Emmaus, PA: Fine. Very clean beige wraps with black lettering and small illustration on cover. No creasing or wear. Pages are clean and bright. 96 pgs. The Gardeners' Book Club, Series 3, Number 2. View More...
Madison, WI: United States Armed Forces Institute/Orange Judd Publishing Co., 1944. Good/No Dustjacket. War Department Education Manual #EM 885. Clean gray wraps with very light browning to spine, 1" closed tear at top corner of spine. P/O name at top front corner of book and on front free endpaper. Binding tight, all pages clean and bright. Illustrated with photographs. 520 pgs. Very detailed, informative book on raising vegetables for profit. 8vo. Agriculture. View More...
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Very clean green cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with photographs, maps and charts. 1145 pgs. with index. 8vo. Agriculture. View More...
Faux leather boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine; light soiling to cover (scattering of some tiny white paint spots). Vertical crease to covers; no chipping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs and drawings. Foreword by Charles H. Orme. 431 pages with Index + Addendum (32 pages). View More...
Clean hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean ivory boards with burgundy spine, white lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 370 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, this book makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. It is a st... View More...
Stated First U.S. Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Large format - size approx. 9-3/4" x 13". Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear; slight fading along bottom front board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Insight into the lives of the wine growers and makers of the Napa Valley, with photographs by Eric Sander taken at the 97 wineries included in this book. View More...
Clean hardcover book (stated first printing) in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean brown cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names,writing or marks. 105 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Whatto evaluate, and how, whenbuying country land in the United States and Canada: Title searching, hazards of nature, soil percolation, building site... View More...
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. Very Good+/Very Good. Very clean burgundy cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Small previous owner name & address on front free endpaper. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, with several very short (under 1/4") edge tears, slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Agriculture. View More...
Later printing of the first edition (Harper's code M-Z on copyright page), in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean charcoal gray boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean, with clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by Kate Lord. 405 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (3.75 on front inside flap), one very small edge chip at rear corner, slight edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A nice copy. View More...
No dustjacket. First Illustration Edition, published 1946, with illustrations by Kate Lord. Black cloth boards with green title box, gold lettering on spine. A couple of very small spots of wear at top of spine. Small spot of wear to one lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Pages are clean. Introduction by Winfield H. Rogers. 346 pages. A novelized account of author Louis Bromfield's immigrant ancestors coming to the western reserve of America (Ohio) and carving a good life out of the land. Often called B... View More...
New York: North Point Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. As-new condition. Clean beige boards with beige cloth spine, gold metallic lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 191 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Granddaughter of immigrant New England farmers whose way of life she memorialized to much acclaim in her first two books, ... View More...
Later printing hardcover book from The Rural Science Series. Not the decorated binding from earlier editions, but clean green cloth boards with decorative red line border, black stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Diagonal wrinkle to cloth on lower right corner of front board; small spot of wear at base of front board (1/4"). A couple of small stains to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, no cracking. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. All text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. 409 pages. A good sol... View More...
Clean first edition, first printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Large format - size approx. 9-3/4" x 12". Clean brown cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No soiling or fading, small pressure mark to front board (a small surface dent, no breakage to cloth); binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean brown endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs throughout. 312 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable... View More...
Galahad Books, 1972. Reprint. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in clean dust jacket. Size approx. 9" x 11". Golden yellow cloth boards are clean and unworn, with brown lettering on spine. No bumping or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound; pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings. 219 pages. Clean jacket has two short closed edge tears, small chip at rear panel lower corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Everything you need to know from getting fine acreage to clearing stumps, dra... View More...
New York: Scribner, 1980. First Thus. Fine/Fine. First Charles Scribner's Sons Edition (so stated) - Revised and rewritten by M. G. Dadant, J. C. Dadant, Dr. G. H. Cale, Jr., and Howard Veatch. Very clean as new book and dust jacket. Charcoal gray boards with silver lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 127 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears, no wear. Enclosed in new archiva... View More...
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1928. First Edition. Very Good+/Good. Zadig, Illustrator. Clean turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and small illustration blind-stamped on front cover. Very lightest hint of surface wear to top/base of spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Very light hint foxing to endpapers. 377 pgs. with index. Dustjacket has some very light soiling, 2" x 1" V shaped chip to front bottom edge. 3/4" loss to bottom of spine, 1/2" loss to top of spine. Enclosed in new archiv... View More...
New York: MacMillan, 1954. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean black cloth boards with orange and white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly stamped on front free and fixed endpaper. 257 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket with price intact, hint of fading to spine, slight wear at top of spine, several short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Agriculture. View More...
Ithaca, NY: American Agriculturist, 1944. Stated First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Printing (stated) in clean original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering and small illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Very brief previous owner inscription dated 1944 neatly penned on front free endpaper. No other marks. 246 pages. Dust jacket is clean, with very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel of farm life and country philosophy, ... View More...
New York/ London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Clean green pebbled decorated cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying, very light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 274 pgs. 8vo. Country Living. View More...
New York: McGraw Hill, 1926. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. With Illustrations, Photographs, and Diagrams. Clean brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in dark brown title box on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Previous owner's name penned on sticker at top edge of front fixed endpaper. Pages are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Many illustrations, photographs and diagrams. 582 pgs. with index. 8 Vo. Horticulture. View More...
