Books - "agriculture"
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The Farm and the Village
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1969
KEYWORDS: England English farming agriculture agricultural history East Anglia rural life
The South Hams
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, ix + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955
KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Maragret Willy south hams southern Devon Dartmoor agriculture farming
The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography, 1805-1910
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, xxi + 576pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions history geography landscape Great Columbia Plain agriculture horticulture US America American
Te Mania: The Story of New Zealand's Iconic Angus Stud
Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand farming cattle farms agriculture beef cows angus beef food history
VITA: Village Technology Handbook
Quarto, yellow illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, xii + 387pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & soiling to spine & covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor insect damage to prelims, minor glue staining to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: VITA 1970
KEYWORDS: water health sanitation agriculture food preserving resources construction villages guides
Fall Muster: The Annual Muster on Mount Nicholas Station
SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers, light fading/tanning to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand sheep farming agriculture Nicholas Station rural
The Woolshed: A Riverina Anthology
BOOKPLATE OF COLIN WHEELER, oblong quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: shearing sheds farming agriculture sheep Riverina district NSW New South Wales Australia
Station Life in New Zealand
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, G+ (light bruising to board extrems, v heavy cracking to front spine/hinge - heavily flapping but still tentatively attached, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking of gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural life history historical accounts station stations farming agriculture Lady Barker anecdotes
Western Samoa: Land, Life and Agriculture in Tropical Polynesia
Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. 337; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates, map to rear, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Whitecombe & Tombs 1962
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian Islands Western Samoa life land agriculture tropical
Growing Together: History of the New Zealand Vegetable and Potato Growers Federation
Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Horticulture New Zealand 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand farming vegetables horticulture vegetable potato growers federation agriculture
Soil Organic Matter: Its Nature, Its Role in Soil Formation and in Soil Fertility
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 450pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl paper residue to top edge of front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 65-68 detached but present, other pgs partially detached but still neatly attached) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Pergamon Press 1961
KEYWORDS: first editions agriculture soil soils organic matter
New Zealand and its Sheep
SIGNED, octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Kerslake, Billems & Humphrey (Printer) 1970
KEYWORDS: signed Godfrey Bowen New Zealand farm animals sheep agriculture species
The Mechanics of Engineering Soils
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) occasional ink underlining & annotation; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: E & F N Spon 1957
KEYWORDS: soil soils agriculture science surveys classifications building civil engineering
Applied and Economic Botany (Second Edition)
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 822pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate separation at gutter of frontis & title plate, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 1916
KEYWORDS: botany textbooks academic historical plants nature agriculture students physiology morphology chemistry
A Co-operative Venture: History of the Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association Limited
8vo stapled light wrappers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: F. W. G. Miller 1971
KEYWORDS: F W G Miller New Zealand farming farm Southland co-operative agriculutral history agriculture
Practical Smallfarming in New Zealand (Revised Edition)
REVISED EDITION, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996
KEYWORDS: rural farming agriculture New Zealand
Castlepoint: The Story of Life on an Iconic New Zealand Sheep and Cattle Station
Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural agriculture farming sheep cattle station stations Castlepoint
Farm: The Making of a Climate Activist
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scribe 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand climate environment farming agriculture
John Deere's Company: A History of Deere & Company and Its Times
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 870 +[10 (index)]; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, plough motif in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1984
KEYWORDS: John Deere industry agricultural agriculture company business 19th 20th century history
Landed Enterprise and Penal Society: A History of Farming and Grazing in New South Wales Before 1821
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sydney University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history farming rural agriculture NSW New South Wales