Search Results: Country Living from High-Lonesome Books

London: Marshall Publishing, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 9 x 11 1/2, 360 pgs, index, color photos throughout. Offers useful historical information for the student and fascinating facts for the casual browser.

Lancaster, PA: John Baer's Sons, 1919. Paperback. Fair. 7 x 9, 34 pgs each, b&w illustrations. Lots of interesting information! Kind of tattered but still very readable.

Colulmbia, MO: Dairy Goat Journal, 1961. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8, 270 pgs, b&w photos/illustrations. A thorough examination of raising, keeping, using, and marketing various breeds of goats and their products.

Hastings, NE: Cornhusker Press, 1996. Paperback. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 47 pgs, b&w photos. Covers harvesting equipment and methods, preparing medicinals for market, marketing, plus descriptions and uses for the plants.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1991. Fourth printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8, 48 pgs, b&w illustrations. Big success in any size space, better edibles from your garden, and good riddance to garden pests.

Waterloo, WI: Countryside Pubications, Ltd.. Paperback. Good+. 5 x 8, 62 pgs, b&w illustrations and photos. Tips on gardening, country cooking, poultry, goats, rabbits and much, much more.

California. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 16 pgs, illustrated. History, selection, benefits, storage, and, of course, great recipes!

Milwaukee, WI: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9, 127 pgs, b&w illustrations. A neat old book with instructions and drawings of how to make toys, tin can projects, electrical work, leather work, etc. Includes projects like: Making a Feather Glider; Weather Vane; Toy Engine; Totem Pole; Hobby Horse; Birdhouses; Making Small Boxes; Model Sailboat; An Ornamental Ship Model; Ship Model of the Galleon Type; and many more.

New York: Workman Publishing, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 10 x 10, 192 pgs. Wysocki delights in his native land and portrays the joys of its early days so lyrically that he has become the country's leading painter of Americana. In this premier collection, the artist offers over 200 full-color paintings on the charm of small towns and good neighbors.

Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 7 x 10, 155 pgs, b&w drawings and photos. Not only does the book survey the history and the development of these historic products, from functional buttons and spoons to the more sophisticated candlesticks, tankards, coffee- and teapots, but more importantly it describes and illustrates, step-by-step, how these products were made. Of interest to collectors, artisans, and students of the subject. Ex-library with the usual markings, in Brodart cover.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 8 x 11, 236 pgs, b&w illustrations. A detailed history and an indispensable reference work. Includes a table of marks and a check list of makers and types.

Washington DC: The Preservation Press, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Good. 9 x 10, 292 pgs, index, biblio, b&w photos. A comprehensive work that chronicles a distinctive era in American education; the historical role of rural schools, architecture, preservation, etc. Damp wrinkling but no stains on bottom edge.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1983. Third edition. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 116 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Ideas and how-tos on reducing energy costs.

Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing, 1986. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 x 8, 158 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations, index. A practical guide for the surface collector and the amateur archaeologist.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 499 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Includes more than 125 projects: decks, fences, barbecue centers, furniture, children's play areas, gazebos, lawn and garden accessories, outbuildings, and projects for bird-lovers.

Pownal, VT: Storey Publications, 1991. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 206 pgs, index, glossary, b&w illustrations. Takes the mystery out of butchering - what age to butcher, how to do it, salting, smoking, tools, recipes and more. For all sorts of livestock and game.

Camden, ME: Yankee Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 400 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. A useful book filled with useful and relevant house, garden, and life tips.

Pownal, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 32 pgs, b&w illustrations. All you need to know to grow fat and juicy raspberries and black berries.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1988. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8, 61 pgs, b&w illustrations. How to successfully grow corn, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, peppers, beets, onions and peas.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1988. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. 5 x 8, 37 pgs, b&w illustrations. Soil testing, cover crops, compost, timing, gardening in clay, sandy soil, saving water in the desert and more.