Agriculture

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1958. . First edition. . Very good in illustrated cloth covers. . Includes 2 sections of phographs - at the front of the book and inserted in the middle. Map endpapers. more information

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Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. . First printing. . Fine (as new) in brown cloth, no dustjacket as issued. . A look at small farmers in the parish of Minho- and at how issues like technical changes, fragmentation of the land, etc affect them. Photographs, graphs, notes, references, index. 177 pp. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1935.. . First edition. . Near fine in dark green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine and front cover. . Includes sections on the year in agriculture, what's new (among topics discussed are the safety of cosmetic products), and agricultural statistics. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 762 pgs. more information

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Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1972. . First printing. . Very good- (highlighting on a few pages.) . A textbook written for agriculture students, not vetinarians, but nevertheless quite comprehensive - diseases range from anthrax to parasites - with such conditions as bluetongue, hog cholera, blackleg, salmonellosis, botulism and many more discussed in some detail. illustrated with photographs, suggestions for additional reading, index. 337 pages. more information

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New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1968. . Trade paperback. . Very good+. . more information

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Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1961.) . First edition. . Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear at lower corner of dj flap) . Illustrated with many black and white photographs, this book takes a look at the history of American farms. Review copy with photograph of author laid in. more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.) . First printing. . Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) . A lyrical tribute to a vanishing way of life - never before has such a farm story been told." A beautiful book - both handsomely produced and illustrated with full-page full-color paintings done by Ruth Wright Paulsen - and in the writing, an elegy to a disappearing way of life. 120 pp. more information

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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, (1990.) . First printing. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . A landmark study of the disastrous consequences of using Mexico as a laboratory for pesticide dependent agricultural innovations under the direction of North American researchers. From the dustjacket: 'According to conservative estimates, worldwide each year thousands of farm workers die and hundreds of thousands become ill due to acute pesticide poisoning. Ramon Gonzalez was one of these, and his needless death provides a useful starting place to chart the medical, environmental, economic, and political consequences of massive pesticide use in Mexico.' Photographs, maps, references, index. xvii, 337 pp. more information

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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, (1990.) . First printing. . Fine in green cloth, no dj. . A landmark study of the disastrous consequences of using Mexico as a laboratory for pesticide dependent agricultural innovations under the direction of North American researchers. From the dustjacket: 'According to conservative estimates, worldwide each year thousands of farm workers die and hundreds of thousands become ill due to acute pesticide poisoning. Ramon Gonzalez was one of these, and his needless death provides a useful starting place to chart the medical, environmental, economic, and political consequences of massive pesticide use in Mexico.' Photographs, maps, references, index. xvii, 337 pp. more information

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