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Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1856 - Agriculture


G. P. O.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, G.P.O., 1st, 1857, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 50 plates, (4 in color) in front of book. Much on early agriculture. light cover wear, suprisingly nice condition.

Record # 52055


Price: $26.00 

 

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1869


G.P.O.

Hardcover. Wash. DC, G.P.O., 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white plates. Various articles on farming in 1869. Text block with edge soil, small nick to spine otherwise

Record # 53961


Price: $35.00 

 

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1895


n.a.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, GPO, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust.

Record # 55905


Price: $20.00 

 

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1912


N/A

Hardcover. Washington, DC, GPO, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 8 color plates fruits, pecans, avacado. Black & white plates. 784 pages.

Record # 61496


Price: $25.00 

 

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture - 1905


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Hardcover. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 815 pages. Blue cloth cover with embossed border and seal to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations and color plates of fruit. Wear and markings to cover, spine cocked, small dark markings to front preview pages; overall a tight, clean copy.

Record # 804532


Price: $40.00 

The American Farm by: Conrat, Maisie Conrat, Richard
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The American Farm by: Conrat, Maisie Conrat, 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
Price: $15.00 

 

Story of Corn and the Westward Migration, The


Brooks, Eugene Clyde

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co., 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib with end paper markings. Black & white illust., photos. 308 pages including bibliography & index.

Record # 59738


Price: $15.00 

 

Constant Pest, The - A Short History of Pests and Their Control


Ordish, George

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 240 pages. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf, name on bottom edge

Record # 60633


Price: $15.00 

 

Gaining Ground - The Renewal of America's Small Farms


MacFadyen, J. Tevere

Hardcover. ONY, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages.

Record # 63985


Price: $23.00 

 

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective: A Study of Its Successes and Failures


Strauss, Erich

Hardcover. New York , Praeger, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 328 pages, green cloth covers. Bright, clean copy in a dust jacket that has edgewear, chipping.

Record # 405754


Price: $13.00 

 

Soviet Agriculture: Comparative Perspectives


Gray (Ed.), Kenneth R.

Hardcover. Ames IA, Iowa State University Press , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages, green cloth covers. Clean copy in a nice dust jacket.

Record # 405756


Price: $13.00 

 

Rough and Tumble Engineering, 1948-1988


Maggard, James H.

Softcover. Kinzers, PA, History of Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, Inc., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 181 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801010


Price: $13.00 

 

Dream Reaper: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High-Stakes World of Modern Agriculture


Crane, Craig

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852846


Price: $25.00 

Spices [2 Volume Set] by: Purseglove, J. W. Brown, E. G. Green, C. L. Robbins, S. R. J.
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Spices [2 Volume Set] by: Purseglove, J. W. Brown, E. G. Green, C. L. Robbins, S. R. J.Spices [2 Volume Set] by: Purseglove, J. W. Brown, E. G. Green, C. L. Robbins, S. R. J.

Spices [2 Volume Set] by: Purseglove, J. W. Brown, E. G. Green, C. L. Robbins, S. R. J.

Hardcover. Harlow, U. K., Longman Publishing Group, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 813 pages combined, hardcovers. Dust jackets, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W tables and illustrations throughout. These two volumes are a part of the Tropical Agriculture Series, and were designed to be of interest to those working in the spices industry, from cultivation to marketing. These books describe each spice's history, botany, and ecological needs. Clean copies. Record # 34225
Price: $150.00 

Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin
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Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin

Hardcover. New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a repaired cut, bumped corners, and worn edges. Black cloth covers are in good condition with only minor wear to the corners and edges. Interior pages are clean and bright, with the top edge colored blue. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps and tables throughout. Contains a laid-in review slip. In this study, McCauley has examined the economic and political record of the virgin lands from 1953-1964. The decision to expand eastward is put into the historical perspective of earlier excursions into the steppe. The impact of Khrushchev's venture on subsequent Soviet agricultural policy is explored. Previous owner underlined some text in brown pen on the last few pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34493
Price: $30.00 

 

Agriculture and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia


Wegren, Stephen

Hardcover. Pittsburgh, Pa., University of Pittsburgh Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, faint foxing to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459527


Price: $38.00 

 

Second Biennial Report of the Vermont State Board of Agriculture, Manufactures and Mining for the Years 1873-74


Collier, Peter

Hardcover. Montpelier, Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery, 1st, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 799 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket issue. Moderate soil on covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Water stain on front end papers. Spine cracked.

Record # 2233729


Price: $50.00 

Walton's Vermont Register, Farmers' Almanac, and Business Directory for 1877 by: Walton
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Walton's Vermont Register, Farmers' Almanac, and Business Directory for 1877 by: WaltonWalton's Vermont Register, Farmers' Almanac, and Business Directory for 1877 by: Walton

Walton's Vermont Register, Farmers' Almanac, and Business Directory for 1877 by: Walton

Softcover. Claremont, NH, The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages, plus 44 pages of vintage advertisements. Covers and interior pages have light foxing and some open tears. Binding is delicate but pages still turn well. Small-form book. Includes fold out map of New Hampshire and Vermont from 1877, which is missing the top piece. Also includes an extensive business directory. This almanac is an annual publication listing a set of events forthcoming in the next year, such as moon phases and eclipses. Almanacs are among the oldest periodicals continuously published in the United States. Own a piece of Vermont history. Memoranda section has extensive writings in pencil by previous owner. Record # 33862
Price: $40.00 

Bread and Democracy in Germany by: Gerschenkron, Alexander
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Bread and Democracy in Germany by: Gerschenkron, Alexander

Hardcover. NY, Howard Fertig, 1st thus, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book is a classic account of German political and economic development. Emphasizing the importance of the problem of German agriculture in its relation to democratic reconstruction, Gerschenkron asserts that "the political attitude of farmers in several European countries had a decisive influence on the fate of European democracy. Nowhere is this more true than in Germany. The German farmers bear their full share of responsibility for the advent of fascism in that country." Clean copy. Record # 34699
Price: $50.00 

 

Fourth Report of the Vermont Board of Agriculture for the Year 1877


Seely, Henry M.

Montpelier, State of Vermont/Poland Printers, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Black & white illustrations. Cover has edgewear, soiling.

Record # 207020


Price: $75.00 

Peasant Farming in Muscovy Smith , Robert Ernest Frederick
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Peasant Farming in Muscovy


Smith , Robert Ernest Frederick

Hardcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 289 pages. Light sun-fade and edgewear to dust jacket with inch long tear to front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459456


Price: $25.00 

Threshers Pripps, Robert N.
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Threshers


Pripps, Robert N.

Softcover. Osceola, WI, USA, Motorbooks Intl, rep., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Minor sun-fade to wrappers, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459953


Price: $15.00 

Vintage farm tractors: The ultimate tribute to classic tractors Sanders, Ralph W
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Vintage farm tractors: The ultimate tribute to classic tractors


Sanders, Ralph W

Hardcover. Barnes & Noble Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459954


Price: $13.00 

Classic American Farm Tractor, The : From the Beginnings To 1960 Halsey, Adam
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Classic American Farm Tractor, The : From the Beginnings To 1960


Halsey, Adam

Hardcover. Smithmark Pub, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 459962


Price: $15.00