Park and Yafford Mill Guide both 8 folding pages
£4
179 Bembridge Windmill 12 pages text and photographs. Nd c1970's
180 Durngate Mill, Winchester by Reynolds,Burrell and Bignell 1967 reprinted from the
Hampshire Field Club, 10 pages photographs and illustrations card covers.
£7
£4
181 Old Tide Mill Eling, Michael Southgate, 16 pages, card covers.
Hertfordshire
182 Windmills in Hertfordshire, Arthur C. Smith new Edition 1972 card covers A 4 format,
A Gazeteer and well illustrated.
£15
Huntingdonshire
183 Huntingdonshire Windmills - Drainage Windmills, C.F.Tebbutt, offpront from Cambs & Hunts.
Archeo. Socy.c1920's, 2 pages of text and 5 photographs, original wrappers, signed by author. £15
Kent
184 Watermills of the Leybourne & Holborough Streams, Michael Fuller 1991, 348 pages, large
format, bound in blue quarter morocco, one of six copies. A fully comprehensive work.
185 Watermills of the East Malling Stream, Michael Fuller 1973, one of one hundred copies
large format bound in blue quarter morocco, one of one hundred copies.
186 Watermills of the East Malling Stream , Michael Fuller 1973, one of one hundred copies
bound in original card covers. A fully comprehensive work.
187 Watermills of the East Malling and Wateringbury Stream, Michael Fuller 1980, 98 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket one of 1000 printed.
£9
£30
188 Windmills in Kent, J.B. Paddon 1926 31 pages original wrappers illustrated by the author
189 Watermills & Windmills -A Historical Survey of their Rise, Decline and Fall as portrayed
by those of Kent, William Coles Finch 1933, original cloth and dust jacket
£125
One of the best windmill books ever produced illustrated with mills now lost.
190 Watermills & Windmills -A Historical Survey of their Rise, Decline and Fall as portrayed
by those of Kent, William Coles Finch 1933, original cloth.
£95
191 Watermills & Windmills -A Historical Survey of their Rise, Decline and Fall as portrayed
by those of Kent, William Coles Finch 1933,reprinted 1976 original cloth and dust jacket
£28
£26
192 The Windmills of Kent, Jenny West 1973 original cloth and dust jacket
£24
193 The Windmills of Kent, Jenny West 1973 original cloth
The Windmills of Kent, Jenny West 1973 reprinted 1979 original cloth and dust jacket
With 65 photographs compared with 43 in the first edition.
£28
194 Watermills of Kent and Borders of Sussex, Fuller & Spain 1986, Kent Archaeological Society
203 pages,Quarto, original cloth and dust jacket. Many maps and plans.
£38
£6
195 Windmills in Kent, B.J & J.M. Turpin 1979 28 pages card covers A guide to existing mills
196 Windmills in Kent, James Adams 1955 32 pages card covers, Kent CC
An illustrated edition of the Planning Officer's report.
£10
£8
197 Kentish Windmills, (Frank Bamping) 1980 36 pages card covers, many line drawings.
198 Windmills in Kent, Rex Wailes & John Russell Trans. Newcomen Socy.1953-1955
19 pages text and 16 photographs card covers.
£14
199 Portrait of A Windmill, John Cleland with sketches by Tina Rushton A guide to Windmills
in Kent and Sussex. Not dated A4 format card covers well illustrated.
£14
200 Watermills & Windmills of Cranbrook, C.C.R.Pile 1954 Cranbrook Notes & Records 15
pages, original blue wrappers
£5
201 Union Mill Cranbrook single A5 sheet advertising the mill Kent CC 1979
A lot of information on a single sheet.
£1
£3
202 Drapers Mill Near Margate 8 pages history and guide original wrappers. Nd c1975
£3
203 Crabble Mill, Charles Connell 1812-1973 6 pages plus card covers
£4
204 Crabble Mill History, 13 pages plus card covers illustrated.
205 The Rise and Fall of Crabble Mill, A Guide Book and Background History of the
Water Mills of the River Dour, Ian Killbery 1991, 46 pages, well researched.original wrappers. £6
£3
206 The Story of Haxted Mill 12 pages, wrappers.
£1
207 Haxted Mill Edenbridge four sided A5 folded sheet with two nice illustrations of the mill.
£3
208 A Guide to Haxted Water Mill Museum, 1988 A catalogue of exhibits
209 A History of Water Mills, the Wealden Iron Industry & Geology of the South East, 1982
22 pages published Haxted Mill.
£5
210 A History of Water Mills, the Wealden Iron Industry & Geology of the South East,
revised 1987 extended to 34 pages.
£6
£5
211 Woodchurch Mill-The Life and Restoration, 1989, 23 pages. Card covers, illustrated.
212 Herne Mill A Technical Description,DJB 1987 26 pages card covers, includes a
dictionary of milling terminology.
£5
£6
213 A History of Milling in the Herne Bay Area, Harold Gough 1988 29 pages card covers,
£4
214 A Guide to Herne Bay Mill, Tony Jarvis 1992 15 pages card covers,
215 The Holmans of Canterbury, Oaten Hill Local history Group 1992, 52 pages card covers,
A detailed history of this Milling family.
£7
216 Alderman Frank Hooker-A Miller's Tale, Edward Wilmot 1991 27 pages card covers,
Miller of Chatham
£6
217 White Mill Sandwich A Technical Guide, R.S.Harlow 1985 A4 format 20 pages
wrappers well illustrated
£7
£4
218 White Mill and other Sandwich Windmills, nd A5 format 12 pages card covers.
£16
219 Faversham's Lost Windmills, John Viner 1982, A4 format 71 pages card covers.
220 The Faversham Gunpowder Industry, Arthur Percival 1986 A4 format 36 pages card covers £12
221 Gunpowder Terminology and A Process of Manufacture, Edward Patterson 1986
A4 format 32 pages card covers.
£10
£10
222 Dartford Gunpowder Mills, Brian Philp, 1983 A4 format 16 pages card covers.
223 Short History of Maplehurst Mill, Kenneth Parker, nd A4 format 29 pages covers.
A Watermill in the Weald from the Roman period
£10
224 Periwinkle Watermill Museum Milton Regis, R.G.Birch 1987 A4 four pages
Sittingbourne Society
£3
225 Stocks Mill Wittersham, K.Ascott.nd c1980's 10 pages card covers
Includes a history of the windmill
£4
£6
226 The Story of Meopham Mill, John Carley 1971 32 pages card covers
227 Stelling Minnis Mill, Sylvia McKean 1979 23 pages card covers
Includes a description by Paul Jarvis with detailed illustrations.
£6
228 Ashford Industrial History Museum and brief history of Willesborough Windmill 8 pages £3
£1
229 Chart Gunpowder Mills-St.Ann's Faversham, 4 sides A4 A n appeal to save the mills.
230 The Development of the Modern Flour Mill - A Study of the development of buildings for the
processing of flour from ancient times, Phillip Hopkins, 1951, RIBA Final Exam. Thesis some 200
pages, a number of illustrations of Kent windmills. A detailed history.
£40
231 The Wheels of Time or the Turning Fortunes of the Water Mills of the Kent Stour, Jason
Hopkins, 1995, 84 pages A4 format in plastic sleeves. A geography project describing the history
of the mills on the Stour, their location and many photographs.
£40
Lancashire
232 The Accrington Old Water Mill - Its History and Owners, Rd. Broughton, 1917, 81 pages and
index original cloth A history from 1508 to the present day, illustrated. Signed by author. Rare £75
233 The Hungry Mills- The Story of the Lancashire Cotton Famine 1861-1865, Norman
Longmate 1978, 319 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
A well researched work.
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235
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£18
Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicestershire and Rutland Windmills, Nigel Moon,1981 Sycamore Press 214 pages
Limited Edition of 500 copies in green leather with windmill outlined in gold on front board
£85
Leicestershire Watermills, Norman Ashton,1977 Sycamore Press 119 pages, original cloth
dust jacket, history and gazetteer of existing and vanished watermills, illustrated.
£25
Woad in the Fens, Norman T. Wills reprinted 1975, Socy. For Lincolnshire History.
29 pages A4 format card covers. Woad used as dye and processed in mills.
£9
Five Sailed Mill, Alford, a Guide 2 pages.
£1
Burgh Le Marsh Windmill a guide 2 pages
£1
Lincolnshire
239 Lincolnshire Windmills A Contemporary Survey, Peter Dolman 1986, Lincs. County Council
A4 format card covers, 64 pages a really good survey with many many photographs.
£15
£5
240 Wraby Post Mill, Near Brigg The Last remaining Post Mill in Lincs. 24 pages card covers.
Middlesex and London
241 The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London, Farries and Mason, Skilton 1966, large format,
276 pages Original cloth and dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. An
outstanding work.
£125
242 Windmills in Lambeth - An Historical Survey, Michael Short 1971, Lambeth Council. A4 Format
96 pages laminated decorated card covers. Text and pictures from the 18th century
£20
243 Watermills of the London Countryside - Their Place in English Landscape & Life, Kenneth Reid,
Charles Skilton 1987 & 1989 2 volumes A4 Format. 158 & 112 pages, Original cloth and dust
jacket. With drawings by the author made 50-60 years before publication hence many mills
no longer exist. A very detailed work.
£75
244 Watermills and Windmills of Middlesex , Guy Blythman 1996, 136 pages laminated hard
back an extensive gazetter well illustrated.
£10
245 Three Mills Conservation Area, Kenneth Lund 1973, London Borough of Newham A4 format
Clock Mill, House Mill and Abbey Mills detailed. 14 pages.
£8
Norfolk
246 The Old Watermills of Norfolk, Claude J.W. Messent, Fletcher 1939, 64 pages original
cloth and dust jacket, a complete survey and record of the remaining 60 watermills in Norfolk
all illustrated by the author.
£40
£30
247 A copy without the dust jacket slightly damaged spine.
248 In Search of Watermills or a Light Hearted Account ..of the Vanishing Watermills of Norfolk,
249
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251
252
253
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255
Philippa Miller, nd c1980, 7 1/2" by 9 1/2" 65 pages card covers. Many attractive photographs
of watermills and illustration throughout.
£7
Norfolk Corn Windmills, Harry Apling 1984, Norfolk Windmill Trust, 377 pages original cloth
and dust jacket the first and only volume produced. Very well illustrated.
£18
The Restoration of Windmills and Windpumps in Norfolk, Martin Scott 1977, Norfolk
Windmill Trust, 127 pages card covers and dust jacket, Many illustrations.
£14
Windmills to Visit, J.M.Shaw 1982 Norfolk Windmill Trust, 28 pages card covers.
£4
Berney Arms Mill, Reedham, Rex Wailes 1961, Ministry of Works, 5 pages.
£2
Windmills in East Anglia Brian Flint 1977, 17 pages and coloured photographs.
£4
The Story of Sprowston Mill,Norwich, H.Harrison 1949, 119 pages original cloth and
dust jacket little torn. Based upon life in a miller's family recalled by the author.
£14
A copy without the dust jacket
£9
Nottinghamshire
256 North Leverton Windmill History and Guide 1978, 10 pages, includes a double page mill
interior picture, card covers.
£4
Oxfordshire
257 Oxfordshire Mills, Wilfred Foreman 1983, Phillimore, 142 pages original cloth and dust
jacket large format. Milling in Oxfordshire and gazetteer of watermills and windmills.
£30
Staffordshire
258 The Tame Mills of Staffordshire, D.Dilworth 1976, Phillimore 212 pages original cloth and
dust jacket. A survey and history of the watermills on the river Tame.
£15
259 Short History of Pottery Raw Materials and the Cheddleton Flint Mill, Robert Copeland
1971, 59 pages card cover. Originally a watercorn mill, using the same stones ground flint.
£6
260 Windmills in Staffordshire - A Contemporary Survey, Arthur Smith & Wilfred Seaby,
Issued by Stevenage Museum in photocopy form as out of print 26 pages with home
produced wrappers. Scarce.
£10
261 Watermills of the Moddershall Valley, Barry Job Nd c1996, 119 pages card covers with
comb spine, a detailed including maps and photographs.
£18
£4
262 Brindley Mill, Leek, 1974, 16 pages, card covers, built by Brindley the canal builder.
Somerset
263 The Windmills of Somerset and the Men who worked them, Alfred Coulthard and Martin
Watts, Research Pub 1978. 89 pages in original cloth and dust jacket. The definitive work.
£35
£3
264 Stratford Mill, Bristol Museum 1954, 8 pages, card covers, illustrated.
£3
265 Hornsbury Mills, Chard, 6 pages showing watermill details, card covers.
Suffolk
266 Suffolk Windmills, Brian Flint, Boydell Press 1979, 164 pages small quarto original cloth
and dust jacket. This survey records all surviving mills and mill remains, illustrated.
£38
267 The Story of Pakenham Mill, Granville Wood, 1964 20 pages card covers
a number of interior photographs.
£5
268 Windmills in Suffolk A Contemporary Survey, Peter Dolman 1978, A4 format 56 pages
A detailed work with many photographs. Very scarce
£22
269 Windmills With Special Reference to those in Suffolk, A.Woolford 1929 pages 125-146
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271
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273
plus 24 photographs, published in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Inst. Archaeology
paper covers.
£25
Saxtead Green Mill, Framlingham, Rex Wailes 1964, Ministry of Works, 9 pages.
£3
Another copy 1972 edition 14 pages.
£4
Tide Mill Woodbridge, M. Weaver, 1974, 24 pages card covers.
£4
The Alton Watermill, 1974, 23 pages, illustrated, card covers.
£4
The Saving of Flatford Mill with The Miller's House and Willy Lott's Cottage, Westername East,
Proof Edition 1928, 16 pages, 6 full page illustrations incl. 1 in colour 8" by 10", original covers .£20
Surrey
274 Old Surrey Watermills, J. Hillier 1951, 287 pages original cloth and dust jacket, illustrated
by the author.
£12
275 La Medmulle-The Story of Weydon Mill Farnham, F.W.Simmonds, Willmer House Museum 1968,
276
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290
11 pages, library cloth with library stamp. To accompany a model of the mill shown in photograph.
The first reference to Weydon watermill is 1258 and its history is followed until the mill was owned
by the Simmonds family in 1836.
£10
Damnable Inventions-Chilworth Gunpowder and the Paper Mills of the Tillingbourne,
Glenys & Alan Crocker 2000, Surrey Industrial History, 143 pages, card covers well illustrated. £9
Surrey Industrial Archaeology, Gordon Payne 1977, 64 pages card covers, a gazetteer
includes chapters on watermills and windmills.
£7
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Borough of Elmbridge, Rowland Baker 1990,
44 pages card covers. Includes watermills.
£5
Catteshall Mill - A Survey of the History and Archaeology of an Industrial Site at Godalming
Alan and Glenys Crocker 1981, 52 pages plus 12 pages of photographs,well illustrated.
£14
The Godalming Water Turbine, Glenys Crocker 1986 9 pages A4 format.well illustrated.
original cloth and dust jacket.
£4
Cranleigh A Historical Walk, Judie English 1985, 44 pages, Refers to Cranleigh Windmill.
£4
Story of Outwood Post Mill, Godstone- oldest working windmill in England, 12 pages.
£3
Another copy with full colour illustrations 1986.
£3
Windmills in Surrey and Greater London a contemporary survey Arthur Smith, 1976
18 pages, A4 format card covers. An important listing, many photographs.
£15
Watermills of Surrey, Derek Stidder 1990, Barracuda. 144 pages original cloth and dust jacket
Limited Edition. Nice Gazetteer with photographs.
£22
Shalford Mill, 4 pages folded. A watermill.
£2
Ravensbury Mills, Merton Hist. Socy. 1995, 15 pages, illustrated, wrappers.
£2
The Windmill and "Mill House", Mitcham Common, Merton Hist. Socy. 1970,
5 pages, wrappers.
£3
The Snuff Mill Story - Local History of Morden, Mitcham, Merton, Wilfred Prentis 1970, 160
pages, original cloth, many water mill references.
£22
Historic River Wandle, Peter Harris 1992, Merton Historical Socy. 24 pages card covers.
Ten illustrations of mills with text.
£4
Sussex
291 The Windmills of Sussex, Martin Brunnarius 1979, Phillimore, 211 pages original cloth and
dust jacket, A well researched book well illustrated.
£35
292 Windmills in Sussex, Rev. Peter Hemming, 1936, 138 pages original cloth and dust jacket,
a well illustrated book.
£50
£40
293 A copy without the dust jacket
294 Windmills in Sussex, G.M. Fowell illustrated by Foord Hughes, 1930 34 pages card covers £35
295 Windmills in Sussex, G.M. Fowell illustrated by Foord Hughes, 1930 34 pages bound in
green cloth retaining original wrappers.
£36
£36
296 Life in A Sussex Windmill, Edward Martin 1920, 118 pages original card covers.
297 Life in A Sussex Windmill, Edward Martin 1921, Second Edition,118 pages original blue cloth £40
298 Windmills in West Sussex, J. Paddon 15 pages, Windmills by Thurston Hopkins 25 pages
Life in A Sussex Windmill, Edward Martin 1920, 118 pages. Three items bound together
in green cloth.
£80
299 Windmills by Thurston Hopkins, nd, 25 pages refers to windmills in East and West Sussex.
original buff wrappers.
£25
300 The Conversion of a Windmill by A descendant of the Old Miller, nd c1920's, 27 pages
original grey wrappers with photograph on front cover. Refers to the Neve family of Battle.
£20
301 Brighton and Hove Archaeologist journal for 1924 with a chapter on Windmills illustrated with
16 photographs. Original wrappers.
£25
302 Watermills of Sussex Volume 1 East Sussex, Stidder & Smith 1997, 156 pages decorated
laminated boards a well researched gazetteer.
£18
303 Watermills of Sussex Volume 2 West Sussex, Stidder & Smith 2001, 160 pages decorated
laminated boards, a gazetter, both volumes have many photographs.
£10
304 The Standing Windmills of West Sussex, McDermott 1978, 48 pages illustrated card covers £9
305 The Standing Windmills of East Sussex, McDermott 1978, 48 pages illustrated card covers £9
306 Sussex Watermills, Frank Gregory & Ron Martin 1997, 112 pages illustrated card covers
watermill illustrations on most of the pages
£8
307 Windmills of Sussex - A guide to Fourteen Windmills, Brian Austin 1978, 32 pages, card
covers.
£7
£5
308 Ifield Mill - A Survey, Gibson Hill & Henbery 25 pages card covers.
£4
309 Ifield Mill - Restoration,1982, E. Henbery 8 pages card covers.
£4
310 Ifield Mill - Its Owners and Occupiers, P. Bracher, 11 pages card covers.
311 Nutley Windmill Restoration - Phase one, A.K. Shaw, 1970 12 pages illustrated card covers. £5
312 Nutley Windmill Restoration - Complete revised Edition, Shaw & Hamlin, 1974 24 pages
illustrated card covers.
£5
£6
313 Nutley Windmill A Short History and Guide 24 pages illustrated card covers.
314 Polegate Windmill - Souvenir Guide, L. Stevens, Foreward by Rex Wailes, 1967, 24 pages,
card covers.
£6
315 Polegate Windmill - Souvenir Guide, L. Stevens, Foreward by Rex Wailes, 2nd Edn 1969,
34 pages.
£5
£5
316 Polegate Windmill - Souvenir Guide, Foreward by Rex Wailes, reprint 1974.
£4
317 Shipley Windmill A History and Guide 10 pages, original yellow card covers.
£4
318 Shipley Windmill Guide 4 pages, card covers.plus large card guide and layout.
£5
319 Shipley Windmill Guide 4 pages, includes large folding plan of mill card covers.
£4
320 West Blatchington Windmill, A Guide, 1982 14 pages, card covers.
£4
321 History of Woods Mill, Henfrey Smail, 22 pages card covers, much early mill history.
£3
322 History of Woods Mill A Guide, 14 pages plus three page leaflet on the machinery, paper.
323 History of the Cross-In-Hand Windmill and the Newnham and Ashdown Families,
C.J. Newnham 1979, 30 pages, illustrated. Card Covers.
£10
324 Clayton Windmills, Simon Potter, 1987, 56 pages card covers. Plenty of photographs, plans. £9
325 Story of Gibbons Mill, Paul Adorian, 1970, 22 pages card covers. A beautifully printed booklet
with the appearance of hand made paper. A watermill on the river Arun near Rudgwick.
£6
£3
326 Bateman's Park Mill, a Guide 8 pages, card covers. Illustrated.
327 Windmills and Argos Hill, Sydney Rogers, 1974, 69 pages, much technical detail, card covers.
Front cover loose.
£12
328 The Mill & The Murrell, Barnham A Brief History, Cutten & May, 1992, 54 pages, card covers.
The Murrell family owned the mill for 64 years.
£12
329 Windmills in Sussex A Contemporary Survey, Arthur Smith, Stevenage Museum, 1975, 47
pages, A4 Format, card covers, a gazetteer with many photographs.
£15
330 The Windmills and Millers of Brighton, H.T.Hawes, 1988, 28 pages A4 Format card covers. £10
331 Bygone Corn Mills in the Horsham Area, George Coomber, 1996, Horsham Museum, 110 pages
Much information lists 10 mills in Horsham and 22 in the area. Wrappers.
£15
Warwickshire
332 Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country, Joseph McKenna, 1986, 32 pages,
illustrated with a gazetteer.
£10
£4
333 Sarehole Mill, Anna Meredith, Birmingham Museum 1970, 16 pages, card covers.
Westmorland
334 Water-Power Mills of South Westmorland, John Somervell 1930, 138 pages original decorated
cloth gilt. One hundred mills are listed. Very scarce
£140
Wiltshire
335 Wiltshire Windmills, Martin Watts 1980, Wiltshire Library, 48 pages card covers. A history
and gazetteer of mills. Scarce item
£16
Yorkshire
336 East Riding Water-Mills, K.J. Allison 1970, East Yorkshire Local History Socy. 52 pages card
covers. The author is editor of the Victoria County History of East Riding.
£16
337 Worsbrough Mill Museum South Yorkshire, Robert Shorland-Ball 1978, reprinted from Industrial
Archaeology Review, pages 240-264, wrappers. A water corn mill, nice technical illustrations. £9
338 Watermills of Sheffield, W.T. Miller 1949, pub. Sheffield. 100 pages quarto card covers.Rare £90
£3.
339 Tollerton Mill Appeal, 1937 3 pages, the mill illustrated on cover, wrappers
Wales and Borders
340 Water-Mills of the Middle Wye Valley -The River Wye and Tributaries, Coates & Tucker 1983,
71 pages card covers. Well researched gazetteer
£11
341 Water-Mills of the Monnow & Trothy and their Tributaries, Coates & Tucker 1978,
60 pages card covers. Well researched gazetteer.
£11
342 Water Power in the Dyfi Valley, Martin Ashby 1983, Centre for Alternative Technology, 42 pages
card covers.Includes map and technical photographs.
£8
343 Esgair Moel Woollen Mill, J.Geraint Jenkins 1975, National Museum of Wales. 38 pages card
covers. Well illustrated.
£5
344 Melin Bompren Corn Mill, E. William, National Museum of Wales 1977, 27 pages, well illustrated
card covers.
£4
Scotland
345 The Scottish Country Miller 1700-1900 - A History of Water Powered Meal Milling in Scotland,
Enid Gauldie 1981, 254 pages, original cloth and dust jacket. A comprehensive study which
includes Origins, Service, Millstones, water Power, Technology, Millwrights and the Millers. £18
346 Souvenir of Haddington with Views of Improvements made by Montgomerie & Co. Including
House of Lords Judgement, circa 1900. Many attractive views of the Mill.
£35
347 Water Power in Scotland 1550-1870, John Shaw of National Museum of Antiquities 1984,
606 pages original cloth and dust jacket. A full comprehensive study of all aspects of
water power and industry, corn milling, textiles, paper mills and much more.
£25
Ireland
348 A Hundred Years A-Milling Commemorating An Ulster Mill Centenary, William Scott,
W & C Scott Omagh reprinted 1956, 333 pages, original cloth and dust jacket.
The story of a milling family in an Irish Country Town with milling stories giving local colour.
£15
A copy in original cloth without a dust jacket.
£12
349 Harvest A History of Grain Growing, Harvesting and Milling in Ireland, Majella Flynn 1996,
Heritage sponsored by National Monuments. 134 pages, laminated card cover. A wealth of
information from the ealiest times with attractive photographs.
£16
350 Ballycopeland Windmill County Down, Peter Rhodes 1969, HMSO 14 pages folding plan and
illustrations, wrappers.
£6
£6
351 Old Mills and Water Power, Peter Clarke, 1975, 29 photographs of water power.
Overseas
352 Watermills Windmills and Horsemills of South Africa, James Walton 1974, 204 pages original
353
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cloth and dust jacket. Quarto. The first comprehensive account based on five years work and
the study of nearly 200 mills. Well illustrated.
£20
Windmills and Steam Power in Barbados, Rex Wailes 1969/70, Newcomen Socy. 127-148
pages plus 6 pages of photographs. Card covers.
£12
American Windmills Harnessers of Energy, Shaaron Cosner 1977, New York, 50 pages
original cloth. Early windmills and a chapter on Putnam's mill the world's biggest mill.
£10
Where Industry Failed - Water Powered Mills at Harpers Ferry West Virginia, Gilbert, 1984.
86 pages ,A4 format laminated card covers. Mills from the 18th century many photographs.
£8
The Versatile Millstone Workhorse of Many Industries, Jon Sass, Socy. For Preservation of old
Mills, USA 1990, 77 pages original card covers, all aspects of milling in the USA.
£9
The Village Mill in Early New England- Old Sturbridge Mass.24 pages, card covers, ill.
£4
The Burden Waterwheel, F. Sweeny 1973, 12 pages A4 format, wrappers. Good technical
drawings.
£5
Of Dikes and Windmills, Peter Spier 1969, 189 pages, original cloth and dust jacket. Windmills
and dyke building from AD1000, many illustrations.
£25
Research Inspired by Dutch Windmills, Prinsenmolen Committee c 1952, 184 pages, original
cloth dust jacket. History of Dutch windmill design from 1900 a lot of technical detail.
£20
Dutch Windmills, Van Czn nd c1950 32 watercolours of windmills with 4 page introduction,
card covers.
£10
A Mill in Holland, Caarten 1960, 63 pages laminated card covers, many attractive photographs,
text in English and Dutch.
£10
The Dutch Windmill, Stokhuyzen, Merlin 1962, translated from the Dutch, 128 pages, original
boards and dust jacket. Types of mill, exterior and interior features of Dutch mills with 46 very
attractive photographs.
£15
£12
364 A copy also in laminated soft covers.
365 A Preliminary Analysis of the Development of Gearing in Watermills in Western Europe,
A. Jespersen 1953,Denmark, 48 pages. Attractive card covers. A lot of information with illustrations.
with folding tables showing gearing from 85BC. Text in Danish and English.
£15
366 Molens Van Nederland, 145 pages in Dutch, showing beautiful illustrations of Dutch Mills. £20
367 De Windmolens, K. Boonenburg, Amsterdam 1919, 118 pages in Dutch, includes windmill
photographs.
£7
368 Wie Water Deert, J.J.Schilstra, 1969, 263 pages in Dutch, original cloth and dust jacket.
Appears to be the history of draining Holland from 1544 illustrated throughout with early views
and maps.
£25
John Smeaton
369 Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Wind and Water to Turn Mills
and other Machines etc. with five plates of Machines, John Smeaton 3rd. Edition 1813, 110 pages.
Original boards and edges uncut.
£750
The importance of John Smeaton to civil engineering cannot be over emphasised. He was elected
to the Royal Society in 1753 and in 1759 Smeaton presented to the Royal Society the results of
his researches into wind and water to turn mills for which he recived the Copley Medal. In 1794
the first edition of this work was published.
370 John Smeaton's Diary of His Journey to the Low Countries 1755, Newcomen Society 1938, 68
pages, original boards. It recounts his journey to examine canals, mills and others "engines" for
which Smeaton is famous.
£20
371 John Smeaton, A.W.Skempton, Telford 1981, 291 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
A biography of one of the most important 18th century engineers.
£25
John Banks
372 A Treatise on Mills in four parts Circular Motion,Maximum of moving bodies, machines, velocity
of water, circular motion, water wheels etc. London 1795. 175 pages, three folding plates
original boards. The first and only edition, The Preface refers to the author giving public lectures
on the subject over some twenty years and conducted experiments the results of which are to be
found in this book. An important contribution to milling history.
£350
Windmills , Watermills and Milling
373 In Search of English Windmills, Thurston Hopkins & Stanley Freese, Cecil Palmer 1931, 275
pages, original cloth and decorated dust jacket, attractive line drawings. A classic book.
£40
£28
374 Another copy without the dust jacket.
375 Report on Watermills Volume Three, The Scale Drawings of 42 Water, Wind and Horse Mills in
Western Europe, Anders Jesperson, 1957, Number 11 of a Limited Edition of 550 copies, some
hundreds of pages. Consists of 11 mills in Germany, 23 in Denmark, 4 in Britain,
I in Greece and 3 in Norway. Appears to be published by the Danish Milling Museum.
£30
376 National Milling Museum First Annual Report 1953-1960 of the Danish National Museum
Preservation Board, 50 pages, illustrated with many mill pictures.
£16
377 Economic Analysis of seven years of activity of the milling Museum, 16 pages plus tables.
Mill Preservation in Denmark, Published for the First International Symposium on Molinology,
Anders Jespersen 1965, 31 pages plus folding illustrations, inc. a history of mills in Denmark. £18
All four items above are in A 4 format with card covers showing milling activities.
378 Millstones in Wind & Water Mills, Russell 1944, Windmill Sails, Burne & Wailes 1945,
Wind & Water Power, Neil Cossons, three obscure publications plus 5 pages of manuscript
notes pasted into a notebook 8" by 10" card cover.
£55
379 The Miller, published Houlston and Stoneman undated c1850, 88 pages includes
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history of water and windmill, windmill sails the brake,stone dressing, Millstones, original brown
cloth.
£40
British Windmills and Watermills, C.P.Skilton, Collins 1947 47 pages, original boards in dust
jacket. 8 colour plates 25 black and white illustrations, Britain in Pictures Series.
£9
The Development of the Windmill, Rex Wailes, Institute of Engineers 1932 offprint 191-206 pages
original orange wrappers. Illustrated. Signed by Rex Wailes on cover.
£20
The English Windmill, Rex Wailes, Routledge 1954, 246 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
A magnificent work.
£35
Another copy with the dust jacket.
£28
Windmills, Rex Wailes, Common Ground 1949, 28 pages card covers, includes 31 small
photographs and the description of each in the text. Very scarce.
£30
Windmills, Frank Brangwyn & Hayter Preston, Bodley Head 1923, 126 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket. 16 full page colour plates of windmills. A beautiful work.
£60
England's Vanishing Windmills, A. E. P. Shillingford, Cave 1979, 156 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket. A history and gazetteer of windmills throughout England. Many photographs.
£25
Windmills of England, R.J. Brown, Hale 1979, 256 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
History of Windmill design and gazetteer of preserved mills and their history by county.
£24
Windmills and Watermills, John Reynolds, Evelyn 1970, 196 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
Large Format. History of development of wind and water power with photographs.
£25
The Windmill Yesterday and Today, R.J.de Little, Baker 1972, 103 pages original cloth and dust
jacket. An account of various types of windmill and their reconstruction.
£22
The Windmills of England, Rodney de Little, Colwood Press 3rd edn 1997, large format 191 pages
original cloth and dust jacket. An updated and revised of the author's earlier book beautifully
produced.
£30
391 The Windmill - A Book for Boys, H.C.Harrison Melbourne 1947, 76 pages original cloth and dust
jacket. Large format Limited edition no. 72 of 100 copies presentation copy. Detailed photographs
and line drawings of mill machinery.
£45
392 Watermills, Peter Wenham, Hale 1989, 254 pages, original cloth and dust jacket. The history,
architecture and mechanics 50 pages, 200 page extensive gazetteer with photographs.
£25
393 British Watermills, Leslie Syson, Batsford 1965, 176 pages, original cloth and dust jacket.
Includes Domesday and Manorial Mills, different types of mills and millwrights.
£25
394 The Watermills of Britain, Leslie Syson, David & Charles 1980, 208 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket. History and working the mill, and regional gazetteer of watermills in England.
£25
395 Water in England, Dorothy Hartley, Macdonald 1964, 435 pages, original cloth and dust jacket. £20
396 Water in England, Dorothy Hartley, Macdonald 1978 reprint , 400 pages, original cloth and dust
jacket. Water caught and used in every aspect. A very detailed work.
£20
397 Old Watermills and Windmills , Thurston Hopkins, Philip Allan nd c 1920's, 245 pages, original
cloth and nice dust jacket. Mills in old England illustrated with very attractive photographs.
£45
398 Old English Mills and Inns, Thurston Hopkins, Cecil Palmer 1927, 276 pages original cloth and
dust jacket. Majority of Sussex Mills with some of Kent and Surrey.With many line drawings. £33
£30
399 Another copy without the dust jacket.
400 From Wind to Power, L.G.Gray, 178 pages thick card covers A4 format. History of the Hudson
family of Millers from 1700 in Kent. At one time Ramsgate Mill was in their ownership, a lot of
milling information and illustrated.
£25
401 Windmills in England A Study of their origin, development and future, Rex Wailes, Architectural
Press 1948, 48 pages large format original cloth and dust jacket.
£24
£24
402 Reprint by Charles Skilton 1975
Different types of mill well illustrated with photographs and drawings.
403 England of the Windmills, S.P.B.Mais, Dent 1931, 268 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
With 70 drawings by F.L. Bussell A conducted tour around England describing the windmills. £30
404 English Windmills, Batten & Smith, Architectural Press 1930 & 1932, 128 & 152 pages, Volumes
one and two. original cloth and dust jackets. Vol.1 Kent Surrey & Sussex, Vol 2 Essex Herts,
Bucks, Middlesex and London. Detailed work.
£65
405 Windmills and Millwrighting, Stanley Freese, Cambridge 1957 first edition, 168 pages with one
folding plan of a windmill and 35 photographs. original cloth and dust jacket.
£40
£36
406 A copy without the dust jacket.
£35
407 A copy of the 1971 edition by David and Charles.
The construction and maintenance of windmills, a suburb work.
408 The Mills of Man, George Long, Herbert Joseph 1931, 227 pages original cloth and dust jacket
worn, Water and Wind Mills with attractive old photographs.
£35
£30
409 A copy without a dust jacket.
410 Windmills, Suzanne Beedell, David & Charles 1975, large format 143 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket. Windmills in England Denmark and Holland, types of mill smock, tower & drainage .£22
411 Animal Powered Engines, J.Kenneth Major, Batsford 1978. Large format 168 pages, original
cloth and dust jacket. Describes animal powewred engines developed from ancient and medieval
times to industrial revolution with measured drawings and technical data, many illustrations. £22
412 Water Its Origin and Use, William Coles Finch, Alston Rivers 1908, 483 pages, original cloth
Every aspect of water Oceans Lakes, Rivers with attractive photographs.
£35
413 Victorian and Edwardian Windmills and Watermills from old Photographs, Kenneth Major and
Martin Watts, Batsford 1977, large format 137 plates of illustrations with a commentaries to each
photographs. Original cloth and dust jacket.
£12
414 The Millers - Story of Technological Endeavor and Industrial Success 1870-2001, Glyn Jones,
Carnegie 2001, 374 pages Original cloth and dust jacket. In 1878 the National Association of
Millers was formed, From then leading millers using rollers, sievers and other new equipment
transformed how corn was milled. This is their history. Illustrated.
£20
415 The Newcomen Engine in the West of England, K.H. Rogers, Moonraker 1976, 63 pages
thick card laminated decorated covers. Describes the engines in Gloucestershire, Somerset and
Cornwall and their construction, some illustrations.
£15
416 Science and the Miller, John Remington, Northern Publishing 1914, 166 pages, original cloth,
Application of modern ideas to milling in the 20th century.
£20
417 Flour Milling, Peter Kozmin, Routledge 1917, 584 pages, original blue cloth gilt spine.
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ten chapters starting with milling from ancient times, griding the grain using different mill stones,
mill buildings etc., many illustrations showing equipment. Very detailed.
£16
Flour Milling Processes, J.H. Scott, Chapman & Hall 1951, 668 pages original cloth.
Types of wheat, milling process, illustrated.
£9
Deming Pumps- Hand and Power Pumps Illustrated catalogue USA 358 pages original cloth,
hundreds of black and white photographs circa 1920's showing machinery.
£9
Romance of Water Power, Paul Lewis, Sampson Low nd c1930's, 246 pages original cloth,
Historical introduction, water wheels, turbines etc. 91 photographs.
£8
Through the Mill - Life of Joseph Rank, R.G.Burnett, Epworth Press 1945, 225 pages, original
cloth, Born in 1854 son of a windmiller describes milling in 19th century. Good social history. £6
History of Corn Milling, Bennett & Elton, Simkin & Marshall 1898-1904, 4 volumes in original
green cloth
£400
History of Corn Milling, Bennett & Elton, Simkin & Marshall 1898-1904,Vol. 1 in original cloth £75
History of Corn Milling, Bennett & Elton, Simkin & Marshall 1898-1904,Vol. 3 in original cloth £75
History of Corn Milling, Bennett & Elton, EP Publishing 1973 reprint of Volume 2 Watermills
and Windmills, original cloth and dust jacket. Has a number of windmill post cards pasted in. £25
History of Corn Milling, Bennett & Elton,Burt Franklin reprint of Volume 4 Feudal Mills, original
blue binding ex library stamps.
£25
The standard work on Milling in all its aspects.
427 Grain-Mills and Flour in Classical Antiquity, L.A.Moritz, Oxford 1958, 230 pages, original cloth
and dust jacket.
£35
The different types of mill in Greek and Roman times.
428 Harvesting the Air - Windmill Pioneers in Twelfth Century England, Edward Kealey, Boydell 1987,
307 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
£30
The early post mills from original documents.
429 Harvests & Harvesting through the Ages, Norman Lee, Cambridge 1960, 208 pages, original cloth
and dust jacket.
£22
From querns to flails through to windmills and farming, illustrated.
430 Modern Flour Mill Machinery Manufactured by Henry Simon of Manchester, Edited by
Henry Simon 1898, 132 pages, large format, original cloth, illustrated with 27 photographs of
mills around the World using Simon Machinery with many illustrations of milling equipment,
A de luxe trade catalogue.
£75
431 The Master Millers The Story of Rank 1875 - 1955, Harley 1955, 98 pages original cloth and
dust jacket.
Another copy reprinted 1977.
Plenty of information on early 19th century windmill history prior to 1875.
432 Modern Flour Milling, William Voller, Bellows 1889, 308 pages, illustrated throughout with
equipment used in milling. Original cloth.
£15
An important refence work.
433 Seed Crushing Compound and Provender Milling, Moore, Northern Publishing, nd c1940
2 volumes original cloth and dust jackets.
£20
Also a Volume 1 only original cloth.
£8
434 Flour Milling, Lockwood, Northern Publishing 1945, 511 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
An important refence work.
£12
435 Provender Milling, Lockwood, Northern Publishing 1947, 372 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
An important refence work.
£12
436 History of Milling - Flour For Man's Bread, Storck & Teague, Minnesota 1952, 382 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket. Illustrated.
£20
A comprehensive history of early milling.
437 Flour Milling Technology, Leslie Smith, Northern Publishing 1944, 571 pages, original cloth. £15
another copy 1936 edition original cloth.
£15
£15
438 Compound Milling, N.O. Simmons, Hill 1955, 279 pages original cloth and dust jacket.
439 Wheat and Flour Mill Handbook for Practical Flour Millers, Bradfield, Northern Publishing 1920,
163 pages original cloth, Presentation copy from National Association of British & Irish Millers. £25
440 Practice and Science of Bread making, Kent Jones & Price, Northern Publishing 1951, 278
pages, original cloth illustrated.
£10
441 Extracts and How To Increase Them - A Detailed Study of.. Milling, Mashing & Sparging,
Stanley Smith, 1910, 58 pages, small format original red cloth.
£25
442 Science of Flour Milling, c1920 large format, 74 pages. Original cloth. Many designs and
photographs. 3 manuscript pages about milling inside front cover.
£25
443 Windmills and Wind Motors How to Build and Run them, F.E. Powell, Marshall c 1940, 64 pages
Describes the building a model windmill with many illustrations, bound with Weather and Optical
Instruments, bound in half black leather spine damaged.
£20
444 The Romantic Windmill The Windmill in British Art from Gainsborough to David Cox, 1750-1850,
Timothy Wilcox, Hove Art Gallery 1993, 83 pages, card covers. A detailed study with many
illustrations in colour and black and white.
£12
445 Peak Millstones and Hallamshire Grindstones, Jeffrey Radley, Newcomen Socy. 1963/4,
165-173 pages & 6 plates, original card covers.
£7
£6
446 Corn Milling, Martin Watts, Shire Album 1983, 32 pages, card covers, illustrated.
447 Mills and Millwrighting, John Vince, Shire Album 1978, 32 pages, card covers, illustrated. £7
448 Building a Windmill, Jane Field, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings c1980, 13 pages in original folder,
A4 format. The step by step construction of a post mill, useful for displaying on wall.
£5
449 A Trinity of Craftmen, Freda Derrick 1950, 126 pages original cloth and dust jacket, Describes
the work of the Mason,Carpenter and Smith, with attractive line drawings by the author. Includes
a good description of the carpenter moving Ellington post mill to Madingley.
£15
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SPAB Publications
Watermills - An Introduction, Paul Wilson, c1950's No.1 17 pages original card covers.
£5
Tide Mills, Part One, Rex Wailes, 1956, No.2, 16 pages, original card covers.
£5
Tide Mills, Part Two, Rex Wailes, 1956, No.3, 17-32 pages, original card covers.
£5
Tide Mills, Part Three, E.M. Gardner, 1957, No.4, 16 pages, original card covers.
£5
Fulling Mills A Study in the Application of Water Power to the Wollen Industry,
R.A.Pelham 1957, No. 5, 17 pages, original card covers.
£5
Water - Mills and The Landscape, Kenneth Reid, 1958, No.6, 16 pages, original card covers. £5
Watermills with Horizontal Wheels , Paul Wilson, 1960, No.7, 22 pages, original card covers. £7
Monastic Watermills, David Luckhurst, No.8, 20 pages, original card covers.
£6
Water Paper Mills in England, Alfred Shorter, 1966, No.9, 20 pages, original card covers.
£6
The Needle Mills, John Rollins, 1970, No.10, 17 pages, original card covers.
£6
The Rise of the White Loaf, John Harrison, 2005, 38 pages, original card covers.
£6
Mills of the Muslim World, Michael Harverson, 2000, 39 pages, original card covers.
£8
Lee's Patent Windmill 1744-1747, Stephen Buckland, 1987 60 pages, original card covers. £8
Rex Wailes An appreciation of his work, Kenneth Major, 1989 16 pages, original card covers. £4
Reports of 1940, 1948 and 1952-58, original covers c 22 pages each. The three items
£6
Six Fund Raising Appeals leaflets all showing windmills c1930's 9" by 7 1/2", including a fascimile
of the first certificate issued in 1935 to John Russell of Cranbrook.
£10
Windmills, James Laver, foreward by Lord Esher, c1940's 22 pages, original card covers.
£5
History of Technology
467 History of Technology, Charles Singer and others, Oxford University Press reprinted 1979-1984
complete in 8 volumes, a fine set in original cloth and dust jackets.
£250
Volume 1 From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires c 500BC
Volume 2 Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages
Volume 3 From the Renaissance to the Industrial revolution
Volume 4 The Industrial revolution
Volume 5 Late Nineteenth Century
Volume 6 and 7 The Twentieth century
Volume 8 Consolidated Indexes
Further Set Volumes 1-7 only original cloth no dust jackets 1954-1978
Volume 1 only original cloth and dust jacket.
An outstanding work not surpassed.
£175
467A A further set volumes 1 to 7 only, volumes 1 to 5 lack dust jackets.
Manufacturing Industry
468 Manufacturing Industry, Abraham Rees, David & Charles 1972 in 5 volumes extracted from the
Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of the Arts originally published in 1820 in 39 volumes
large format each volume approx.4-500 pages, in original cloth and dust jackets.
Each volume well illustrated sections on milling, watermills and windmills included.
£120
Industrial archaeology
469 Industrial Archaeology of the Isle of Man, Bawden et al, David & Charles 1972, 266 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket.
£15
470 Industrial Archaeology of Southern England, David & Charles revised 1968, 286 pages, original
card covers.
£11
471 Techniques of Industrial Archaeology, J. Pannell David & Charles 1966, 191 pages,original
cloth and dust jacket. A detailed handbook.
£12
472 History of Water power in Ulster, H. Gribbon, David & Charles 1969, 299 pages, original cloth
and dust jacket.
£14
473 Industrial Archaeology in Britain, R.A. Buchanan, Allan Lane, New edition 1980, 475 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket.
£12
474 Industrial Archaeology Journal of the History of Industry and Technology 1968, David & Charles,
Industrial Archaeology Journal of the History of Industry and Technology 1969, David & Charles,
Industrial Archaeology Journal of the History of Industry and Technology 1970, David & Charles,
Industrial Archaeology Journal of the History of Industry and Technology 1971, David & Charles,
each volume 430-500 pages in original cloth and dust jackets, 1970 & 1971 front ep removed.
each volume
£12
£6
475 Industrial Archaeology in parts vol 4 number 3 and 4 original yellow wrappers each part
£6
476 Industrial Archaeology in parts vol 6 number 1 to 4 original yellow wrappers. Each part
This Journal has an outstanding number of subjects and is an essential reference source.
477 Industrial Archaeology Windmills and Watermills, Christine Vialls, A & C Black 1971,
48 pages, original card covers.illustrated throughout.
£10
478 The Woollen Industry of South West England, Kenneth Ponting, Adams & Dart 1971, 214 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket.
£15
The author charts the history from Bristol in the 12th century to the present day.
479 Seventy Rolling Years, Sydney Neville, Faber 1958, 288 pages, original cloth and dust jacket,
Presentation copy from the author.
£10
History the Brewing trade.
480 Early Victorian Water Engineers, G.M. Binnie, Telford 1981, 310 pages, original cloth and
dust jacket, The building of pumping stations, dams and waterworks.
£18
481 Where Man Belongs, H.J. Massingham, Collins 1946 original cloth and dust jacket, Various
references to millstones, millwrights and watermills.
£6
482 The Archaeology of the Industrial revolution, Bracegirdle, Heinemann 1973, 207 pages,
original cloth and dust jacket, large format, each subject is written by a leading authority,
Rex Wailes writes on Natural Sources of Power.
£20
483 The Changing Fenland, H.C. Darby, Cambridge 1983, 267 pages, original cloth and dust jacket.
The Fens from the Medieval period to the present day and their drainage. Vary scarce
£55
484 Machines, Mills & Uncountable Costly Necessities - A Short History to the Drainage
of the Fens, Richard Hills, Goose 1967, 180 pages, original cloth and dust jacket.
A detailed work despite its title.
£25
485 Colne Valley Cloth from the earliest times to the present day, Phyllis Bentley, 1947, 70 pages,
with many illustrations by Blackburn.Presentation copy from the author with a letter.
£12
486 Industrial History of Dean, Cyril Hart, David & Charles 1971, 466 pages, original cloth and dust
jacket. An outstanding work.
£65
487 The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire, Barrie Trinder, Phillimore 1981, 308 pages, original cloth
and dust jacket. The author is historian to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum.
£22
488 East Cheshire Textile Mills, Calladine & Fricker, Royal Commission 1993, 181 pages, original
laminated covers. Illustrated begins with the silk industry and later cotton.
£12
489 Collected papers of Rhys Jenkins, Newcomen Society 1936, 247 pages, one of three hundred
copies, Many subjects covered from Sixteenth century railways to steam engines, also includes a
chapter on the life of Newcomen the great engineer. original cloth.
£45
490 The Lewisham Silk Mills, Sylvia Macartney & John West, Lewisham Local History Socy.
26 pages, card covers.
£5
491 The Lewisham Silk Mills and the History of an Ancient Site - The Story of Armour, Small Arms,
Silk and Gold & Silver Wire Drawing, Sylvia Macartney & John West, Lewisham Local History
Socy. Enlarged edition 1998, 113 pages, original card covers.
£12
492 Lady Isabella Waterwheel of Great Laxey Mining Company, Isle of Man 1854-1954, Jespersen,
1970, 96 pages, A4 format original card covers, plus four folding at rear two showing sections of
the construction. This full survey report was undertaken by the author over five years of possibly
the largest waterwheel ever constructed 22 metres in diameter.
£10
£4
493 Laxey Mines Trail, Frank Cowin 1973, 21 pages plus folding plan,card covers.
494 Water Raising by Animal Power, Hugo Brunner & Kenneth Major, offprint from Industrial
Archaelogy, 1972, pages 117-151 plus 10 illustration at rear. Original card covers. Includes
county gazetteer.
£7
495 A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Waverley Area, Francis Haveron, Surrey Industrial
History Group 1985, 52 pages, original card covers, Includes Windmill, Watermills & canals. £7
496 The New Esso Refinery Fawley, Hants A Photographic Survey, Issued on the occasion of the
opening 1951, 36 pages landscape A4 format. Surburb photographs.
£5
497 Fawley Achievement, H.E.Bates, iIlustrated Roy Coombs, 1951, 40 pages, original covers. £5
498 Stamp Milling of Gold Ores, Rickard, New York 1897, 260 pages, original brown cloth. Includes
much mining history illustrated.
£55
499 Pumps Types Installation etc. Kristal & Annett, London 1953, 373 pages, original cloth. Illust. £5
500 Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts & Manufactures, Charles Tomlinson, c1851 volume 3 pages 481-640
plus 130 pages on the Great Exhibition of 1851 showing its construction and a list of exhibits
ditto volume 9 pages 929-1052 includes watermills, weaving and windmills
both volumes in matching original red cloth with gilt decoration.
£150
501 Principles of Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering, Julius Weisbach, London 1847, two
volumes bound in one, 542 pages and 420 pages with 1,867 engravings on wood. Bound in
quarter red leather and gilt title on spine. A handsome work. 1st english edition
£250
502 History of Agricultural Drainage, Ministry of Agriculture 1970, 10 pages, card covers, illust. £3
503 Morwellham in Tamar Valley, Frank Booker, 1976, 18 pages, mining with a 32 foot waterwheel.£3
504 Wealden Iron, Ernest Straker, Bell & Sons 1931, 487 pages original red cloth. The history of
ironworking in Kent, Sussex and Surrey together with a gazetteer.
£75
505 The Farmers Tools 1500-1900, G.E.Fussell, Melrose 1952, 246 pages, original cloth and dust
jacket. With 111 illustrations. The definitive work on the subject.
£30
506 Water Channels, George Higgins, Crosby Lockwood 1927, 135 pages including folding plates
large format. A treatise on hydraulics. Very scarce
£75
Milling Novels and Autobiographies
507 The Windmill and its Secrets A Dove Dale Romance, C.W.Heckethorn, Trubner 1888, 110 pages
original blue cloth with windmill in gilt on front. Set in Derbyshire around a windmill.
£22
508 Too Late for the Tide Mill, Rev. E.A.Rand, Nisbet c 1895, 307 pages, original brown cloth.
a story set around a tide - mill
£12
509 John Goffe's Mill, George Woodbury, Hodder 1949, 256 pages, original cloth and dust jacket,
novel set in New England return to a derilict mill and restore and live in it.
£8
510 Mystery of the Creaking Windmill, Harriet Evatt, Newnes 1946, 184 pages, original cloth and dust
jacket, A children's story in an old mill.
£8
511 Happy Ending, Leo Walmsley, Collins 1957, 1st edition, 319 pages, original cloth and dust jacket.
Life on a romate farm in Wales. Scarce
£25
512 Reflections and Rhymes of an old Miller, James Saunders, Hodder c1950, 213 pages, original
cloth A Miller's life in a mill written in his 90th year, at Stone near Amersham later Slough Mill £10