Search Results: Agriculture from JimsOldBooks

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. Some creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a tear at the top left-hand side of front panel, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Written during WW2 and aimed at young people taking an interest in farming but with little or no background or experience in agriculture. 99pp, 16 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, NZ: HarperCollins, 2012. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The story of Mt. Aspiring Station, a sheep-farm in Otago between Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island. The Aspinall family have farmed here since 1920. A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1kg, so extra postage would be required from buyers outside the UK. 253pp, colour illustration throughout.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1961. Ex university library copy with no dustwrapper, bumping to spine ends and corners and wear to edges of blue cloth-covered boards, a white library number at bottom of spine, labels inside front board and on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life of the author's father, who lived in the village of Tysoe, south Warwickshire. 302pp, b&w frontispiece.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 2008. No dustwrapper (as issued). Very slight bumping to outer corners of black boards, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being volume 18 of the Fifth Series of the Scottish History Society's publications. A diary kept by one James Wilson of the farm of Upper Knowes, Banffshire between 1879 and 1892 (missing the period January 1882 to June 1885 which was in a notebook now lost), the entries dealing mostly with farming topics but also with visiting neighbours, going to Church and other everyday activities. 431pp, 4 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: James Ridgway, 1848. No dustwrapper, some wear to the edges and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this little book, also known as ''Johnson's Rural Reader''. Contains short passages aimed at young children in the mid nineteenth century, mostly on topics relating to agriculture such as ''The Fallow Field'', ''The Corn Field'', ''Sowing and Reaping''; and on how things work; but also on the usual Victorian topics such as ''Obedience to Parents and Teachers'' and ''The Avoidance of Idleness''. Brown cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped decoration round the edges and title in the middle on both front and back covers. 96pp plus 16pp adverts for mostly agricultural books.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1935. No dustwrapper, fading to spine of green cloth-covered boards but black titles thereon are still clear, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of pieces by the author on the English countryside and rural life, all originally published in the ''Daily Herald''. 260pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1947. Minor creasing and a few small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains pieces by various authors on aspects of smallholding and small-scale farming as of the immediate post WW2 period in Britain, namely: ''A Small Farmer'' and ''The Small Farmer'' by Massingham (looking at Wales), ''The Small Farmer on the Land'' by G A Squires (smallholding in Norfolk), ''The Vale of Evesham Group'' by C H Gardiner, ''The Homestead Economy'' by Jorian Jenks, ''Village Growers, Unite!'' by Miss K Talbot, and ''Small Machines for Small Farmers'' by L T C Rolt. 256pp, 15 b&w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: MacMillan & Company, 1908. No dustwrapper, ex Tropical Institute Library copy with ink stamps for same and for ''African Tropical Services'' inside front board, on f/ep, half-title, title page and rev and on preface page. Some shelf wear to spine ends and corners of mustard coloured cloth-covered boards, spine a bit discoloured but black and red titles and gilt library number are all still clear. Otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the cotton fibre: its botany, chemistry and in the textile industry (strength of different types, dyeing, etc.). 470pp, colour frontispiece, 79 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Tiverton, Devon: Exmoor Books, 2002. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of the hard-cover book. Originally published in 1978, a collection of pieces by the author on living a self-sufficient life in a remote area of Exmoor. 135pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.