State of Connecticut Board of Agriculture

Connecticut Agriculture. List of Farms For Sale. 1914

Hartford, Board of Agriculture, 1914. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 168pp. Pictorial wraps. Front cover barely attached, spine half missing, contents are clean and unmarked. A listing of farms for sale arranged by county. The towns and cities are listed alphabetically and each includes a detailed description of every farm for sale including buildings, water supply, crops, roads, asking price, distance to schools and churches. A fascinating look at rural Connecticut a century ago. An original publication, not a recent reproduction. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 002688

Catalogue: Americana, Collectible, Business and Industry

Leavitt, Dudley

Leavitt's Farmer's Almanack (Almanac)

Concord, NH, Edson C. Eastman, 1865. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 46pp. Vol. LXIX. Stitched wraps with string tie. Dog ears and moderate staining, rear page torn but no loss of text. Articles include "Experiment with the Potatoe" [sic] and "Surface Application of Manure". Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 001874

Catalogue: Americana, Collectible

Keywords: Farming Agriculture Weather Almanac Almanack

[Robbins, Sarah Stuart]

Butterfly's Flights; Philadelphia

New York, Robert Carter and Brothers, 1869. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 220pp. Quarter bound leather, marbled boards. Cover worn and paper covering partially torn away. Church library stamp and binder's label on front pastedown, owner's name and address on rear endpaper, contents age- toned and scattered foxing and spotting mainly to early pages, some internal separation. This is a FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint. A scarce title by Robbins, one of 6 books in the series all written in 1869. Fair.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 001112

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Americana, Collectible

Keywords: Philadelphia Travel