Boston: Russell & Cutler, 1809. 1 engr. plate. 91pp. 8vo, sewn. Boston: Russell & Cutler, 1809. More about Georgick Papers for 1809, Consisting of Letters and Extracts Communicated to the Massachusetts...
Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. (London): Curzon Press, (1980). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 43. More about Economic Man in Sha Tin; Vegetable Gardeners in a Hong Kong Vallet
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 tan cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (New York): Oxford University Press, 2004. More about Creatures of Empire; How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
Translated by John Alden Williams; foreword by Chester Bowles, introduction by Morroe Berger. 12mo, bds, d.w. Boston, (1963). More about The Egyptian Peasant
New York: Peter Smith, 1941. Many maps, a few folding, Illus. 512pp. 8vo, green cloth, spine lightly dampstained, back corner bumped. New York: Peter Smith, 1941. More about History of Agriculture in the Northern United States, 1620-1860
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1966). vg. More about French Rural History; An Essay on its Basic Characteristics
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 about A Summary View of the Courses of Crops, in the Husbandry of England & Maryland; with A...
131 illustrations, 54 in color, 236pp, 4to, cloth; large ink stamp on front flyleaf. N.Y.: Abrams, 1980. Very good in very good dust jacket. More about Seafarm; The Story of Aquaculture
8vo, cloth, d.w. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First Edition. vg. More about Folk-Say IV; The Land is Ours
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 about Painters and Peasants in the Nineteenth Century
many illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Bonanza, n.d. vg. More about This Was Wheat Farming; A Pictorial History of the Farmers of the Northwest who grow the Nation's...
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 about The Transformation of the Chinese Earth
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 about Economic Nationalism and the Farmer
Geneva, NY: 1823. Original detailed autographed manuscript signed, folio, 10 pages (front and back), 13 x 8 inches, Geneva, New York, May 20, 1823 -- an extensive draft describing an invention that was called "a machine for hulking and cleaning clover seed," a device that was granted a patent by the United States Government on March 18, 1824. Burrall explains in detail that his innovation is unique because previous models wasted much of the seed, worked slowly, and ran at... More about Autographed Manuscript Signed
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 about The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley. Volume One: Environment and Subsistence
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 about Grapes and Grape Vines of Calirnornia; Published Under the Auspices of the California State...
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 about Projet d'Association Agricole pour la Californie, 1851
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1968). Fine. More about Pioneer Cattleman in Montana; The Story of the Circle C Ranch
map. 8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Grove Press, (1986). vg. More about Nicaragua: What Difference Could a Revolution Make? Food and Farming in the New Nicaragua
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Several black and white photographs. 412 pages. 8vo, red cloth backed red boards, dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Advance review copy with slip. More about The Harvest of Sorrow; Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
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 about Les Profits Champetres
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 about The Life and Times of Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vermont. By His Daughter
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. A few text Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. More about Change in Agriculture: The Northern United States, 1820-1870
London: Batsford, 1908. 100 black-and-white photographic plates by W. Galsworthy Davie, plus text illustrations. Introduction and sketches by W. Curtis Green. xiv + 69pp., large 8vo, decorative green cloth; scattered foxing throughout, spine faded, corners bumped, spine ends chipped and with 2 small punctures in spine. London: B. T. Batsford, 1908. A very good(_) copy. More about Old Cottages and Farmhouses in Surrey
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 about The Economic Development of Uganda: Report of a Mission Organized by the International Bank for...
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