An Essay On Calcareous Manures

Richmond, Va. : J.W. Randolph. , 1852. . 5th edition. . Quarter brown calf over brown cloth boards, gilt spine title. . Moderate wear to covers, front hinge weak, owner’s names to endpapers, light foxing to edges and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. . 8vo..

Petersburg, Va: J.W. Campbell, 1832. First edition. 12mo: xii, [13]-242 + 1 leaf ads. Very Good. Rebacked to style with japanese tissue, using the original label, binding tight, foxed. 2 preivoius owner's signatures on flyleaf, signature inkstamp p. 61. Ruffin, owner of several Virginia plantations, has been called the father of soil science for his antebellum work, but… Read more about this item

Petersburg, Va, 1832. 242pp. plus advertisement. Half title. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, leather label. Edge wear, chipped at top of front joint. Foxed. A good, tight copy. "The object of this Essay is to investigate the peculiar features and qualities of the soils of our tide-water district, to show the causes of their general unproductiveness, and to point… Read more about this item

Shellbanks, VA: Published at the Office of the Farmers' Register, 1835. Second edition. 26.5 cm. viii, 116pp. Printed in double columns. Recently rebound in red library buckram, stamped in gilt on spine, new endpapers. From the Advertisement to the Second Edition: "and to those in the great Atlantic tide-water region to know the newly established truth, that their beds… Read more about this item

Shellbanks: The Office of the Farmers' Register, 1835. Second Edition. Octavo (25cm). Disbound pamphlet; [i]-viii [9]-166pp; a few in-text diagrams and wood engravings. Sewing sturdy, edges gently rubbed, minor creases to first few leaves, foxed throughout: Very Good. Ruffin was a Virginia plantation owner and senator who performed early research on soil, demonstrating the importance of using… Read more about this item

Richmond: J.W. Randolf, 1852. Fifth edition, amended and enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo; Fifth edition, amended and enlarged; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, light toning to spine, light rubbing, else clean and strong; Text block has tanning to endpapers, foxing to endpapers and title page, occasional foxing throughout, bottom… Read more about this item

Shellbanks, VA: Published at the Office of the Farmers' Register, 1835. Second Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 116 pages. Printed in double columns. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. This essay is often found in the back of Farmers' Register Volume 2. Edmund Ruffin was considered the "father of modern scientific agronomy." Sabin 73519.… Read more about this item

1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated; NY, 1929, 1st edition, Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc., Pubs., Robert E. Lee, near fine condition in cloth, The American Civil War

Petersburg, VA: Printed for the author, 1842. Tall 8vo. vii, [13]-316pp. Plain tan wrappers; stitched; some wear at the edges and somewhat foxed, but a solid untrimmed copy, quite scarce thus. Third edition and first separate edition thus (the first edition was published in 1832). Farmer's Register, vol. x, no. 12, and supplement.

NY: Platt & Munk., 1928. First Edition. Paperback. Connect the dots illustrations filled in, but the pencil used on most of the drawings was VERY light, so these can be easily erased. Three tape-repaired tears on three separate pages barely noticeable, a few smal chips on the margins of some pages, otherw

Belnap Press / Harvard, 1961. Hardcover. Minor foxing on top edge, else very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / price clipped, sunned spine on dust jacket. 199pp.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961. xxxv, 199 pages. Signed and inscribed by J. Carlyle Sitterson. A nice tight book. Dust jacket is toned at spine and at top edge, with some rubbing to spine; a few soft creases on rear. Still looks nice in new mylar. This is a new edition of a work first… Read more about this item

Belnap Press / Harvard. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (agriculture, manure) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press, 1961. Hardcover; 8vo; 199 pages. Red cloth with gilt on spine. In a grey and red jacket. Sunned spine. Rubbed and bumped edges. PC. NF/VG-. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. xxxv, 199 pp. Ruffin's book in 1832 "initiated an era of agricultural reform in the ante-bellum South." . Fine. Red Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1961.

Richmond, Virginia: J. W. Randolph. Good; Spine and Cover Showing Wear. 1853. Fifth Edition. Hardback. 5th Edition: Amended and Enlarged; 493 pages .

Cambridge: Belknap. Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. in d. J.; xxxv, 199p. **1st printing of this ed. With 35p. Preface by J. C. Sitterson. .

Harvard University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.