The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings
by R. L. Allen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York : C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co. ; San Francisco : H.H. Bancroft & Co, 1860-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Octavo. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine. Fading to spine gilt, wear to boards. Shaken, foxing. Ag Library markings.
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- SequiturBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings
- Author
- R. L. Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York : C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co. ; San Francisco : H.H. Bancroft & Co
- Date Published
- 1860-01-01
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...