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 about Mink Raising. a Book of Practical Information About Raising Mink, Marten, and Fisher
Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1938. First Ediition. 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 about New Breaking: An Outline of Co-Operation Among Western Farmers of Canada
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 about Seahenge: A Contemporary Chronicle
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 about Fur Truths: The Story of Furs and the Fur Business
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 about The Farmer's Handbook: a Reference Book Dealing with General Farming, Fruit Culture, Truck...
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 about Our Northern Autumn; a Study of Its Characteristic Flowers, Its Brilliant Foliage and Its...
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 about Rice Growing. Translated from the Russian
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 about The Development of The Chick
Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Original jacket. xiv, 208 p.p., [21] full page photgraphs 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 condition. More about A Practical Guide to Small-Scale Goatkeeping
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 about A Chinese Pioneer Family: The Lins of Wu-Feng, Taiwan 1729-1895
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 about The Connoisseur's Guide to Meat
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 about Complimentary Banquet in Honor of Honorable Robert Weird, M.P. Federal Minister of Agriculture in...
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 about The Mills of Peterborough County
[Tillsonburg, Ontario?]: S.n., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). Original pictorial jacket and orange cloth boards. Gilt device of tobacco leaf on front cover. xii, 560 p.p., [12] plates and numerous illustrations in-text. Signed by Lyal Tait on the title-page. The book was printed to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary... More about Tobacco in Canada
Detroit: F.B. Dickerson Company, 1904. Hard Cover. 8vo. SALESMAN'S COPY. A collection of sample pages and plates from the full volume of The Practical Stock Doctor. Irregular pagination. [88 sample pages of text] Samples of eight colour plates + 19 B&W plates. Includes a general index for the full volume... More about The Practical Stock Doctor: Compiled from the most Successful Veterinarians in the World, and...
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4" x 7" Title stamped on front board in white with mounted photo of sugar cubes. 85 p.p. Illustrated with [6] photographs. Boards scuffed, and rubbed. Corners bumped, frayed. Spine ends bruised, with type faded on spine. Sporadic stains and foxing throughout... More about Cuban Cane Sugar: a Sketch of the Industry, from Soil to Sack, Together with a Survey of the...