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183414239London: Baldwin and Cradock. Good. 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather the spine is worn with much of the paper label missing. The end papers are gone and the title page has a closed tear but the balance of the contents are very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 600 pages . Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
1837S062London: Baldwin and Cradock 1837. 1st ediiton . Hardback. Reading Copy Only. 8vo. 568; 36pp. Poor condition binding. A good reference copy in need of restoration. Text illustations. Library of Useful Knowledge. Internally clean but shaken <br/> <br/> Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
18962877Philadelphia: John Yewdall. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some water stains to the margins but no loss to plates. 1896. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 360mm x 310mm 14" x 12". 6 plates. Six Black and White Plates. A unique book illustrating plate by plate a lost art. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John Yewdall hardcover
189216093Hoosick Falls N. Y.: Rochester N. Y. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Accordion folded pamphlet. One side has 5 color plates the other has the text. Binding Harvester Enclosed Gear Mower Tubular Steel Mower Hand Dump Rake and enclosed Reaper are illustrated. Agriculture Farming Machinery ; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Rochester, N. Y. hardcover
1847K338Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Vg. large 8vo. 1847-55-53-52. 4 volumes. x 926; 880; 956; 797pp. Illustrated with drawings and 67 engraved plates including 7 hand coloured. Full green leather with fine gilt decoration spine with raised bands with beautiful gilt block decoration . Boards equally decorative with gilt borders and block decoration. photos available. Marbled end-papers. A.e.g. Usual small library stamps to preliminaries but none to the text or front of plates. Bookplate of Thomas Winter to each volume. A little bumbed and rubbed. A fine set. A couple of plates lighly foxed otheriwse very clean. or a general dictionary of agriculture and of the arts sciences instruments and practice necessary to the farmer stockfarmer gardener forester landsteward farrier &c. 4 vols. <br/> <br/> A. Fullarton and Co hardcover
187712234NY: Excelsior Publishing House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Attractive green cloth w/gilt titles. Minimal xlib marks which include numbers on the spine college library bookplate inside the front cover and a single sheet tipped onto the rear endpaper. No pocket. Inner hinges look a bit tender but not cracked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 547 pages . Excelsior Publishing House hardcover
184217346Newark London: Longman & Co. London. Good. 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan paper covered boards tan cloth spine and a green paper label on front cover. Spine ends and front corners worn. Prior owners book plate. Printed and sold by J. Perfect Cartergate . viii 128pp. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Errata slip laid-in. Agriculture Timber Management. ; 8vo; 128 pages . Longman & Co. London hardcover
186511387New York: David David M. Gazlay & Co. Very Good. 1865. Softcover. Lightly soiled pictorial paper covers. Text tight clean & intact. Illustrated with engraved illustrations. Pages numbers 81-176. Contents: The Crystal Cave of El Dorado; Influence of Women on Society; Gold Versus Paper; Agriculture; Fat People; Electric Light for Signals; Fashions. Rubbed spine ends & fore-edge. Bound Magazines ; B&W Drawing Illus.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages . David David M. Gazlay & Co. paperback
184912022Washington: Wendell & Van Benthuysen Printers. Very Good. 1849. Hardcover. Clean black blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Illustrated with six fold out diagrams & six color plates. A few pages lightly foxed. Front endpaper with edge tear. Spine with modest shelf wear. Agriculture ; Color & Diagram Illus.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 816 pages . Wendell & Van Benthuysen, Printers hardcover
1896mon0002832396Washington: G.P.O. 1896. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 3 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine cover shows moderate to heavy wear rubbing and erosion. Pages are tanned and clean. Washington: G.P.O. hardcover
1889143581Washington: Government Printing Office 1889-1921. Hardcover. Very good. 43 volumes from June 1889 - December 1921. 23 cm half-leather bindings with gilt lettering including name of former owners Robert S. Maloney and Henry M. Baker on spines. Includes numerous illustrations diagrams maps and photographs throughout the 43 volumes. Marbled edges match endpapers. Minor scuffing rubbing to edges corners bumped. Front board detached on vol. 4. Large tear in vol. 3 first section. Pages clean. Missing bulletins 117-126 201-226 249-251 351 376 399-400 426-475 575-600 751-755; 801-825; 976-1025. <br/><br/>A tremendous source of historic information on all manner of agricultural topics offering contemporary readers a look into 19th century farming practices and procedures. Articles on butter making common birds and their relation to agriculture forestry for farmers experimental station work curing tobacco disinfecting stables controling diseases of cabbage raising hares and rabbits making sugar beet syrup pineapple growing in Florida a week's food for the average family much much more. Government Printing Office hardcover
1898232571898. Federal Agricultural PolicyEnvironmental ManagementUSDA Archive of 17 United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletins and federal publications issued between 1898 and 1949 documenting the federal government's expanding role in agricultural science land management and homesteading during the Progressive Era and the decades surrounding the Dust Bowl. These bulletins document the federal government's expanding role in agricultural production and were a crucial part of the print system through which the United State Department of Agriculture translated experiment-station research into practical directions for farmers and rural households. Several carry the red distribution stamp "Sent by Harry R. Sheppard Member of Congress" preserving the congressional channels through which USDA advice circulated alongside the wider extension network. The bulletins were handed out free of charge through congressional offices agricultural colleges and rural postal networks reaching millions of farm households and implementing federal agricultural policy at the local level. The publications represented here emerged from the legislature introduced by the Morrill Acts the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 which created the federal system linking agricultural research land-grant universities and cooperative extension services. <br /> <br /> The earliest publications in this archive address plant disease and propagation showing the USDA's early emphasis on scientific control of crop failure and the standardization of cultivation practices. By the interwar and wartime decades the scope of instruction had widened to include vegetable production seed storage sweet potato preservation cabbage disease fern eradication from pasture lands brush and stump clearing and the control of Johnson grass alongside household and regional titles such as The Home Fruit Garden in the Pacific Coast States and Arizona and Production of Maple Syrup and Sugar. These pamphlets show the department addressing both market agriculture and domestic food production moving between specialized technical subjects such as seed treatment and broader guidance on gardens storage and rural land use.<br /> <br /> Archive of 17 titles including:<br /> <br /> • The Grain Smuts: How They Are Caused and How to Prevent Them 1898<br /> • The Propagation of Plants 1902 reprinted 1924<br /> • Prevent Storage Rots of Sweet Potatoes 1934<br /> • Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States 1915 revised 1936<br /> • Production of Maple Sirup and Sugar 1924 revised 1937<br /> • Production of Spinach 1938<br /> • Culture and Uses of Okra 1905 revised 1928 1940<br /> • Clearing Land of Brush and Stumps 1927 revised 1929 1941<br /> • The Home Fruit Garden in the Pacific Coast States and Arizona 1942<br /> • Vegetable Seed Treatments 1940 revised 1942<br /> • Mixing Fertilizers on the Farm 1949<br /> <br /> Additional publications address crop storage weed control fertilizer preparation and home food production showing how USDA printing linked plant pathology environmental management and household economy within a single federal instructional program across the first half of the twentieth century. Seventeen pamphlets and booklets printed in staple-bound or pamphlet format many with illustrated wrappers. Paper toned with scattered edge wear creasing rubbing and light soiling; earlier bulletins show heavier age and use and several mid-century pamphlets retain congressional distribution stamps. Overall good condition. A solid working archive of USDA extension printing that traces the federal government's practical involvement in American farming horticulture and home economics from 1898 to 1949. unknown
1899036425Washington: Government Printing Office 1899. 647p. colored front. b/w and colored illus. folded map original black cloth Bureau of Animal Industry 125. Government Printing Office unknown
1898506462<p>Government Printing Office 1898. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Worn but complete with all pages and illustrations. Soiling and chipping to boards. Wear to edges of spine and corners of boards. Some scratching to back board. Browning throughout. Inside title page has numbers written to top corner. A few top page edges have some light liquid staining.</p> Government Printing Office hardcover
1896509996<p>Government Printing Office 1896. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. Poor--A book is so worn that is is only good for reading but very damaged. All text complete. Chipping to spine edge. Soiling throughout front and back boards. Bumping to edges and corners of boards. Shadowing to bottom edge of front hinge. Some inside page edges have small chipping. Back free end paper bottom corner ripped off. Age toning.</p> Government Printing Office hardcover
1893BOOKS005988IWashington: US US Government Printing Office. Good/No Dj. 1893. . Hardcover. 8vo no stamps or names present . US US Government Printing Office hardcover
1879100808United States Government Printing Office. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Some cover wear. Water stained pages. ; 608 pages . United States Government Printing Office hardcover
189500040Washington: G. P. O. 1895-1920 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good. Very Good. No Jacket Very Good. No dust jacket. PErfect binding and cover. No dust jacket issued. Bulletin United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Publications. First printing. 26 v. : ill.; 23 cm. Edition of 1895 First Edition Perfect cover and binding. <br/><br/> G. P. O. 1895-1920 hardcover
189521100Washington D. C.: Gpo. Very Good. 1895-1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter black leather. The spine of volume one has a lot of surface crackling sunned . Hinges are all tight. Contents are "fine." price is for both volumes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Gpo hardcover
186626462NY: Luther Tucker & Son. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1866-1867. First Edition. Magazine. Price is for all 54 issues. Not a straight run. Most are good to very good with some edge wear. Usual xlib marks. ; Ex-Library; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Luther Tucker & Son unknown
1842GT448London: John W. Parker 1842. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. small 8vo. 216pp. Attractive pub. cloth binding with gilt titles and blind rules. An early Victorian agricultural book. A trifle minor end-paper off-setting. <br/> <br/> John W. Parker hardcover
185913309Paris: De Firmin Didot Freres Fils. Very Good. 1859- 61. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean red leather covers decorated with gilt borders and inner dentelle. Backstrips have raised bands and are tooled with arabesque gilt designs. All edges bright gilt. The three volumes have tissue protected frontispieces; engraved illustrations many of farm implements. Volume #1 published 1859 480pp. Vol. # 2 1860 416pp. 24 pp ads Vol. #3 1861 424pp 32pp ads small scuff mark on rear cover. Each copy inscribed to the queen of Greece by the author. Agriculture; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1312 pages; Signed by Author . De Firmin Didot Freres, Fils hardcover
1829023356Privately Published Printed by Crockers of Frome 1829. 12mo pp 155 some foxing and age-toning to about a third of the book otherwise clean internally very firn and tight original boards a little worn and marked new leather spine with abbreviated title and author. Inscribed on the front endpaper "Mary Anne Miller - the gift of the Marquess of Bath 1833". RARE. The work was produced for and given to various cottagers who worked on the estate at Longleat. After brewing and breadmaking there is instruction on the keeping of cows pigs rabbits and fowls; various recipes follow. It is rarely mentioned in the history of English cookery books. Isabella died a year after its publication. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. Privately Published (Printed by Crockers of Frome) Hardcover
188323025NY: American Grocer Publishing Assn. Very Good. 1883. Third Edition. Hardcover. Covers are soiled with spots of rubbing. Interior is near-fine with some browning of the pages. All hinges are intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages . American Grocer Publishing Assn. hardcover
18098009561Richard Phillips 1809. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Octavo half leather marble boards gilt lettering on backstrip fold-out map included tightly bound text clean foxing Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: Richard Phillips hardcover