John Ainslie

The Gentleman and Farmer&Apos;S Pocket Companion and Assistant, with Tables for Computing the Weight of Hay, Cattle, Sheep, & Hogs, &C by Measurement

Edinburgh, T Brown, A Constable et al. 1802. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Ainslie's scarce and fascinating 'The Gentleman and Farmer's Pocket Companion&apos. The binding is the original one and is correspondingly worn (this was a work designed to be referred to regularly). Thus this is a very rare survival and all the more pleasing for being so original. Bound in leather with gilt decoration. John Ainslie, 1745 - 1828, was a cartographer and land surveyor. He was apprenticed to a surveyor, and surveyed Bedfordshire, Buckingshire, and Yorkshire from 1766 to 1770. After misfortune with a map of Jedburgh and its surrounding areas, Ainslie eventually returned to surveying counties, and his maps were published. He settled in Edinburgh from around 1778, publishing charts and maps of Scotland, impressive works including a great map of Scotland that was not superseded for twenty years. "With the turn of the century Ainslie turned to agricultural improvement, publishing The Gentleman and Farmer's Pocket Book, Companion and Assistant..and a Comprehensive Treatise on Land Surveying in 1812." (DNB) In a full calf binding. There is some wear to the extremities, including some bumping and rubbing, with loss to the spine. The rear board is missing, and the front board is held by the cords only, and could possibly detach in the post, even after careful packaging. The last leaf is detached. The binding is generally firm. Internally the pages have slight browning with intermittent spots and slightly browned handling marks. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: LTH4-E-17

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Farm Surveying Agriculture Mathematics Surveying None

J. A. Allen; R. J. Kirk

The Principles of Mink Ranching

Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources, 1950. Paperback. A scarce volume on the principles and methods of mink farming. A scarce volume on methods of mink ranching, with thirty four illustrations. At the time of this work's publication, mink farming was a relatively new branch of animal husbandry in Canada. In this slim volume, J. A. Allen offers guidance on methods of mink ranching, and where possible offers a rudimentary sketch of the scientific principles underlying his techniques. Although mink farming has been banned in the United Kingdom since 2000, it is still legal in Canada and the US. In the publisher's original blue paper wraps. Externally, sound. With a couple of marks to the paper wraps, and some light bumping to the extremities. There is a three-inch tear to the paper wrap at the front joint, and a little loss of wrap near the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from some marks to pages 40 to 43, pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: George Cherry. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 853N50

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: The Principles of Mink Ranching J. A. Allen Mink Ranching in Manitoba Illustrated J. A. Allen Mink Farming George Cherry

James Anderson

Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry Chiefly Intended to Promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures and Fisheries of Scotland

Dublin, S Price, W and H Whitestone, J Williams, W Colles, 1779. First edition. Leather. A scarce, complete two volumes of James Anderson's noted 18th century work on Scottish industry and agriculture. Written by James Anderson, the author of several works relating to agriculture and rural affairs. James Anderson was a Scottish agriculturist, journalist and economist. He was a prominent Scottish enlightenment figure and invented the Scotch plough.This scarce work's intentions is to promote the agriculture, commerce, manufactures and fisheries. ESTC reference no N10774. This two volume work is formed as a series of letters to a friend written in 1775 by Anderson. Unusual to have both volumes together In full cat's paw calf bindings. Externally, very smart. Small tidemark to the top of front board to volume I. Minor shelfwear to the joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 753L9

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

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Anon

Observations Regarding the Salmon Fishery

Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1824. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce agricultural work on Salmon fisheries in Scotland. The first edition of this work.An anonymously printed work, which looks at the Salmon Fishery of Scotland. There is reference to the stake-net mode fo fishing and the regulation of the close-time. Prior owner's inscription to the top of title page. Rebound in a very smart binding comprising paper covered boards. In paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Prior owner's inscription to the head of title page. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 753L10

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Salmon Fisheries Agriculture Scarce Agriculture None

Anonymous

Observations on the Row Culture

Dublin, Printed for the author by John Jones, 1814 . Cloth. An excellent copy of this very scarce early nineteenth century discussion of the cultivation of crops in rows. The anonymous author of this work, identified as the author of a similar work titled 'Essay on Green Crops', explains that in this twenty-seven page study, 'I am in no wise ambitious of being considered as a promulgator of a new system, or as wishing to establish theories, only in existing in my own brain&apos. He explains that the observations on crop planting provided here 'have originated in experience', either his own or that of neighbouring farmers.Published at a time of agricultural crisis during the first half of the nineteenth century, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest, the author closes the work by asserting that 'the agricultural state of this country at the present crisis particularly requires the consideration of those who are interested in its prosperity&apos.With the stamp of the 'Rothamsted Experimental Station' to the front pastedown.A very scarce work. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Stamp and ink inscription to front pastedown. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 861F55

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: row culture an essay on green crops agriculture farming an essay on green crops None

Baxter's

Baxter&Apos;S Library of Agriculture

London , Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1836. Cloth. A two volume set of Baxter's Library of Agriculture Complete in two volumes Fourth Edition 'A work of reference to farming, breeding, grazing, dairy management, gardening and rural affairs comprising every modern improvement in husbandry sanctioned by experience' Baxter's Library of Agriculture With memoirs of the Duke of Richmond and the late John Ellman In a decorative red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the boards and spine. Externally rubbed with some further wear to the extremities and loss to the spine. Cloth split at joints. Front hinges strained with frontispieces detached but present. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained to the beginning of each volume with pages working loose. Title pages foxed but pages otherwise bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: GEN23-H-17

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Agriculture Farming Breeding Baxter Farming None

'A Practical Agriculturalist'

A Treatise on Soils and Manures, As Founded on Actual Experience, and As Combined with the Leading Principles of Agriculture

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce early nineteenth century on the use of soil and manure in agriculture. Credited simply to 'A Practical Agriculturalist', this very scarce first edition examines soil conditions and manure application, and discusses the practical application of theories put forward by chemist Sir Humphrey Davy.The author discusses methods of testing soil conditions, fallowing, irrigation, and discusses eight different 'excrementitious substances applied as manure', from 'dung of sea-birds' to urine.Rebound in the cloth of the Rothamsted Laboratory Lawes Trust, and with the stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust, which was established in 1889, to the front pastedown.A wonderful example of this very scarce work. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. A touch of fading to back strip and board perimeters, otherwise externally excellent. Library stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with scattered light spots and handling marks. Fore edge of leaves D6, F2, F7 and I8 restored, not affecting text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 861F54

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: agriculture farming soil manure farming Lawes Agricultural Trust None

Robert H Baird

The American Cotton Spinner and Managers&Apos; and Carders&Apos; Guide a Practical Treatise on Cotton Spinning

Boston , Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1860. Cloth. A useful guide to cotton spinning. Produced from the papers of Robert H Baird, this work was produced posthumously. Providing the dimentions and speed of machinery, draught and twist calculations as well as rules and examples for making changes in the size and numbers of roving and yarn. An ex-library copy, originally held at 'The Textile Institute', Manchester. One stamp to the recto of front endpaper. In original full cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine and front board. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine and a small amount to the extremities. Handling marks to boards, particularly the front. Small portion of rubbing to the spine. Institutional stamp to the recto of front endpaper, 'The Textile Institute, 10 Blackfriars St. Manchester&apos. Bookseller's blind stamp to recto of front endpaper, 'Thomson and Son, Manchester.' Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Handling marks to margins of page 46. The odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN30-C-14

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Cotton Cotton Spinning Robert H Baird Textiles Cotton Spinning None

S. A. Beach; N. O. Booth; O. M. Taylor

The Apples of New York

Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this horticultural study into the growth of apples in New York, presented by S. A. Beach to Ellison Orr. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Inscribed by Ellison Orr to the front pastedown as of 1908, an American naturalist and writer who was largely influential in creating the Effigy Mounds National Monument in Northeast Iowa. He states he was given this volume by the author Ambrose Beach. A detailed study into the classification, adaptation, and varieties of apples in New York. With reference to different regions for growing and an index to the technical terminology. Written by Spencer Ambrose Beach, an American botanist and experimental horticulturalist recognised as the first breeder to cross pollinate grapes, N. O. Booth, and O. M. Taylor, American botanists. Volume one is illustrated with colour frontispiece, nine figures, forty-one half-tone plates, and eighty-eight colour plates. Volume two is illustrated with thirty-seven half-tone plates, and forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the cloth. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Front hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd handling mark or pencil annotation. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 870T62

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Apples New York Beach Booth New York None

Henry Beaufoy

The Substance of the Speech of Henry Beaufoy to the British Society for Extending the Fisheries

London, T Cadell, 1788. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Henry Beaufoy's speech to the Society for British fisheries regarding their expansion. Beaufoy was the director of the Society of British Fisheries in 1786 and was incredibly knowledgeable on commercial subjects. The first edition of this work. ESTC reference no. T128215. Collated, complete. With the signatures A-N4, O3 as called for. Rebound in a quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards.  In a quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Small ink motif from prior owner to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 753L6

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Henry Beaufoy Fisheries Fishing British fisheries Fisheries None

Adrian Bell

Men and the Fields

London, B. T. Batsford, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work by Adrian Bell, describing rural life before modern agriculture, with drawings and lithographs by John Nash. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1944. A book about the English countryman and the trials of farming, by English ruralist journalist and farmer Adrian Bell, who also wrote the "Countryman"s Notebook" column in the Eastern Daily Press. Illustrated with drawings and lithographs by noted landscape painter John Nash. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart though a little bumped to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. A corner of the front free end paper has been cut off. Dust wrapper is bright but has a loss to the rear of the wrap and a little chipping to the spine and folds. Tape repairs to the verso of the wrap. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Nash. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 854M16

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Agriculture Adrian Bell John Nash Rural life Adrian Bell John Nash

Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart

Inquiry Into the Causes and Remedies of the Late and Present Scarcity and High Price of Provisions in a Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer

London, Not Stated, 1817. Brochure/Pamphlet. A second edition of this pamphlet exploring scarcity of provisions written by Sir Gilbert Blane. Examining the agricultural and economical issues responsible for shortages in the early nineteenth century.Sir Gilbert Blane (1749-1834) was a Scottish physician known for his health reforms for the Royal Navy. He served as Physician in Ordinary to the King.A second edition of this work, first published anonymously in 1800. Unbound. Very smart, with just a touch of minor wear. Firmly bound, with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 779R17

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Gilbert Blane Agriculture British Agriculture Agriculture None

James Clapperton

Instructions for the Small Farmers of Ireland, on the Cropping and Culture of Their Farms

Dublin, William Curry Junior and Co, 1847. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce first edition pamphlet on agriculture in Ireland, an interesting treatise by James Clapperton. The scarce first edition of this work.A fascinating concise treatise on Irish agriculture, instructing small farmers on how to crop and cultivate their land.By James Clapperton.Recommended by the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland.One page of publisher's adverts to the rear. Disbound, as issued. Externally, the outer leaves are spotted. Backstrip is reinforced with paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 776P12

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Instructions For the Small Farmers of Ireland, on the Cropping and Culture of Their Farms farming agriculture ireland farming crops irish None

James Cochrane

Two Tracts. First, Thoughts Concerning the Uses of Clay Marl, As Manure: Second, Thoughts or Queries Concerning the Uses of Agricultural Salts in the Manufacture of Manure

York, Wilson and Spence, 1804-1805 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition thus of this publication of two agricultural tracts by James Cochrane, discussing agricultural salts, and the use of clay marl as manure. The first edition thus of this publication of two very scarce agricultural tracts. Consisting of a general title page, and followed by two individually paginated works, each with their own title page.Illustrated with one engraved plate.Included in this work is Cochrane's 'Thoughts Concerning the Uses of Clay Marl, as Manure', first published in 1800, and his 'Thoughts or Queries Concerning the Uses of Agricultural Salts in the Manufacture of Manure', first published in 1804.To the verso of the general title page is the notice that the author reissued his tracts in this edition so that he could add his own name to them.The two tracts are followed by an appendix in which Cochrane provides his thoughts on puncturing wood for its preservation, and the erection of kilns in Yorkshire, and the use of coke in calcination of limestone. A very scarce early eighteenth century agricultural work. Rebound in marbled paper covered boards, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 861F61

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: james cochrane fertiliser farm agricultural salts fertiliser clay marl Not Stated

Sugar Cane Investigation Committee

Proceedings of the Sugar Cane Investigation Committee Vol. IV June, 1932-Dec-1934

Trinidad & Tobago , Sugar Cane Investigation Committee, 1934. Leather. A leather bound copy of this interesting collection of reports of Sugar Cane Investigation Committee. This volume contains the proceedings of the Sugar Cane Investigation Committee which was formerly the Froghopper Investigation Committee based in Trinidad and Tobago from the years 1932-1934. This being volume iv. The volume includes experiments and collected data on the weather, progress reports, reports on entomology, biological control, soil surveys and cane ecology. In half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the extremities and spine and a few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 843B89

Catalogus: Agriculture & Farming

Trefwoorden: Sugar Cane Investigation Committee agriculture farming science agriculture None