THE RURAL ECONOMY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE; Including its Dairy together with the Dairy Management of North Wiltshire; and the Management of Orchards and Fruit Liquor, in Herefordshire.
First edition. Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes, for G. Nicol, Pall-Mall, London: 1789. Folding map, 2 volumes, full early calf boards, recent calf spines, titled and with gilt lines, original endpapers retained. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include GLOUCESTERSHIRE - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-2025) £200.00
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THE RURAL ECONOMY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE; including its Dairy together with the Dairy Management of North Wiltshire; and the management of Orchards and Fruit Liquor, in Herefordshire. Volume 1 of 2 only.
First edition, Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes, 1789. Lacks map, xxviii + 332pp, disbound. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include GLOUCESTERSHIRE - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-2024) £20.00
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A LECTURE ON THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF MANURES; With an Appendix.
Second Edition, London: James Ridgway, 1847. 50pp, later half cloth, marbled endpapers, paper label on spine, ex-lib with labels to front endpapers. Huxtable was the Rector of Hutton Waldron, Dorset when he wrote this work. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DORSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1754) £30.00
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, With Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture.
London: Printed by W. Smith, 1793. 49pp, 4to, recent paper wraps, label on top wrap. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DORSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1687) £85.00
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF DEVON; With Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture.
First edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1808. Folding hand-coloured map, 22 engraved plates, folding tables, xii + 474 + 14 pages of publishers adverts, untrimmed in recent qtr cloth and endpapers, paper boards, paper label on spine, a couple of plates slightly spotted, otherwise a clean copy. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1590) £185.00
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DEVON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE. SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK and Useful Information for Farmers.
Agriculture Education Department, Exeter: 1928. 51pp, original printed wraps, small portion missing from top corner of top wrap. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e- mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1393) £8.00
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REPORT AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION.... [Brixham, 1951.] VOLUME LXXXIII.
Torquay: 1951. Illusts some of which are folding, x + 380pp, original paper wraps, top wraps slightly creased, ex-lib. with label to verso of top wrap, stamps to verso of title-page, number to base of spine, wraps slightly rubbed. Includes articles on:- Holy and Notable Wells of Devon; Heraldry in Tawstock Church; Banking in Brixham; Farming in Devon; Roborough, etc., etc. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1210) £11.00
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REPORT AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION.... [Sidmouth, 1950.] VOLUME LXXXII.
Torquay: 1950. Illusts some of which are folding, xii + 432pp, original paper wraps. Includes articles on:- Stannary Parliament; Brixham; Paper-making in Devon, etc., etc. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-1209) £11.00
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THE CORNISH FARMER IN AUSTRALIA. Or Australian Adventure: Cornish Colonists and the Expansion of Adelaide and the South Australian Agricultural Frontier.
Redruth: Dyllansow Truran, 1987. Illusts, diagrams, xvi + 143pp, dustwrapper, ownership name to front endpaper. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include CORNWALL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-775) £18.00
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RURAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL 1300- 1500.
Cambridge at the University Press, 1970. With diagrams and tables, xiv + 322pp, dustwrapper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include CORNWALL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ---- (Book ref. UK16-637) £50.00
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The Manx Loaghtan Sheep The Breed That Refused To Die
Manx Loaghtan Sheep Breed Society 1984 Pictorial Card Covers in very Good condition. 48pp Fully Illustrated (Book ref. 25633) £10.00
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The country child
Faber & Faber, 1932. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Clean, tightly bound book with a name/place/year (1933) on the front endpaper, and a different name/year (1949) on the pastedown (under the dustjacket foldover), in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the corners. 288 pages. Nice early printing of this country classic, which was later reissued with Tunnicliffe illustrations. Please note that this edition is not illustrated (Book ref. 37065) £10.00
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A farmer's fifty years in Lauderdale. With a foreword by Sir Robert Greig…
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd…, 1927. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, frontis., 2 other plates, fldg. map, orig. blue cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed. (Book ref. 13409) £28.00
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The Keeper's Book: A Guide to the Duties of a Gamekeeper
London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd, 1917. 14th Edition [War Edition]. Tan hardback cloth cover. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Fep missing. 614pp :: 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6") (Book ref. t1023b) £30.00
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The Rustic Scribe. Signed copy
London: Michael Joseph, 1991. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. VG: in very good condition with rubbed, faded and chipped dust jacket. Previous owner inscription and marks on fep. 216pp :: 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6") :: Signed by author on half title (Book ref. ple09) £18.60
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It's My Delight
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. 2nd Impression. Turquoise hardback cloth cover. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards stained. Inscription on fep. 175pp :: B/w woodcut illustrations by 'BB' [Watkins Pitchford] :: 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6") (Book ref. g5592) £14.60
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Master of None
London: Faber & Faber, 1956. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Previous owner inscription on fep. 218pp :: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5") (Book ref. stre28) £26.00
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Foxhunting in Northumberland
London: Field Sports Press, 1958. First Edition. White card cover. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed with some marks. Name of previous owner on inside of end cover. 60pp :: 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6") (Book ref. g1354) £24.00
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Britain's Wild Larder: Nuts
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1957. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. VG : in very good condition with light rubbed dust jacket. Inscription on paste-down. 312pp :: 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6") (Book ref. e1980) £20.00
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Memoir of John Grey of Dilston
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1869. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover with gilt titles to spine. VG : in Very Good condition without dust jacket. Boards worn at corners and bumped at spine ends. Some foxing within. viii + 360pp + 20pp catalogue :: 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6") (Book ref. g1426) £80.00
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