Columbus: A. R. Harding Pub, 1935. Hardcover. 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, and..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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 age..... More
Oshawa: Drumlin Press, 2016. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 264 pp. B&W photos and maps. Fine condition. Jean Sweet Bishop grew up at Sweetholm, the farm established by her parents, Gene and Aleta Sweet, in Ontario's Elgin County. She tells us their story, including an account of..... More
Ottawa: Canada Department of Agriculutre, 1972. Soft cover. 8vo. Slim pamphlet, staple bound in wrappers. 45 pp. Duotone photos in text. Fine condition. More
Ottawa: Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists, 1939. Soft cover. 8vo. December 1939. Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists. Original green pictorial wraps, stapled and glued binding. 101 pp., [x]. B&W photos and illustrations in-text. Sunning and damp staining to spine, staples rusted. Damp stain to tail edge at gutter at front..... 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
Kenilworth, Warwickshire: The British Horse Society, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 16mo. Orig. card wraps. 55 pp. B&W illustrations. Damp stained throughout. Covers are creased. Stamp of The Villager Tack, Leather and Gifts, Pickering, Ontario to rear. More
Toronto: HarperCollins, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth, 240pp. Signed by author, with inscription to Michael Ignatieff. A small bump on bottom edge of front cover, o/w near fine in d/w. "Locavore describes how foodies, urbanites, farmers, gardners and chefs across Canada are creating a new local food order that is..... 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
Ottawa: Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, 1939. Soft cover. 8vo. Publication 642, Farmer's Bulletin No. 71. Issued June 1939. Third printing. Orig. tan card wraps. 100 pp. B&W photos. Some light creasing to covers, else fine. 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. Hardcover. 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 the..... 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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
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