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First edition, 4to (285 x 220 mm), xvi, 244pp., with half-title, 9 folding engraved plates, the Lawes stamp at head of title, orig. boards scuffed, cloth reback, uncut. William Amos (c.1745?1825), Lincolnshire farmer and Agriculturalist writer. Amos's interest in new agricultural practices led him to undertake a series of crop trials from 1783 onwards, and these convinced him of the superiority of seed-drilling over the traditional broadcast method of sowing. As early as 1787 he was developing his own version of a drill-plough and he announced plans in that year for a book describing it; but his employer's death in 1788 and his subsequent move to Brothertoft in Lincolnshire as bailiff to Major John Cartwright (political reformer) delayed this project. While acting as bailiff and later as estate steward to Cartwright, Amos conducted further trials on his own farm as well as Cartwright's. Cartwright combined an active political career with a keen interest in agricultural improvement, and the collaboration between the two men over a period of fifteen years or so proved beneficial to both. It also brought Amos into contact with their close neighbour Sir Joseph Banks, who later described Amos as 'an honest man and an ingenious one', and with the agriculturist Arthur Young, who visited Cartwright's farm, saw some of Amos's inventions and remained in correspondence with him, obtaining a number of submissions from Amos for publication in his Annals of Agriculture. It was during this period of his life that Amos published his two books, The Theory and Practice of the Drill Husbandry and Minutes in Agriculture. (Wikipedia). Provenance: Early ink ownership signature of J. Linton at head of title; The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute. Rothamsted, p. 12; Perkins, 43 (second edition); Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 18419 (second edition).
London, 1924. 4to.; 87 pp., 1 h. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
172p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Cambridge, University Press, 1981. 4to.; XXI pp., 260 pp. Mapas. Encuadernación original en tela.
362 pages. Index. Glossary. Black and white plates. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding open at title page. Gilt lettering legible upon front board but worn on backstrip. A worthy reading copy of this important and informative vintage work on soil science. Book
London, George Newnes, s.a. (hacia 1905). 8vo.; 199 pp. con 38 ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Enc. original en tela estampada.
xx p., 1 l., 188 p. incl. front., illus. 20 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
pp. 137-189. Illustrated. Paper browned and brittle. 12mo. 185 mm. The American Library was published semi-monthly. Each issue has a unique title. The publication presumably never went beyond seven issues. Winterthur apparently has the only set held by U.S. libraries. AG BX 1/Bag 1
xii, 13-249 p. illus. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
Third edition, corrected, 8vo (205 x 125 mm), x, 54pp., title page and terminal leaf lightly browned, nineteenth-century half red morocco, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: From the Munden House library with armorial bookplate.
pp. xxviii, 258. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 4to. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Hardbound. Very good. W2
402 pages. Index. Bibliography. "A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's signature inside front board otherwise book clean, bright and unmakred with very light wear. Handsome price-clipped dust jacket is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality first edition copy of this life-changing classic. Book
First and only edition, 8vo, [12], 131, [1]pp., without half-title, old water-staining throughout, disbound. Goldsmiths', 6511.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 223 pages. Many b&w illustrations. Small tear at top of spine.
Previous owner's name/label to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Small creases to cover corners, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 276pp. Concentrating mainly of the years between 1870 and 1913, this study analyses how African agriculturalists responded to economic pressures and opportunities and goes on to show that response was inhibited and crushed by the intervention of politically more powerful groups, in particular white farmers and urban employers.
VG in green cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 12667. eng
First edition, [2], ii, 93, [1] + 2pp., of adverts, woodcut vignette on title, disbound. John Christian Curwen, M.P. for Carlisle and a member of the House of Keys, was a well known agricultural reformer who founded Workington Agricultural Society which had a branch on the Isle of Man and had a major influence on the development of agriculture both in Cumberland and on the Island. His work in the field of agricultural improvement was important. As a part of the improvements at his home, Workington Hall, he built an entirely new model home farm called Schoose Farm. By his experiments, many conducted on the Workington lands at Schoose Farm he tested the art of farming in all its branches. In this report the proceedings at the Schoose Farm, from the year 1813 to 1819 are given on pp. 36-93.
Quarto in dark purple color-illus wraps; xvii, 537 p. : ill. ; 25 cm By David M. Smith, Bruce C. Larson, Matthew J. Kelty, P. Mark S. Ashton.
First edition, large 8vo (240 x 150 mm), xi, [1], [2, contents leaf], [13]-220pp., 16 folding engraved plates of ploughs, machines, wagons, etc., text lightly browned, later green cloth. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute. Rothamsted, p.64; Perkins, 709; Not in Fussell.
IN HEBREW. 230X160 mm. 125 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly worn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Splendid example of a scarce pamphlet providing 'education for the masses'. IN VIRTUALLY UNMARKED CONDITION THIS IS A RARE SURVIVAL. Apparently not recorded by the British Library.
pp. v, (3), (5)-224. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. Light dampstain. New marbled endpapers. 12mo. 180 mm. Rebound in brown cloth. Leather spine label. Hardbound. Very Good. 'Squire' Job Roberts (1757-1851) was a remarkable man of Welsh Quaker decent. He was born, lived, and died in Whitpain, close to Gwynedd, and for many years he was one of the most conspicuous figures in the farming, business and social circles of Gwynedd. He did much to improve the methods of farming, planted hedges, introduced the feeding of green fodder to cattle, instead of grazing, built a barn which was enormously large, according to the usual standard, and very early introduced the use of gypsum on fields. He was one of the first in Pennsylvania to introduce and breed Merino sheep, and during the movement to establish the manufacture of silk he was one of its most zealous promoters. In 1791, Gov. Mifflin appointed him a justice of the peace, and he continued as such until 1820, when he resigned and returned to farming and other entreprenureal pursuits. S&S/AI 7203; Sabin 71898; Rink 1148. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAIMP 10
Slight wear and sunning to the dust jacket, clean, bright and tight. Used
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, [viii], 141; [x], 186 pp, 24 plates, author and title indexes in each volume. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dust jackets (price clipped, light wear at spine ends), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A well-respected reference book, both volumes in dust jackets. The plates are taken from title pages, plates or portraits from the books.
First Edition, 2 vols., 24 plates, orig. cloth.
