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6454Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii 122 pp. 8 pp. of Debrett ads lacking the leaf with directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf joints a trifle cracked at head & tail flat spine gilt green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. "Second edition with many additions"of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. "Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries.The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book."-Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very good copy lacking the leaf of directions to the binder. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on the front paste-down. unknown books
2761Five folding engraved plates. xvi 134 pp. one leaf of directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. Third edition enlarged of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. "Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries.The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book."-Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very fine copy. unknown books
1932034158Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1932. xviii 370p. colored front. b/w illus. deckle edges original cloth partially unopened. Harvard University Press unknown books
199145924Forestville CA: Eclipse 1991. One of 300 copies signed by the artist. 4to pp. 173. Signed by the artist on a color illustration tipped on flyleaf. A nice copy in some scuffed and soiled dj. Five chapters of a Canadian cartoon. Eclipse unknown books
1795248555County Fife Scotland 1795. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. Unusual fold lines. In custom cloth chemise. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. With: <br/><br/>HORSBRUGH Thomas Deputy sheriff clerk. Autograph Letter signed "Thos. Horsbrugh" to Claud I Boswell. Cupar Scotland: 24 October 1795. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. 3 1/4 pp. Usual fold lines. A very good copy. <br/><br/>Torrential rains in the autumn of 1795 decimated cereal crops in the southwest of Scotland. This letter from then Sheriff of Fife Claud Irvine Boswell is an appeal for assistance sent to first Viscount Melville Henry Dundas 1742-1811. Boswell indicates as an enclosure a letter from Thomas Horsbrugh in which the deputy sheriff clerk assesses the extent of the damages in nearby Cupar. <br/><br/>Written in clear and legible late-eighteenth-century cursive hands these are interesting historical artifacts that document Boswell's extraordinary concern for public welfare: "I presume you will consider the account of the crop in this country as important from the consequences that may result therefrom if some remedy is not provided. It is not the Farmer who suffers the most from the badness of the Crop but the great body of the people the labouring poor.". unknown books
018814Cambridge; 2009: Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Octavo. Review copy. 272p. index. bibliography. This book helps solve the puzzle of why governmental agencies invest in research but often fail to use it. A fine bright copy bound in black cloth spine lettering gilt in fine pictorial dust jacket. Cambridge University Press unknown books
19675945New York: David McKay 1967. First edition 8vo 275pp. 28 illus. on rectos and versos of 8 plates; very good copy in the jacket. <br/><br/> David McKay unknown books
1967274552New York: David McKay 1967. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. Illus. 8vo blue cloth d.w. lightly soiled corner of cloth very lightly bumped cloth spine sunned. New York: David McKay 1967.<br/><br/> David McKay unknown books
2006187132University of Missouri 2006-01-01. Hardcover. New/New. New Hardcover with dust jacket. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. University of Missouri hardcover books
198915503.1New York: Doubleday 1989. 1st edition. Black cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. F/F. 363 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
