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| This selection contains 7 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 7 |
| ALFRED STEFFERUD, EDITOR. LAND, THE 1958 YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1958. First edition. Includes 2 sections of phographs - at the front of the book and inserted in the middle. Map endpapers. Very good in illustrated cloth covers. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 5802 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| BENTLEY, JEFFERY W. TODAY THERE IS NO MISERY: The Ethnography of Farming in Northwest Portugal. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. First printing. A look at small farmers in the parish of Minho- and at how issues like technical changes, fragmentation of the land, etc affect them. Photographs, graphs, notes, references, index. 177 pp. Fine (as new) in brown cloth, no dustjacket as issued. ISBN: 0-8165-12442 USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1548] Book number: 28094 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| GALLOWAY, JOSEPH H. FARM ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1972. First printing. A textbook written for agriculture students, not vetinarians, but nevertheless quite comprehensive - diseases range from anthrax to parasites - with such conditions as bluetongue, hog cholera, blackleg, salmonellosis, botulism and many more discussed in some detail. illustrated with photographs, suggestions for additional reading, index. 337 pages. Very good- (highlighting on a few pages.) ISBN: 0-8121-03106 USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 20538 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| MCMILLEN, WHEELER. LAND OF PLENTY: The American Farm Story. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1961.) First edition. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, this book takes a look at the history of American farms. Review copy with photograph of author laid in. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear at lower corner of dj flap) USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 28162 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| PAULSEN, GARY. CLABBERED DIRT, SWEET GRASS New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.) First printing. A lyrical tribute to a vanishing way of life - never before has such a farm story been told. A beautiful book - both handsomely produced and illustrated with full-page full-color paintings done by Ruth Wright Paulsen - and in the writing, an elegy to a disappearing way of life. 120 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) ISBN: 0-151181012 USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1376] Book number: 40295 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| WRIGHT, ANGUS. THE DEATH OF RAMON GONZALEZ: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, (1990.) First printing. A landmark study of the disastrous consequences of using Mexico as a laboratory for pesticide dependent agricultural innovations under the direction of North American researchers. From the dustjacket: 'According to conservative estimates, worldwide each year thousands of farm workers die and hundreds of thousands become ill due to acute pesticide poisoning. Ramon Gonzalez was one of these, and his needless death provides a useful starting place to chart the medical, environmental, economic, and political consequences of massive pesticide use in Mexico.' Photographs, maps, references, index. xvii, 337 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-292715609 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 39356 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| WRIGHT, ANGUS. THE DEATH OF RAMON GONZALEZ: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, (1990.) First printing. A landmark study of the disastrous consequences of using Mexico as a laboratory for pesticide dependent agricultural innovations under the direction of North American researchers. From the dustjacket: 'According to conservative estimates, worldwide each year thousands of farm workers die and hundreds of thousands become ill due to acute pesticide poisoning. Ramon Gonzalez was one of these, and his needless death provides a useful starting place to chart the medical, environmental, economic, and political consequences of massive pesticide use in Mexico.' Photographs, maps, references, index. xvii, 337 pp. Fine in green cloth, no dj. ISBN: 0-292715609 USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 39984 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). |
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