Farming and Agriculture
I.C.S. Reference Library #231: Poultry Farming Vol. I
Scranton: International Textbook Company, 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. Half black leather, aubergine pebbled cloth boards. Speckled edges. Illustrated endpapers. viii, 45, 40, 38, 34, 35, 54, 46, 42, 40, 41, 35, 38, 40, 40, 49, xxxiv. B&W illustrations. Includes test questions and index. Leather is rubbed. Some light staining to rear..... More
Essays Relating to Agriculture And Rural Affairs. Volume Second.
Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech, 1777. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound with smooth brown calf over marbled boards, xxxii, 413pp. Illustrated with [19] b/w engraved plates. Light foxing, dampstain on upper fore-edge, title page paper repair to lower margin [text unaffected] and small bookseller stamp on upper tp, o/w a...... More
How Crops Grow. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure and Life of the Plant, For Students of Agriculture. With Numerous Illustrations and Tables of Analyses
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1890. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. russet cloth, blind stamped, gilt titles. vi, 416 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light staining to boards, bumping and rubbing to spine ends, small spots of wear to joints, chafing to corners. Foxing to edges..... More
The Relations of Geology to Agriculture in North Eastern America, excerpted from The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Volume the Thirteenth
London: John Murray, 1852. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Later binding (?), quarter grey cloth, grey paper boards. 22 pp. B&W diagrams and map of Lake Ontario & Erie area, including Toronto, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Lake Seneca, Lake Cayuga, Rochester, and Oswego. Boards age toned, spine tilted..... More
Diseases & Ailments of Poultry and Their Treatment
Allahabad: The Pioneer Press, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Scarce 1st edition. Quarter brown cloth, tan paper boards, B&W pictorial onlay. xii, 171 pp. [1] B&W fold-out plate. Rubbing to cloth, wear to corners, some staining to boards. Handwritten recipes to front endpapers. More
Our Northern Autumn; a Study of Its Characteristic Flowers, Its Brilliant Foliage and Its Conspicuous Fruits
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Keffer, Mary. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Cloth. xvii, [3], 3-194 p.p. With [30] plates, [6 in colour] including frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Some bruising to spine, fraying at ends. Corners and fore-edge bumped. Light soiling to front board and joint. Spine darkened, but..... More
The Agricultural Development of the Middle East
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office at Oxford University Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue wrappers, 126pp. Illustrated with 15pp photographic plates and 2 color foldout maps. Boards a bit faded, worn but in fact near fine. Discusses the joint Anglo-American effort in 1942 to supply countries in the Middle East..... More
Farm and Home Mechanics' Guide: Information on Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Problems, Repairing and Maintaining Farm Machinery
Regina, Saskatchewan: Farm Mechanics Publishing Co., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 5" x 6.25" Full blue cloth over stiffened card boards, orange stamped lettering. 253 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, creasing to spine. A few small stains to interior. More
Rice Growing. Translated from the Russian
Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1985. Soft cover. 16mo. First English Translation, revised from the 1982 Russian Edition. [5] 6-180 p.p. plus [4] p.p. ads. In-text illustrations, photographs, and charts. Date stamp to bottom edge and number '33' stamped on rear inner cover. Light wear to edges, spine.ends. Interior clean. In very..... More
Farm Animals: Photographs and Descriptions of 100 Important Farm Animals
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Oblong. Pictorial paper boards. 64 pp. B&W photographs. Boards rubbed and age toned. Foxing to edges of text block and gutters of endpapers. Marker scribble to last page. More
The Development of The Chick
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1919. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [xi] 472 p.p. Original green cloth with gilt titling on spine and bline tooled panel and device to boards. Scuffs to boards, bumping to cornes, rubbing to spine ends. Bookplate and ink ownership inscription of Paul W. Gregory, Bussey..... More
Poultry Production
Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Ferbiger, 1916. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 2nd edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. Orig. red cloth. 517 pp. Illustrated with 233 engravings and 1 fold-out plate. Spine tilted and sunned, light chafing to extremities. Interior is edge toned. More
A Practical Guide to Small-Scale Goatkeeping
Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Original jacket. xiv, 208 p.p., [21] full page photographs and illustrations, numerous in-text. Large tear to rear jacket cover, with small tears to extremities that have been discreetly taped. Small red and blue stain on front jacket. Clean pages, tight boards. In very good..... More
Blazing the Old Cattle Trail
Saskatoon: Prairie Books, 1972. Wm. W. Perehudoff. Hardcover. 8vo. Fifth printing. Orig. orange cloth, 248pp. Illustrated with line-drawings. Signed on title-page by author. Bookplate on front pastedown, light rubbing to cloth and extremities o/w near fine in d/w. Stories of Canadian cattle men on the frontier. More
How to Choose a Good Milk Cow; or a Description of All the Marks by Which the Milking Qualities of Cows May be Ascertained. With a Supplement, on the Dairy Cattle of Britain; Their Qualities, Management, and Productive Results; with Hints for Selecting.
Glasgow, Edinburgh and London: Blackie & Son, 1857. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, iv, 184pp. With seven lithographic plates, including folding frontispiece of a cow. Owners rubber and blind stamp on title page. Cloth somewhat worn o/w very good. The..... More
Authentic Ecolodges
New York: Collins Design, 2010. Lewis, Matthew. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12" x 10" First edition, first printing stated. Oblong. Thick stamped paper board over brown cloth spine. With green sleeve wrapper. Near fine overall. A stunning look at some of the most forward-thinking ecolodges in the world's most exotic destinations..... More
A Chinese Pioneer Family: The Lins of Wu-Feng, Taiwan 1729-1895
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [xv] 375 p.p. [1]. B&W illustrations, reproductions and photos throughout. Binding of green cloth gilt lettered with small gilt design on front. Small stain to front of jacket. Light foxing to text block edges but interior clean. A Social History..... More
The Connoisseur's Guide to Meat
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (large). Original red boards. Title with colour vignette of a cow mounted to front board in slim silver boarder. 256 p.p. Illustrated throughout by Jane Laurie, showing types and cuts of various meats. Offers a history of meat and farming..... More
Soilless worm Bedding Formulas with Supplements
[s.n.]: [s.l.], 1973. Soft cover. 8vo. Orange wrappers, 37pp. About fine. More
Turkeys and How to Grow Them: A treatist on the natural history and origin of hte Name of Turkeys; the Various Breeds, and Best Methods to insure success in the business of Turkey growing. With Essays from Practical Turkey Growers in different parts of the United States and Canada
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. brown cloth, gilt turkey device to front board. viii, 159 pp. Copiously illustrated. Spine cocked, cloth damp stained. Rubbed to extremities. Some occasional foxing and staining to interior. More
O.A.C. Yearbook 1921
Toronto: Ontario Agricultural College and MacDonald Institute, 1921. Soft cover. 12" x 9" Volume VII, 1921. Orig. brown card wraps, cloth spine. Cloth lifting a little at spine ends, spine slightly shaken. Some light foxing to interior. Else fine. More
The Rosalie Evans Letters from Mexico
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. Hardcover. 12mo. 472 pp. [8] B&W plates. Spine cocked, faded and spotted. Inner hinge cracked at p. 284. Interior age toned. A series of letters about farming in Mexico and other topics, arranged by the author's sister. More
Complimentary Banquet in Honor of Honorable Robert Weird, M.P. Federal Minister of Agriculture in the Empress Hotel, Friday, August 22, 1930 at 7:30 P.M.
Prince Albert, Sask. The Herald Job Pprint, 1930. Soft cover. 4to. Original wrappers, title lettered in blue inside gilt border, [4] pp. Program and list of Community Songs lettered in blue. Light rubbing to extremities, some light sunning and foxing to wrappers, otherwise near fine. Robert Weir (1882-1939) served as..... More
Old Barn Plans
New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 11" x 8.5" Oblong. Soft cover.159 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Some discolouration and darkening to covers, else fine. The illustrated story of how the North American barn was built from colonial to modern times, in hundreds of drawings by the..... More