Columbus: A. R. Harding Pub, 1935. Hard Cover. 12mo. 225 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. 41 illustations throughout book, including frontispiece. Some browning to page ends. General wear to boards. A near fine copy of book. This book is a guide to raising mink, with information on raising marten and fisher..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by author to ffep. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. xvi, 287 p.p., [32] p.p. B&W photos. Spine is sunned, some light chafing to top and tail edges. Staining to fore edge of text block. Slight..... More
Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (large). Original jacket and green cloth boards stamped with title on front cover and spine. 215 p.p. Frontispiece, plus numerous photographic illustrations throughout. Author inscription on front free endpaper. Some spotted stains to front and rear jacket, a small tear..... More
Aylsham, Norfolk: Barnwell's Timescape Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Soft Cover. Paperback. Pictorial covers. 115 p.p. Illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photos of archaeologists examining the four thousand year old timber circle which was discovered on the North Norfolk coast in 1998. Light rubbing to covers and spine..... More
Nijmegen: C.A. Vieweg, 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. (Handbook for Agriculture). Buckram backed paperboards, (10) 368pp. Light foxing, spine darkened and lacking label, chipping to paper on boards and bumping to corners and edges, but still very good. A Dutch work on agriculture feature information on fertilization, wood cultivation, plant composition and..... More
Bend, Oregon: P.L. Forbes. Soft Cover. 8vo. Pictorial card wraps, staple bound. 51 p.p. [No date, c. 1936 or later]. B&W photos. Some slight bumping to corners and a few scuffs to rear, else a very nice copy. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Stated first edition. xvi, 105 p.p. Red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine and front board. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners, and rear joint. Some soiling to top edge, and to spine. 18 unnumbered..... More
Hansport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, 1980. Soft Cover. 12mo (tall). Original pictorial card wraps. 85 p.p. A few ink marks to front cover. The story of the apple industry in Nova Scotia and the families immediately involved. More
Linwood, ON: Gift of Wings Publishing, 2007. Hard Cover. 11" x 11" SIGNED by Carl Hiebert to half-title. Full tan cloth. Pictorial endpapers. 168 pp. Colour photography throughout. Slight bowing to front board. A few bumps to edges of dust jacket. Else fine. An adventure through rural Canada that celebrate's..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. Hardcover. 16mo. The Loeb Classical Library, No. 283. Later printing. Orig. red cloth, xxv, 543pp, (8)ads. A small damp stain on rear pastedown, spine ends and corners somewhat worn, o/w very good in a good d/w, jacket soiled and chipped with loss on spine. More
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1921. Hardcover. 32mo. International Handbooks Series. Red edges. xvii, 383 p.p., [3] p.p. ads plus [12] blank memoranda pages for notes. In-text illustrations of crops, plants, animals and charts, etc. throughout. Jacket lightly soiled and rubbed with small tears along edges covers and jacket..... More
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
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
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1919. Second Edition. Hard Cover. 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..... More
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
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
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
Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited, 1947. Oille, Lucille. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Second printing. Green cloth, silver lettering. 289 p.p.,[8] B&W photo plates at rear. B&W illustrations in-text. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Slight tilt to spine. Dust jacket has large chip to spine foot (with..... More
New York: Collins Design, 2010. Lewis, Matthew. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 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..... More
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 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..... More
New York: Sterling, 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, and includes..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1953. Hard Cover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 216 p.p. Sunning to spine ends, more so at foot. Rubbing to spine ends and corners, some light staining to boards. Spine slightly tilted. Ink ownership inscription and offsetting to FFEP. Small chip to foot..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1980. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Orig. brown leather with gilt illustrations on front cover, unpaginated (approx. 250pp) with colour illustrations throughout. About fine in d/w. "Hundreds of full-color illustrations, rendered with perception, wit, and accuracy, offer heart-warming look at life on the farm-the way it..... More
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
Peterborough: Trent Valley Archives, 2006. Soft Cover. 7" x 8.5" 219 p.p. Soft cover, spiral bound. B&W photos throughout. Covers lightly chafed and creased in a few spots, creases to corners of a few pages. In the last 180 years, approximately 200 mills were built in Peterborough County. Milling, one..... More