Search Results: Agriculture & Farming from Ainsworth Books

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0300182910 . Mark on front page edges, DJ is lightly shelf soiled. Underlining of text in first section of book. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; 'Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the “barbarians” who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples" .

Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0874803101 . DJ has small tears, 1/4" chip missing from front bottom, book dealer's stamp front pastedown. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 205 pages .

Toronto, ON: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good. Dec.1945. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 352 pages; Cocked, bumped extremities. A scarce book by the renowned Western historian. .

Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0295962976 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, minor chipping. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W illustrations. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 265 pages; "In its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based on extensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionary records, and military and private papers, this book traces the crucial transition of the Pacific Northwest from a fur-trading outpost to an agricultural settlement -- a process which also saw the shift from British to American jurisdiction in the area." .

Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada. Very Good. 1977. Paperback. 0660010143 . Light edge wear and scuffing of card covers, some foxing to page edges; A tight solid book. 2 foldout maps "Map showing present rail network Prairie Provinces - April 1977" attached to inside back cover. Charts and maps throughout. Appears to be signed by Hon. Emmett M. Hall Chief Commissioner, L.G. Stewart - Commissioner, R. Lehr - Commissioner, R. Forbes - Commissioner, J.M. McDonough - Executive Director and R.H. Cowan - Commissioner on both first and last pages of the report. Signatures appear to be done with a marker and show slight differences front and back.; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 545 pages; This report is the result of the Hall Commission .

Greendale WI: Reiman Publications. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 089821193X . Light bumping of corners, remnant of small address label on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards, color photos throughout.. ; Color Photographs; 11 X 8.40 X 0.70 inches; 162 pages; "Heartwarming, humorous and informative tales about tractor by the folks who owned, restored or learned to drive on 'em. " .

Washington, DC: Farm Credit Administration Cooperative Division. Very Good-. 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show shelf wear, light soiling, small hole in bottom for corner of front card cover. ; A tight solid book, side stapled. ; Trade PB; Bulletin no. 9; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 111 pages; A US government book promoting the system of cooperative associations among farmers during the Great Depression. .

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 1560986751 . Card covers show light shelf wear, minor crease to top foredge on front cover. ; A bright, solid book, text unmarked. ; 9.80 X 7.10 X 1.60 inches; 594 pages; "Providing a continental-scale framework for examining the agricultural "revolution" from its inception nearly ten thousand years ago, contributors examine the transition to agriculture and pastoralism from seven different disciplinary perspectives, focusing on Southwest Asia, Europe, and Central Asia." .

New York: Metropolitan Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805091262 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.49 X 1.135 X 9.54 inches; 306 pages; "The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion-a crisis that goes beyond "peak oil" to encompass shortages of coal and uranium, copper and lithium, water and arable land. With all of the planet's easily accessible resource deposits rapidly approaching exhaustion, the desperate hunt for supplies has become a frenzy of extreme exploration, as governments and corporations rush to stake their claim in areas previously considered too dangerous and remote." .

Wetaskiwin, AB: Friends Of Reynolds-Alberta Museum Society. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 1895706092 . Only slight wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book.; Friends of Reynolds-Alberta Museum #10; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pages .