Search Results: Agriculture from Thomas Rare Books

London: Faber and Faber, 1973. 120pp. Stories of country life in Suffolk. A little fraying to d.j. edges otherwise a nice copy. Owners insrciption. 1st edition. green cloth. Fine/V.g., Price-Plipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. 295pp.41 figures.. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Oliver and Boyd Ltd., 1944. 869 [2] pp. Seventh Edition. Green Buckram, Gilt. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, , 1911. xvi, 448, viii, pp. Original burgundy sheepskin binding with gilt titles and patterned boards. The first edition was pub. in 1899 and the foreword to that is included. [nb this is the original book not a reprint]. Second edition, revised and Enlarged. Hardback. Fine. Small 8vo.

Easton: The Easton Harriers, 1986. viii, 220pp. Signed on the title-page by the author, 66 b/w photos. Signed and dedicated by Tony Harvey master of the hunt and father of the authoress. Easton Harriers hunted in the south-east corner of Suffolk. A scarce book.. Flat Signed By the Author. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

London: Harrap, 1978. 571pp, with 44 illustrations. The author, a working farmer, has produced a comprehensive and perceptive analysis of the agricultural industry on which British national life depends. Owners inscription. A fresh copy.. First Edition. Brown cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1945. viii, 200 pp. Hellmuth Weissenborn llustrated header and footer vignettes. Clean unfaded green cloth. A trifle foxed to the end-papers and some margins. A nice copy. Owners signature. 2nd edition. hardback. V.g./No d.j.. Illus. by Hellmuth Weissenborn. 8vo.

London: Hutchinson, 1977. 198pp. Pictorial card cover.. 1st paperback edition. Paper Wrappers. Fine. 8vo.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1870. xii, 353-832.[16 pp ads] Illustrated throughout with text woodcuts including 5 colour plates as listed. Original red cloth decorated in the late Victorian style with floral blocked decoration in black and with a gilt title block bordering the titles. Matching spine. All edges gilt. Some foxing to the tissue guards. Undated but the B.L.copy states 1870. This attractive book was a reissue of part of 'The Book of Home Pets' in 1861.. 1st Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1880. x, [ii], 660pp. "with about 230 illustrations". Pub. dec. cloth with red titles over a grey cloth. Trifle rubbed and toned binding but a clean and attractive copy of a difficult title to find in nice condition, Well illus. and a fine clean textblock. No marks or inscriptions. Country Sports, Tree Culture, Farm Management, Fruit, Flower & Kitchen Gardening etc. [NO indication of the edition but appears to be a first. Copac records only 3 copies and all undated. A surprisingly scarce item. . 1st edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

Oxford: Keen, 1965. 263pp The autobigraphy of the adventures of an Oxfordshire farmer's son whio travelled round Australia by flying boat, car, rail, truck, aicraft etc The dates for the different routes on the maps are entered by hand. b/w frontispiece, 16 b/w plates. Maps to endpapers. SIGNED AND DEDICATED COPY BY THE AUTHOR. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, Paris and Melbourne: Cassell, & Company, 1892. 680pp. Revised by James Sinclair and W.C.A. Blew with a veterinary section by George Fleming. Original half calf black binding qith gilt titles to the spine. Full page b&w illus. and numerous wood engravings. Trifle rubbed but a firm and clean copy.. New Edition. Hardback. Fine. large 4to.

London: Atchley & Co., 1860. vi [2], 843pp. 240 ILLUSTRATIONS. An exceedingly scarce volume packed with information on agriculture in the mid-nineteenth century. Original pebble grained green cloth with attractive blind-stamped deoration to the boards. Attractive gilt block of a plough to the spine. Very large item in clean and un-faded condition but with rear hinge cracked. [board not affected]. Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge. A few usual small ex-library stamps at the preliminaries not affecting text or plates.. green cloth, gilt, hardback. V.g.. 4to. Ex-Library.

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1898. 32pp. A fine copy bound in the original green buckram over stiff card covers, gilt titles to the front board. A pub. paper read at The Agricultural Students Club at Cambridge of 18th November 1898.Scarce in fine condition.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine. large 8vo.

Altringham, Manchester: Norman Rodger, 1911. xviii, 592, 4 pp. of ads. Colour frontis. Errata page, XXII plates, plus plates added by Mirrlees Watson Company Ltd, plus plates added by Pott, Cassels & Williamson. SPECIAL EDITION with the compliments slip of The Mirrlees Watson Co. Limited, Glasgow. Hand-numbered No 139. Printed label pasted to end-paper. Blue patterned cloth with gilt lettering and double borders. Fore-edge a trifle foxed otherwise a fine copy, printed on quality paper with no fading. Noël Fielding Deerr (1874-1953). CANE SUGAR : A text-book on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar house products; together with a Chapter on the Fermentation of Molasses. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine. large 8vo.

London: Steel & Jones, Spring Gardens, 1872. frontis. portrait of the author. vii, [i], 745, appendix xci,pp Pub. green cloth bound by Wesleys & Co. , London. Attractive green cloth with gilt decorated boards and spine.Re-backed with new end-papers. third edition. Hardback. Fine. large 8vo.

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1900. xiv, 1086, x [ads.] pp. Fine red calf spine with gilt titles. The boards are rubbed to the green cloth board but a stron g and sound copy. Scarce to find in such condition as the huge weight has resulted tin many copies being damaged to the binding. This epic book was originally written by the English veterinary surgeon William Youatt (1776-1847), with the thirteenth edition has been "re-written, considerably enlarged, and brought up to the present requirements of agricultural practice" by William Fream. A lovely copy.. fourteenth Edition. Hardback. Fine. 4to.

London: Select Editions, 1993. 95pp. Pictorial record of the English countryside with text descriptions. re-issue. hardback. Fine/Fine. small 4to.

London: C.D. Cazenove & Son, 1897. frontis, viii, 116 [incl. index] [II] pp.vi pp ads.] Original blue decorated cloth, gilt. Pale grey/blue gilt titled binding with cow illus. End-papers A near mint copy. Trifle toned front end-papers but fine and clean binding and text block. Occ. fox spot. Exceptional copy. Dairy farming at the end of the ninteenth century. James Long 1846-1931. Originally pub. by W.H. Allenin 1889. James Long wrote as 'Merlin' in the Field Magazine.[only one copy of this 2nd edition traced and is held by by Reading University Library. 2nd Edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.

Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1984. 141pp. Illustrated colour covers. No fading or inscriptions. 1st paperback edition. paper wrappers. Fine. large 8vo.