Frank Brangwyn; Hayter Preston — Windmills

London; New York, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A richly colour illustrated first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, in original yellow pictorial boards, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. An enchanting ode to the architecture of windmills across Britain, richly illustrated throughout by the work of Welsh artist, painter, illustrator and designer Sir Frank William Brangwyn. Featuring a colour frontispiece and fifteen further colour plates. Collated, complete. Penned by British literary editor, journalist and poet Hayter Preston. Bound in original yellow pictorial boards. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd minor mark to boards. Mild age toning to endpapers. Dust wrapper smart. Notable sunning to dust wrapper spine. Moderate chipping to dust wrapper. Slight sunning to dust wrapper front cover. Small loss to dust wrapper head. Internally, frontispiece slightly working loose, otherwise firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Frank Brangwyn. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.