Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Bellerose, George

Softcover. Middlebury, VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page. Through day-in-the-life photography and wide-ranging interviews, this book helps us to understand the people and policies that determine if we meet our responsibilities to our local forested environments. Clean copy. Record # 33761

The American Farm by: Conrat, MaisieConrat, Richard

Softcover. San Francisco CA, California Historical Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, soft cover. Exterior in average condition with some fading and cracks, interior pages and binding are in very good condition. This extraordinary collection of photographs offer a portrait of the American farm in all of its diversity. American Farm depicts the profound transformation that the counter's agriculture has undergone during the last two hundred years. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33607

The Elements of Agriculture: A Book for Young Farmers, With Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by: Waring, George E. Jr.

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The Elements of Agriculture: A Book for Young Farmers, With Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by: Waring, George E. Jr.

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1854, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages, plus a catalogue of other works published by D. Appleton & Company, hardcover. Burgundy cloth covers are warped and stained, with bumped corners. Interior pages have light foxing, but all text blocks are legible. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a scientific publication written in the mid 19th century. This work serves as an introductory guide to agricultural principles, aimed primarily at young farmers and educational institutions. The book covers the fundamental operations of agriculture, emphasizing the chemical and biological processes involved in plant growth. Clean copy. Record # 34118

The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord by: Donahue, Brian

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 311 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, brown cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color maps. This book is an innovative, accessible, and authoritative history of the early farming practices of Concord, Massachusetts, and challenges the long-standing notion that colonial husbandry degraded the land. Clean copy. Record # 34291

Vermont Farm Women [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Miller, Peter

Hardcover. Waterbury, VT, Silver Print Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 135 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Cream cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book puts faces and stories to the many women-owned farms of Vermont. It compares their similar philosophies of independence, and contrasts their wide varieties of crops and animals. Previous owner's inscription is present on the front end page. Author's signature is on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34320

Vermont Farm Women [SIGNED COPY] by: Miller, Peter

Hardcover. Waterbury, VT, Silver Print Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 135 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, but is still in good condition overall despite some minor wear. Cream cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book puts faces and stories to the many women-owned farms of Vermont. It compares their similar philosophies of independence, and contrasts their wide varieties of crops and animals. Author's signature is on the front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34452