Lowell: James P. Walker, 1851. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 345 pages. 17 x 11 cm. Extensive Index. Presents more fully the results of chemical soil analysis. Lovely, fresh copy, tiny portion at back cover head toward spine lacking. More
London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al, 1762. Second edition, corrected and improved. leather_bound. 489 pages [*4,B4-Rrr4], 25 1/2 x 21 cm. 4to, six copperplate engravings (4 folding), and one folding table. A French botanist and engineer, Duhamel was probably the first to distinguish clearly between alkalis, potash and..... More
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Ten black and white lithographic plates including title page. The Appendix lists prices realized for bushels of cranberries sold from 1850-1855. Interior contents clean and bright, bookplate, modest extremity wear. More
New York: Orange Judd, 1883. Hardcover. 235 pages. 19 x 13.5 cm. 243 engraved illustrations. Index. A survey of barns and farm structures: all manner of outbuildings are covered including birdhouses. Originally published 1881, this edition, not in HITCHCOCK who notes three editions, 1881,1882,1886 [540-542]. Curiously the title page claims..... More
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1802. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. XXXI, 438 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Frontispiece of Lord Kames and three plates. One page of adverts. HENREY Vol.II, p. 620. "Apart from his legal and literary activities he also found time and energy to devote to agriculture. He took in..... More
London: John and Francis Rivington, 1748. Eighth edition. leather_bound. 343 & [9 page index]. 20 x 13 cm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by John Pine, an accomplished engraver and friend of Hogarth. First published, 1731. The author was Gardener of the Chelsea physic garden of the Society of Apothecaries, and this..... More