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Dream Reaper; The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High-Stakes World of Modern Agriculture
by Craig Canine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679412727
- ISBN 13
- 9780679412724
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, 1995 Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by 7 other people involved in the book; Underwood, Jackson, Lagergren, Lutgen, Dwyer, Hawkins. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); light bumping to head and bottom of front panel. Tan boards with red cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; debossed image of farmer with scythe on front board that matches the DJ. 300 pp 8vo. Meet Mark Underwood, a Kansas wheat farmer, who is also a mechanical genius, who built a revolutionary new grain reaper. This the story of the Bi-Rotor combine; its development and its production. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005899
- Title
- Dream Reaper; The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High-Stakes World of Modern Agriculture
- Author
- Craig Canine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679412727
- ISBN 13
- 9780679412724
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- agriculture, wheat farming, wheat harvesting, grain reaper, reaping the grain, Bi-Rotor combine, wheat combines, farm machinery, farm implements, machine development, prototypes, farming, marketing,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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