Very scarce first edition in nice clean condition. Only fault is light sunning to spine. Blue boards show very little wear and have sharp corners. Book is tightly bound with very clean pages. Former owner's name penciled to front free endpaper, but could be erased if desired. Book is illustrated nicely throughout and provides breeders, exhibitors and judges of bantams with very detailed standards breed by breed. Laid-in is an Ohio card of breeder from Mineral Ridge, Ohio with photo of stock on face.Very scarce in this edition. 255 pages. View More...
Bromfield is noted for his agricultue experiement at his Ohio Malabar Farm, but this book is a work of fiction. The book is clean and tightly bound, but lost its dustjacket. The only other fault is a small stain to blue top exterior edge.There is also book plate at front free endpaper that almost looks at first glance as though its's part ofthe design. The pay-off is the title page upon which Bromfield SIGNED thus, "With Best Wishes, Louis Bromfield." He also wrote his location, Malabar Farm, at the top and dated it 1939. The book came out originally in 1933. It measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and ha... View More...
Clean and tightly bound book showing minor exterior wear, primarily to top edge of spine. Overall quite good. Internals are likewise clean with just a small bit of foxing to top back of front free endpaper and a few isolated spots on some pages, but most are pristine with just light toning around edges. Book measures 5"x7-1/4" and has 356 pages. Ads at back for other books, but this not a first edition. Book was originally published in 1878. Chapters cover farming as a business, natural manures, fermenting manures, management of manures. experiments with wheat, clover, barley, potatoes. etc. ... View More...
Beautiful book -- crisp and clean with no names or writing, no bumps to boards and no tears or chips. Measures 8-3/4" tall and 11-1/2" high. Dustjcket protected by brand new mylar cover. Illustrated in its entirety with color photographs taken at a farm in Hartville, Ohio which employs Mexican migrant workers over a period of five years. Includes text. A compassionate look at the lives and culture of a tightly knit community. 160 pages. View More...
Very nice, clean book with no names or writing, no bumps to boards, no tears or chips to jacket, and no price-clip. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover.Only real fault is some fadign to publisher's name at bottom of spine. The story of the revolt of agricultural laborers in 1830 England. The title comes from the signature most often added to threatening letters sent to landowners, parsons and well-to-do farmers demanding higher wages and the disuse of machinery. 384 pages View More...
Very handsome book -- crisp and clean with no defect of note. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. The authtor writes a column for New Farm Magazine which has the same title as this book. At times personal, often funny, but always challenging the reader. 237 pages includig index. View More...
Oh, how I wanted these! There were 20 altogether, but half of them were too awful to contemplate. The ones I bought are not going to be given tiaras for beauty, but at least they're only reasonably flawed. What makes them flawed are these things: partial spines required archival tape of five issues; a chewed lower edge of the front cover of one and to the lower right corner of another; a small bit of fairly light foxing and damp staining somewhere on each. There's also some vertical creasing, but I am going to iron them ASAP and put them in the book press overnight. There are many topics, incl... View More...
Four very nice clean well-cared for Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletins, all focused on aspects of growing and marketing apples. All are tightly bound and clean and measure 5-3/4" x 9-1/4". Only one has a small chip at top of spine. Collectively the booklets contain 86 pages illustrated with photos and drawings. Titles and dates are as follows: Apple Bitter-Rot and Its Control, 1918; The Round-Headed Apple-Tree Borer, 1919; Preparation of Barreled Apples for Market, 1919; and Apple Blotch, 1926. I have many of these bulletins from this time period, so if you are looking for on... View More...
Three soft cover books, volumes 1-3. Sub-titles are as follows: Volume 1, World GOL Model Analytical Report; Vol. 2, World GOL Model Supply-Distirbution and Related Tables; and Volume 3, World GOL Model Analytical Report. Books measure 8"x10" and are clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. View More...
