J. Hillier — Old Surrey Water-Mills

London, Skeffington and Sons Ltd, 1951. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this educational text on the water-mills of Surrey, with letter from the author. First edition. Including letter from the author dated 1952. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and 34 plates. Collated complete. Including details of the craft of the water-mill, mills on the Tillingbourne, mills on the Bourne Brooke, Mills on the River Mole, and many more. Written by Jack Hillier, a British scholar and historian. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fraying to the tail of the spine. Previous owner's book label and contemporary ink inscription to front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .