Search Results: TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / General from Tangible Tales

Oregon: Billville Press, 1997. Hardcover. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed on the front free-endpaper by the author, "To Jack Hogan From Matt. Best regards Bill Robinet." Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A good-only copy with bumps to the corners, two pages ruffled and a spot that opens a bit too widely just after the photo section. Binding still seems solid, but not tight. The dustjacket is not as good with scuffing and fading to the panels, and short tears and crinkling to the edges. 364 pp., photos at center, short glossary at rear. Stories and anecdotes from Robinet's life as an agricultural cropduster.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth hardcover, 1916 reprint, lacking dustjacket. A good only copy with heavy bumping to the corners, the upper front corner split to the board. Some soiling and darkening to the covers, and soil and foxing to the text block edges. The interior is much better. Pages are clean and unmarked and the binding and hinges are solid. 171 pp., the first of Bailey's "Background Books" - it was followed by "Wind and Weather" which is also listed on the other works page - making this mostly likely a 2nd pressing.

Brazil: Duprate & Iobe, 1987. Hardcover. Good/fair. Oversize brown hardcover in jacket - no indication of printing. A good copy with some wear to the board edges and bending at the corners and spine tips. Interior is clean and unmarked other than a price erasure to the top of the front free-endpaper. Flexible binding is solid and with no splits. The dustjacket is only fair to good with curling, tears, chips and areas of paper loss - most prevalent toward the spine panel. This copy lacks the decorative box/slipcase originally issued with the volume. 296 pp., filled with color and black and white photos representing the history of orange growing in the region. Put out by Coopercitrus Industrial Frutesp of South America as a gift to their customers. An "illustrated account of the history of one of Brazil's most popular fruits."

Seattle: Washington State Grange, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Blue cloth hardcover in jacket. Signed by one of the contributers, Jack Silvers, on the front endpaper and again next to his picture on page 152. Remainder mark to the bottom text edge and minor shelfwear. A clean and tight copy. Dustjacket with chips and short tears to the edges and a black pen mark to the upper front panel. 192 pp., indexed, black and white photos throughout.