Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on half title page: "To Emmett, Thanks for all your help over the years. I hope you like the product of our labors. My best always, Alan." Octavo; xx + 282pp, including bibliography and index. Two-color jacket. Purple cloth..... More
New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1867. New and Enlarged Edition. Octavo. 286 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Blue-green cloth decorated in gilt. Boards show light general wear, corners bumped, light general spotting. Binding sound, soiling to front free endpaper, foxing along edges and..... More
Washington, DC?: Bureau of Land Management / Department of the Interior, 1978. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's spiral-bound printed card wrappers; [4],172pp.; bilingual text printed in double columns. Wrappers a bit foxed and dust-soiled, else Very Good. Issued as US-USSR Environmental Cooperation Project no. 02.05-31. Quite uncommon bilingual..... More
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Brown boards stamped in gilt to spine and blind stamped vignette to front and rear boards. Worn and cracked at top of spine near front joint with some light wear..... More
![Item #6885 [Drop title] A Farmer for Congress. Carl Vrooman](/pictures/thumb/6885.jpg?v=1599767494)
[Bloomington, IL: Democratic Agricultural Committee of 17th Congressional District, n.d. but 1946.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium. Light toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Campaign flyer supporting the (failed) congressional bid of Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson. The text is comprised of fifteen bullet points..... More
Washington, DC: The Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Frontis portrait. Grey cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Barrett's attempt to convince farmers of the importance of pursuing aggressive lobbying efforts to get..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Edition with publisher's advertisements dated "10,000/9/04 - A.U.P." at bottom of p. 40. Thick octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; xii,404,40pp.; frontispiece and twenty-four (24) leaves of photographs. Spine rather toned as is top third of upper cover, small chips..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Trade Edition, Cloth Issue. Octavo; publisher's red cloth ruled and lettered in black; xli,[1],157pp.; photographic frontispiece (tissue guard), five leaves of plates. Upper cover cloth lightly discolored and soiled, corners bumped with very brief exposure, spine toned, else a Very Good copy, internally..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First Edition with publisher's advertisements in rear dated 50,000-9/98 at bottom of p. 32. Thick octavo; publisher's decorative blue gilt-lettered cloth, black glazed endpapers; xx,489,[1],32pp.; 36 leaves of brown monochrome plates. Boards a bit scuffed and corners bumped, textblock recased in binding, spine a...... More
New York: W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Seed Grower, 1888. First Edition. Octavo. 85 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Printed wraps. Light soiling, spotting, and edgewear to wraps. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Scarce with no copies in retail at time of this writing in February 2023. More
New York: Orange Judd and Company, [1870]. First Edition. Octavo. 190 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's rust-colored pebbled cloth decorated in gilt. Brown endpapers. Wear to edges with brief exposure and general spotting with white discoloration to spine. Binding sound. Scuffing and moderate chipping to..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1907. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo; xxii + 244pp + 73pp of publisher's listings. Over 80 figures and diagrams throughout, with 8 additional diagrams in an appendix; multiple formula tables and explanations throughout. Textblock of heavy stock. Gray cloth with gilt spine lettering..... More
Paris: Éditions Maurice Ponsot, [1944]. First Edition, limited to 800 copies of which this is no. 633. Folio (31cm.); loose as issued in green pictorial die-cut wrappers housed in publisher's green mottled paper-covered chemise, printed paper spine label and matching slipcase; 197pp.; sixteen aquarelles plates, additional illus. throughout text printed..... More
![Item #12992 Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living [Signed]. Rachel Peden, Sidonie Coryn](/pictures/thumb/12992.jpg?v=1651253462)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition, stated. Signed by the author without inscription on second flyleaf. Octavo; [viii], 381pp. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth with brown lettering. Price-clipped jacket is rubbed along top edge with some shallow creasing, darkened down spine and nudged at head..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 225 pp. Black and white illustrations. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards gently rubbed along edges with a couple minor scuffs. Binding is sound. Small stamp reading "CC" to bottom edge of text block..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 228 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Missing printer's notice on final page. Boards lightly worn along edges, corners bumped, and light spotting and scuffing. Binding is sound. Foxing to preliminaries but overall pages clean and unmarked... More
![Item #7606 Farmers' Bulletin [Thirteen Issues Bound in One]. U S. Department of Agriculture, Jeff...](/pictures/thumb/7606.jpg?v=1603516293)
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903-1910. First Edition. Octavo. Various paginations. Black and white illustrations. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Marbled edges. Thirteen issues bound into one. Titles included are: Economical Use of Meat in the Home by C.F. Langworthy; Meats: Composition and Cooking by Chas. D. Woods; Bread..... More
New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1852. Second Edition, as stated in second preface. Octavo. 204 pp. + 8 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. Touch of wear to extremities and brief exposure to top corners. Binding is sound and..... More