Livestock

Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London: Blackie & Son, 1857. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, iv, 184pp. With seven lithographic plates, including folding frontispiece of a cow. Owners rubber and blind stamp on title page. Cloth somewhat worn o/w very good. The first part of the book is a translation from the French work of Magne, which contains information on external marks on cows pertaining to milking properties. Magne developed the "eschutheon" theory.

County Farm & Village Directory: Lancaster County, Nebraska 1916-1917. Winter, W. J.. Editorial: W. J. winter Farm Directory Co., Springfield, IL impossible to find hardbound,

Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1861. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher, including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge title page. Very Good Plus, title at spine faded and not quite legible. 164 pp. in publisher's pebbled cloth with rules in blind. Quite sturdily bound, in line with its intended audience. SCARCE SIGNED and with a nice Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.

Waiting for the Bus. 196 pages. Features: Prescription for sick lands; Oat growing goes modern; How to choose a cow; Speed king of the west - the famed quarter horse; The orange-grove dream - the farm and family of Harley Lester of Orange County, FL; Breeding for more eggs; Cattle feeders cut costs; Spray machines for weed control; A house built of blocks; Proved sires mean money-making cows; Better prove the dairyman, too; Spreading the carpet for wings - farmers continue to use aviation; Looking ahead with the USDA to planting time; and more. Ads: Color Ford pickup ad inside front cover; Ipana ad features Betty Brookfield and daughter Karen; Texaco ad with photo of invention by Milo Ferini and D. Ardantz, ranchers of Santa Maria, CA; B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Roy Ayers of Woodward, OK; Dodge cars; Plymouth cars (color); Chesterfield cigarette ad features Claudette Colbert; Studebaker trucks (color); International Harvester equipment - color photos; Kaiser cars (color); Stewart-Warner radios… Read More

London: Vincent Stuart Publishers LTD, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines now a unique historical classic, had a profound impact on public opinion and the quality of life of farmed animals when it was published in 1964. Harrison's work greatly increased public awareness of animal welfare and led to legal reforms, shaping our closer understanding of farm conditions today. Includes foreword by Rachel Carson.

8 pics-stated first edition; pictorial cover clean & sharp with minimal shelf wear; looks unread with tight binding & pristine pages; nice copy

Eckville AB, Spur of the Moment, 2002, oblong paperback (8.5" x 11"), 80 pp, One of 100 Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition copies in original slipcase, Fine condition, slight corner touches, in Very Near Fine brown, textured slipcase with gold spur decoration and gold spine lettering. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Slipcase untouched except for slightest of wear to corners. A compilation of hilarious, detailed, and vividly colorful cartoons of country life from the world renowned western artist and musician. Text by Phil Callaway, Forward by Boots Reynolds. ISBN 9780969530053

8 pics-beautiful copy; DJ has minimal shelf wear & a small closed tear on back edge; book is clean & sharp; signed by both authors; binding super tight; pages pristine
second edition 1996 SIGNED by both authors

No jacket. Blue cloth covers show some wear and have a bumped bottom corner. Interior pages have some underlining and several were paperclipped together, which have left some rust stains in the margins. Previous owner's names written inside front cover "Dan R. Clemson Mechnaicsburg, PA" and "Frank G. Clemson Bellefonte, PA". Solid binding, pages in good overall condition with some faint tanning to edges. 212 indexed pages with bibliography. Biography. American History. South Carolina. Agriculture. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Includes some black and white photo portraits. The book is divided into three sections. "His Life" deals with his career in chronological order. "His Service and His Dream" concerns his accomplishments and overall goals of his scientific research. "His Soul Marches On" concerns his legacy after death. Clemson was engaged in mining engineering, agricultural chemistry, agricultural research including research on the cattle disease Texas Fever, served as a diplomat… Read More

Colton, California: The Miller Family Trust, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 183 pp. Octavo. [23 cm]. Blue paper over boards with gilt title and beehive stamped on front cover and spine. Corners are crisp and pages are bright and clean. This first edition scarce copy of the Miller family's biography of the beekeeping LDS magnate Nephi E. Miller is in excellent condition. As a pioneer moving West from Utah to California in the early 20th century, Miller used his entreprenuereal spirit to innovate solutions to the novel practice of migratory beekeeping in the United States, facing cold winters and supply issues. With black and white reproductions of photographs from the family collection documenting his childhood, hive management, and the progression of his company's warehouses throughout the years.

Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1896. Scarce guide for potential immigrants to northern Wisconsin, then only 48 years a state; replete with photos of hardy if dour rural folk and their prodigious cabbages (p. 99), heaps of potatoes (p. 93), neck-high peas (p. 83), houses, barns, and other glories of limitless possibility - if you could clear the stumps. There is a section on land & soil types, success stories, also a little on charcoal, logging, boats, railroads, sheep, cattle, other industries. The author was Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin; the book was given upon request to the Secretary, State Board of Immigration, Rhinelander. This copy has an illustrated cover with a (perished) leather spine, as pictured; it was also issued in plain green cloth. Fair: the covers (front, with a few leaves attached, rear, by itself) detached, much wear & rubbing, inner hinge 'repaired' with thick blue tape, to no avail. Text clean; [8], 192 pages, many b/w photos (nearly every… Read More

New York: A. O. Moore, 1860. hardcover. The American Farmer's Encyclopedia embracing all the recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, and the use of mineral, vegetable and animal manures, with descriptions and figures of American insects, injurious to vegetation. Being a complete guide for the cultivation of every variety of garden and field crops. Illustrated by numerous engravings of grasses, grains, animals, implements, insects, etc." -- Very rare. A.. Moore, 1860, 1179 pages, 11: x 7" x 3",in contemporary leather binding, cover with bumped corners and rubbing to the edges. Small loss at the bottom of the spine. Small damage to the free endpapers in the back. Pages and Illustrations very good. Ships from Hawaii.

The Farmer's Every-day Book; or, Sketches of Social Life in the Country; with the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. And Twelve Hundred Laconics and Apothegms Relating to Ethics, Religion, and General Literature; Also Five Hundred Receipts (recipes) on Hygeian, Domestic, and Rural Economy. By the Rev. John L. Blake, D.D. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1855. Original c. 1850. Thirteenth Thousand. 654 pages.
Condition: Professional rebind as pictured. Marbled page edges. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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New York, Exposition Press, 1950, hardcover, x-132 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Poor dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "Fred; Somehow I managed to get this in print at last. Your encouragement was helpful. Geo." Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, foxing to edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price although a line has been drawn through it, rubs, scuffs, chips and soiling, stabilized in new Brodart sleeve. The story of the Taylor family farm near the town of Stamford in Schoharie County NY, from its founding by the author's great-grandfather in 1814 to the date in 1949 when it was designated as a Century Farm. Laid-in are photocopies of two newspaper articles from 1974 and 1979 relating the story of the final family owners of the property and their eventual sale of the farm and liquidation of the stock and machinery.