ADSETT, DELL

A Township Like Ours : The Story of Colyton District from the Year 1874

New Zealand, Colyton Young Farmers. 1974, Limited Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Produced for the Centennial. Number 313 signed to half title. Farming locality on the plain between the Oroua River and the Mangaone Stream, 8km east of Feilding. Green leatherette, 101 pages in 3 column layout with numerous photo plates of people and places. Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 15477

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

ANDERSON, E ARNOTT

A Life's Roudabout WW2

New Zealand, Pegasus Press. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authors experiences farming in Canterbury and the King Country before and during the depression. During WWII in El Alamein, Tripoli, Italy, Greece and Crete. Following the war working at Kalimera Station in Canterbury. 172 pages with b/w photo plates. CONDITION Tan cloth is a bit age mottled to edges and spine o/w unworn, internally very bright and crisp. DJ VG with light rubbing to spine ends and tips, short tear bottom front tip. #New Zealand Biography#. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 14286

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: World War Two History

ANNETT, H E

Artificial Fertilisers for Farm and Garden

Whangarei, New Zealand, Northern Publishing Company. 1934, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not Dated (1934 NZNB A532) Brown paaper wraps stapled, pp 47 with advertising material. Bright and fresh as new. #Kiwiana#. Fine/N/A.

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Book number: 11860

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: New Zealand Farming

ARMATAGE, GEORGE

Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor

London, United Kingdom, Frederick Warne & Co. 1890, 6th Edition. Quarto Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Revised & considerably enlarged edition. Further titled. With copious notes, recipes etc. and upwards of 350 practical illustrations showing forms of disease and treatment. CONDITION Pebble cloth bds with nice Gilt tooled decoration of Cow to front, has been professionally repaired with new Leather spine with 5 raised bands and Gilt title flags. Some wear to cloth at edges, nice marbling to all edges, new eps with marbled and gilt art paper, pp xx 920 with 3 chromolithographic plates and matching clean tissue guards, 359 nicely engraved detailed illus through out. Copy is bright and crisp, first few pages have as crease at top cnr o/w exceptionally good with one stamp to last page of index at rear from the Dept of Agriculture. Overweight. Very Good/N/A.

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Book number: 13588

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

BAKER, H

Live Stock Cyclopedia For Farmer & Stock Owner

U S A, R C Barnam. 1920, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 00000000000) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Further titled. Including the breeding, care, feeding and management of Horses, Cattle, Swine, Sheep and Poultry with a special department on Dairying being also a complete Stock Doctor. Originally published in this edition 1916 as a 7 volume set, this published as one large volume. Includes 1000 engraved illus and half toned photo illus with coloured backgrounds. 2 tipped in foldouts on aging horses and cattle by their teeth. Illustrations are wonderfully detailed. Brown buckram with Black borders and titles (mostly very good with odd small mark and minor shelf wear) pp xxxviii 1406. Nice crisp and bright copy, names inside front and eps foxed, fold out of horses teeth has been torn out for use but chart is present and undamaged apart from tipped in edge, discoloration to one page where a pressed flower is present. Overall in Very Nice Condition. Overweight. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 13592

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: 00000000000

CUNNINGHAM, G H

Fungous Diseases of Fruit-Trees in New Zealand and their Remedial Treatment

Auckland, New Zealand, Brett Printing. 1925, First Edition. Buckram, Large 8vo. Green bds with Black title, tightly bound, not bumped or worn, has spckling to spine and edges, mostly fresh, pp 382 with 131 photo illus and 55 line illus, interior is bright and pristine, eps sl. age darkened, not inscribed. An exceptionally good copy. Overweight. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 8093

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

DUTCHER, R. ADAMS; JENSEN, CLIFFORD O; ALTHOUSE, PAUL M

Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry

New York, U.S.A. John Wiley & Son. 1951, First Edition. Buckram with dust jacket, Large 8vo. Completely rewritten from earlier volume of same title with new co authors. Book is divided into 3 parts; General introduction; The Plants including germination, fertiisers, metabolism and pesticides; The Animals including feed and digestion, vitamins, carbohydrates and metabolism. CONDITION Blue bds with bright Gilt title in Black flag, 502 pages with tables, figural and photo illus. Tight and clean, not worn or inscribed. Original DJ has mild edge wear with chipped spine ends and one short tear. Overweight. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9833

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: Agriculture Plant Chimistry Biochemistry Lipids Ermination, Fertiisers Pesticides Farming Chemurgy

DU FAUR, RALPH

Dairy Farming for Profit

Wellington, NZ, A.H. & A.W.Reed. 1967, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green bds with crisp Gilt title (fresh and unworn) pp 272 with 26 photo illus, tight and clean (appears unread) Original DJ is fresh with only the faintest of edge rubbing. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 9465

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: Farming

GUTHRIE SMITH, H

Tutira : The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station

London, William Blackwood & Sons. 1953, 3rd Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Documents impact of humans on New Zealand's environment and is regarded as a classic of international environmental literature. CODITION Blue bds (clean and unworn apart from short split to cloth at spine heel front) pp xxxi 444, plates, illus and maps including two fold out ones at rear. Copy is very bright and crisp with no faults. DJ has lost front panel and lower spine, rest of spine taped to front with xmas tape. Overweight. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 15501

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

HILGENDORF, F W; CALDER, J W REVISED

Pasture Plants and Pastures of New Zealand

New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombes. 1948, 6th Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not Dated (1948 NZNB H844). Revised by J W Calder, original published 1914. Describes different pasture types, where to grow, what to feed and when to feed to. CONDITION Papered bds (clean and unworn) 86 pages with 30 detailed engraved illus. Bright and crisp as new apart from name inside front. Near Fine/N/A.

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Book number: 14056

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

KEEBLE, SIR FREDERICK

Fertilizers and Food Production on Arable and Grass Land

London, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press. 1932, First Edition. Cloth with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Navy waxed cloth bds with btight Gilt titles (fresh as new apart from sl bruised bottom cnrs) pp ix 196 with graphs including one fold out. Tight and bright as new, name to ffep. Original DJ bright and unworn. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 11888

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

LAING, DOUG

Shear History : 50 Years of Golden Shears in New Zealand

New Zealand, Fraser Books. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 0986459305) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fifty years of the Golden Shears competition. Extensive history sheep and sheep shearing in NZ and covering the special role women have played and a full record of those that placed in the events including New Zealanders competing overseas. Pp xii 443, photos in b/w and colour. CONDITION Only slightest handling signs o/w almost new condition. Overweight #New Zealand History#. Very Good/N/A.

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Book number: 14301

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: Ean 9780986459306 0986459305

MAXWELL, E

Afforestation in Southern Lands : Dealing Specially with Location As to Market, System and Methods of Planting, Syvicultural Treatment and Species Most Suitable for Southern Lands

Auckland, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not Dated 1930. (NZNB M1411) Edition of 1,000 copies. Green leathette bds with crisp gilt titles, booksellers stamp to paste down, name inked to ffep, pp 315 +xi with 22 photo illus. CONDITION Some edge wear to cloth, name to front pastedown, very bright and crisp internally. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15290

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: New Zealand

MAXWELL, E

Afforestation in Southern Lands : Dealing Specially with Location As to Market, System and Methods of Planting, Syvicultural Treatment and Species Most Suitable for Southern Lands

Auckland, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not Dated 1930. (NZNB M1411) Edition of 1,000 copies. Green leathette bds with crisp gilt titles, booksellers stamp to paste down, name inked to ffep, pp 315 +xi with 22 photo illus. CONDITION is not worn, not foxed in fact fresh as the day it was printed in unread state. #Kiwiana#. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 7152

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: New Zealand

REDWOOD, MIRIAM MACGREGOR

A Dog's Life: Working Dogs In New Zealand

New Zealand, A H & A W Reed. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0589012843) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Working dog’s in New Zealand Sheep dogs, cattle dogs, rabbiters and pig-hunting dogs, police dogs, guard dogs, seeing-eye dogs and sporting dogs. Provides fascinating insights into a dog's life. It serves to remind us that whether his instinct is to retrieve or to lead, to bark or to protect, a good dog will always find a place in the hearts and livelihoods of many New Zealanders. Sheep dogs are the stars of this book with their unfailing loyalty and devotion to their work make them an indispensible part of rural life." CONDITION Blue bds (clean) pp xiv 132 with b/w photo illus. Very bright and crisp in very nice DJ, only fault is a slight musty odour. #Kiwiana#. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 14233

Catalogue: Farming & Rural Life

Keywords: 0589012843