J. P. Sheldon

Dairy Farming Being the Theory, Practice and Methods of Dairying

London , Cassel. Petter Galpin & Co , c1800. Cloth. An extensive volume on the theory, practice and methods of dairy farming, with colour plates. Dairy Farming being the Theory, Practice and Methods of Dairying details the breeding and selection of dairy cattle, the different breeds of cattle, feedings and treatment, milking and calf-rearing. The volume also describes the processes of cheese making, butter-making and the American Dairy market. With twenty five colour plates, one of which being a folding map. The volume is also richly illustrated throughout the text. Collated, complete. Undated, dated from other copies on Jisc. In the original cloth binding. Externally, a little worn. Faded to the spine and bumped to the head and tail of the spine. With some fading to the joints and extremities. Front hinge is starting and beginning to loosen. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1924. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 831B47

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Dairy Farming being the Theory, Practice and Methods of Dairying dairy farming farming agriculture dairy farming Not Stated

Sir John Sinclair

Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1802. Cloth. An uncommon collection of essays regarding scientific agriculture, penned by SIr John Sinclair. This work contains essays on statistics, pastures, keeping cattle, wool production and sustaining a farm.Written by Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (1754-1835), a British writer and politician known for the first use of the word 'statistics' in the English language. He was renowned in particular for his works on agriculture and finance.Bound without the title page. Complete with a folding plate comprising the layout of a farm. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally very smart, with the odd mark to the boards and a little bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are uncut and a touch age-toned, but otherwise clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 766R6

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Sir John Sinclair Agriculture Agricultural History Agriculture None

John Smith

General View of the Agriculture of the County

Edinburgh, Mundell and Son, 1798. First edition. Leather. A very smart, first edition of this agricultural work by John Smith on the country of Argyll. A scarce work. Collated, complete, with the folding table and three plates.Publisher's adverts to the rear.ESTC reference no: T40611. This issue has many London booksellers listed to the title page.  With the advertisement to the start of the work citing that the map of the county is not yet finished and will be delivered to the purchasers of the book by their bookseller. Therefore there is no map to this copy, as is very common. Smartly bound in a contemporary tree calf binding. In a contemporary tree calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Small crack to the joint, with the front hinge strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 753L3

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Argyll Agriculture Engraved Plates Agriculture None

Secretary of the English Guernsey Cattle Society

The English Guernsey Cattle Society&Apos;S Herd Book

London , English Guernsey Cattle Society, 1941-1955. Cloth. Four herd books of the English Guernsey Cattle Society, detailing the breeding activities of the Guernsey herds in the UK between 1935 and 1961. Containing: Volume LVII (1941) Volume LXI (1945) Volume LXII (1946) Volume LXXI (1955) Each volume contains details of the births of bulls and cows within each registered herd in the UK, along with lists of the society council members. Illustrated with one photographic plate. In brown cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some dampstaining to two volumes, and bumping and marks to all. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Pages are bright, though with some scattered instances of foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: SET29-I-3

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Cattle Herd Guernsey Herd None

Martin J. Sutton

Permanent and Temporary Pastures with Descriptions and Illustrations of Leading Natural Grasses and Clovers

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Limited, 1895. Cloth. Permanent and Temporary Pastures with Descriptions and Illustrations of Leading Natural Grasses and Clovers by Martin J. Sutton. An author's presentation copy with ink inscription to title dated 1896. Fifth edition. Illustrated with twenty three full page illustrations to rear and illustrations of grass seeds to pages 152-184. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart but with slight wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean throughout but with occasional institutional stamps. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN18-I-13

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Agriculture Pasture Grass Farming Pasture Science None

William Tatham

National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows

London, J. and T. Carpenter, 1801 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce, illustrated guide to the irrigation of meadows. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Collated, complete.The first edition of this very scarce work, in which author William Tatham discusses irrigation in agriculture, and the ability of meadow watering to 'increase the population, wealth, and revenue of the kingdom&apos. He discusses irrigation in various regions, from Spain to America, and from Aberdeenshire to Gloucestershire.Irrigation tools and equipment, expenses, and experiments are also discussed.Lacking half-title.With the inscription of W.C. Edwards to the front free endpaper, and a further inscription to the head of the title page.An excellent copy of this very scarce early nineteenth century agricultural guide. Rebacked in cloth, retaining the publisher's original boards. With endpapers renewed. Bumping to board perimeters, with light handling marks to boards. Inscription to front free endpaper, and head of title page. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking half title. Pages lightly age toned, with instances of spotting throughout, and the odd light pencil notation. Tide marks to plates. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 861F58

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: irrigation agriculture farming meadows agriculture None

Alexander Taylor

The Farmer&Apos;S Guide and Agriculturist&Apos;S Companion Containing a New System of Farm Book-Keeping

Edinburgh, For the Author; Oliver and Boyd et al, 1829. Cloth. The second edition of this useful agricultural guide to book-keeping, crops, cattle and more. An enlarged edition of this title, which was first published in 1827. sdgssgsgsgsgdsgsgsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgdsgd Rebound, in a very smart quarter cloth binding. Illustrated, with a sepia frontispiece, and two plates, at page 155 and 206. The plate to page 206 is also sepia. This second edition has an enlarged appendix on dairy-hubandry. With the errata to the bottom of the final leaf. An uncommon work, with Copac only listing four copies. A thorough work on farming, with chapters on leases, the culture of turnips, cattle breeds, draining, soiling, milking, and examples of day-books. Written by Alexander Taylor, a teacher of English and accounts at Muthill. A smart copy of this work. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Heavy spotting to the endpapers, with just the odd spots to pages internally. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 645L4

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Dairy Muthill Alexander Taylor Cows Muthill None

Various

The English Guernsey Cattle Society&Apos;S Herd Book

London , English Guernsey Cattle Soceity , 1949-1958. Cloth. Three extensive volumes of The English Guernsey Cattle Society's Herd Book. Three volumes of The English Guernsey Cattle Society's Herd Book, complied and edited by The Secretary under the supervision of the English Guernsey Cattle Society. The Herd Book has been published on an annual basis since 1884 and lists the parentage and ownership of herds, from the 1920 the herd book has included milk production records. With volumes LXV, 1949, LXII, 1956 and Vol. 74, 1958.  All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With some marks to the boards and spine and fading to the spines. Light bumping to the head and tails of the spines. Front hinge is starting to vol LXV. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 844B13

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: English Guernsey Cattle Soceity herd book cows farming herd book None

Various

Report from the Select Committee on Tobacco Trade Together with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index

London, House of Commons, 1844. Leather. A detailed report on the findings of the committee formed to investigate changes in the laws surrounding the tobacco trade. Containing: Minutes of Proceedings List of Witnesses Glossary, or Terms Used in the Tobacco Trade Minutes of Evidence Appendix Analysis Complete with the folding coloured map. The Committee consisted of Mr Joesph Hume, Mr. Parker, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Alderman Humphery and many others. In half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, worn, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Backstrip is missing, and boards are attached with later leather repairs. Hinges have been reinforced with cloth tape. Internally, binding strained in places. Institutional blindstamps to endpapers, with ink signatures. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd mark. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: LTH12-F-7

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Tobacco Villiers Ewart Hume Villiers None

Various

Reports and Records Relating to Agriculture and Agricultural Credit

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1895-1926. Leather. An interesting collection of reports and records concerning agriculture and agricultural credit. Comprising: 'The Recent Development of German Agriculture' by T.H. Middleton for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1916); 'Second Interim Report' by the Agricultural Tribunal of Investigation (1923); 'Report of the Committee on Agricultural Credit' by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1923); 'Report on Agricultural Credit' by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1926); 'Reports from Her Majesty's Representatives Abroad on the Raiffeisen System of Co-operative Agricultural Credit Associations' (1895); and 'Minutes of Evidence, Appendices and Index' by the Departmental Committee on Agricultural Credit in Ireland (1914). With a handwritten contents page and number tabs. Appendix III of the 'Report on Agricultural Credit' has a fold out 'Chattel Mortgage South Dakota' form. The first four publications measure 9.5" by 6". From the Library of the Institute of Bankers, Lombard Street, London. In a half long grain morocco Institute of Bankers Library binding. Externally, rubbed to extremities. Front hinge slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Slight age toning, with occasional small spots and ink and handling marks. Slight loss to titlepage of 'Raiffeisen System' reports. Library label to front board and bookplate to front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH16-B-2

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Bankers Agriculture Fisheries Agriculture None

Oliver Walston

Outbursts

Ipswich, Farming Press, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this collection of essays on farming, signed and inscribed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Outbursts by Oliver Walston in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed by the author. These articles were written over a period of twelve years, starting a few months before the Great Drought of 1976. Walston records and chronicle these years for farmers and notes the difficulty of sustaining an agricultural way of life. Signed to the title page and to the first free endpaper with an inscription. Appears to be for the author's wife/partner for an anniversary gift: 'For Nancy, after almost a quarter of a century and many Chinese meals, love Ol, September 10 1991.' In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper and to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 830W16

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Oliver Walston Farming Signed Inscribed Farming First printing Dust wrapper None

T. De Witt West

An Investigation Into the Commercial Possibilities of Securing the Fertilization of Apples by Artificial Methods

N/A, Self-published, 1962. Cloth. A university thesis into the viability of the artificial fertilization of apples on a large scale, conducted at Risby Farm, Suffolk. Provides a direct and often fascinating insight into not only academic practice in the 1960s but also the issues and concerns that surround human interference in natural processes. Hand typed. With many striking handdrawn and coloured graphs, diagrams and illustrations. In a full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: GEN32-I-1

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Risby Farm Suffolk Thesis Farming Suffolk Orchards None

Chas C. Western

The Speech of Chas. C. Western, Esq. M.P. On Moving That the House Should Resolve Itself Into a Committee of the Whole House to Take Into Consideration the Distressed State of the Agriculture of the United Kingdom

London, Not Stated, 1816. Brochure/Pamphlet. A speech on the need for agricultural reform in the United Kingdom, made by Charles Western in the early nineteenth century. Spoken by Charles Western on March 7th, 1816, in persuasion to convince the House to consider dedicating time and money to the state of agriculture. This was around the time of the British Agricultural Revolution, during which agricultural output and production increased enormously.An interesting piece of British agricultural history. Unbound. Very smart, with just a little general wear, including a small tear to the rear cover. Firmly bound. Pages have the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 779R36

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Pamphlets Charles Western Agriculture British Agriculture Charles Western None

Chas. C. Western

The Speech of Chas. C. Western, Esq. M.P. On Moving That the House Should Resolve Itself Into a Committee of the Whole House to Take Into Consideration the Distressed State of the Agriculture of the United Kingdom

London, Not Stated, 1816 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A speech on the need for agricultural reform in the United Kingdom in the early nineteenth century. Spoken by Charles Western on March 7th, 1816, in persuasion to convince the House to consider dedicating time and money to the state of agriculture. This was around the time of the British Agricultural Revolution, during which agricultural output and production increased enormously.An interesting piece of British agricultural history. Unbound. Very smart, with just a little general wear. Firmly bound. Pages have just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 7779R16

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Charles Western Agriculture British Agriculture Houses of Parliament Agriculture House of Commons Speech None

[Andrew Wight]

Present State of Husbandry in Scotland

Edinburgh, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1778-84. Leather. A scarce six volume collection regarding agriculture in Scotland during the eighteenth century, with delightful gilt spines. ESTC Citation No. T103102.This work examines agriculture, relating to the management of resources, cultivation of crops and care of animals. Specifically, the author was commissioned to prepare surveys on a number of different farms across Scotland.It fell to the author, Andrew Wight, to inspect corn-farms on annexed estates, to inspect the different soils, to inquire into how the farmers operate, their grains, manures, the climate and seasons and how that impacts their work, labour costs, whether working with horses or oxen makes their work the most profitable, how they get their product to market, the best models of instruments of husbandry and finally to bear in mind green provender for the spring.Four volumes across six books, published between 1778 and 1784.Bound smartly in full leather, with charming gilt spines. A beautiful example of this scarce work. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart, with a little rubbing to the spines, particularly of volume II. Boards have some slight wear and bumping to the extremities. Front pastedown has some wear from the removal of an ownership bookplate. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 776R14

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Scottish Husbandry History of Scotland Husbandry History of Scotland None