Author: LEAVITT, DUDLEY
Title: Leavitt's Farmer's Almanac, 1917 No. 121
Description: Concord, NH: Edson C. Eastman, 1917. 1st Thus. Paperback. Original not Reproduction. Cover tattered with chips. Brown with age. May have heavy spots. Paper may be brittle especially cover. Original string in top left hand corner for hanging on wall. Contents readable. This book is protected by an archival quality sleeve to maintain present condition. Rare. an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables. An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is an annual publication listing a set of events forthcoming in the next year. Almanac's are among (if not the only) the oldest periodicals continuously published in the United States. Dudley Leavitt (1772 - September 20, 1851) was an American publisher. He was an early graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy[1] in his native town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and later moved to Gilmanton where he first edited a newspaper and taught school. Within a few years, Leavitt relocated to Meredith, where in addition to teaching school and farming, he began publishing in 1797 Leavitt's Farmers Almanack, one of the nation's earliest farmers' almanacs.; Vol. 121; Illustrations, Tables, charts; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 48 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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