Seasons of Sand
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 236 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993). First Edition. Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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Georgick Papers for 1809, Consisting of Letters and Extracts Communicated to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Boston: Russell & Cutler, 1809. 1 engr. plate. 91pp. 8vo, sewn. Boston: Russell & Cutler, 1809. More
Economic Man in Sha Tin; Vegetable Gardeners in a Hong Kong Vallet.
Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. (London): Curzon Press, (1980). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 43. More
Creatures of Empire; How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 tan cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (New York): Oxford University Press, 2004. More
A Summary View of the Courses of Crops, in the Husbandry of England & Maryland; with A Comparison of their Products; and A System of Improved Courses, Proposed for Farms in America.
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1784. Short square 4to. 22pp. pamphlet, unbound (removed). Housed in a folding red cloth sleeve within a gilt decorated morocco- backed slipcase. Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1784. First edition. Vertical crease and some age-toning, else near fine. Scarce. One of the earliest attempts to introduce scientific agriculture in America. More
Folk-Say IV; The Land is Ours.
University of Oklahoma, 1932. 8vo, cloth, d.w. University of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First Edition. vg. More
Painters and Peasants in the Nineteenth Century
New York: Skira, 1983. 110 color illustrations, 54 in black and white. 167pp., 4to, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed, tear at head of spine. New York: Skira, (1983). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Transformation of the Chinese Earth.
Aspects of the Evaluation of the Chinese Earth from Earliest Times to Mao Tse- tung. Illus. Maps, 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1970). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Economic Nationalism and the Farmer
Ames: Collegiate Press, 1938. 232 pages, 8vo, red cloth (one dig to lower bottom edge of front cover). Ames: Collegiate Press, 1938. A near fine copy. More
The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley. Volume One: Environment and Subsistence
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967. Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. rubbed on spine ends. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1967). Very good. More
Grapes and Grape Vines of California; Published Under the Auspices of the California State Vinicultural Association
New York: Harcourt, 1981. 10 full-page color plates, from the original water-color drawings of Hannah Millard. Introduction by Kevin Starr, historical notes by Leon D. Adams. Unpaginated, folio, burgundy cloth with mounted title front cover, printed mylar dust wrapper; very minor fading to bottom edge of cloth. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1981). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Facsimile reprint of the San Francisco: Edward Bosqui & Co., 1877 edition. More
The Mycenaean World
Cambridge: University Press, 1976. Illustrated in black and white. xvii, 201 pages. Tall 8vo, brown boards, d.w. (small closed tear and chip at upper edge, toned at rear). Cambridge: University Press, (1976). Some neat pencil marginalia. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Projet d'Association Agricole pour la Californie, 1851
Washington: Institute Francais de Washington, 1940. Map. 22pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., small dampstain to front and back wrapper and the center bottom margins of pages throughout. (Washington: Institute Francais de Washington, 1940). First Separate Edition Reprinted form the Bulletin de L'Institut Francais de Washington, Numero Douze. Decembre 1939. More
Nicaragua: What Difference Could a Revolution Make? Food and Farming in the New Nicaragua.
map. 8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Grove Press, (1986). vg. More
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Illustrated. 412 pages, 8vo, red cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Advance review copy. More
The Chayote: A Tropical Vegetable.
Washington DC: Government Printing Ofice, 1901. 31 pages, 8 full page black & white plates, grey printed wrappers. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany. Bulletin No. 28.), 1901. Fine. More
Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1989. xii + 231 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1989). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Les Profits Champetres
Paris: Chavane, 1965. Preface by Maruice Genevoix. 12 full-page color plates. 81 pages, 4to, loose as issued in printed, decorative flexible boards, red cloth-moire clamshell box; minor edgewear to box. Paris: Chavane, (1965). Overall, a near fine copy. More
The Life and Times of Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vermont. By His Daughter
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. Frontis. xii, 451pp. 12mo, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, morocco lightly worn, edges of boards worn, front flyleaf expertly repaired, small newspaper article and plate of the Pepperell House mounted on last two blank pages. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. First Edition Presentation copy from the author to her daughter. William Jarvis, a merchant from Boston, was United States Consul to Portugal from 1802 to 1811. His daughter writes extensively on his time in..... More
The Economic Development of Uganda: Report of a Mission Organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the Request of the Government of Uganda.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. Illustrated with maps and charts. 475pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; small ownership signature on front panel. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, (1962). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Market Book: Containing a Historical Account of the Public Markets in the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. With a brief Description of every Article of Human Food Sold Therein, The Introduction of Cattle in America... Volume I, (all published). 621pp. 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). Facsimile of the New York, 1862 edition. More
They Would Rule The Valley.
illus. 8vo, cloth. San Francisco, 1947. Study of the impact of the Central Valley Project in relation to water usage. More
Coimbatore Canes in Cultivation.
New Delhi: Indian Central Sugarcane Committee, 1956. Their Morphological Descriptions and Agricultural Characteristics. Profusely illustrated, 136pp., 4to, green cloth; (light wear, staining to cover, corners bumped). New Delhi: The Indian Central Sugarcane Committee, 1956. Second Edition. More
The Economic Development of Tanganyika.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1961. Pull-out maps, charts. 548pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Baltimore: John Hopkins UP, (1961). More
Lettres D'un Cultivateur Americain
Maestrich: Dufour & Roux, 1785. 2 volumes. xxiv + 458pp. and 432pp., 12mo, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards; lightly rubbed. Maestrich: J. E. Dulfour & Phil. Roux, 1785. A clean, tight very good (+) set. More