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The Pig a treatise on the Breeds Management Feeding and Medical Treatment of Swine with directions for salting pork and curing bacon and hams illustrated with engravings drawn from life by William Harvey Esq. 1st Edition 1847
by Youatt, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good - rebacked and with new endpapers/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cradock and Co., 1847. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good - rebacked and with new endpapers/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w engravings The scarce 1st Edition (later published in the US as ""The Hog?."" 1850's) of Youatt's treatise on the pig, referencing zoological definitions, early history, wild boar, swine in America, Scotland etc, anatomy, diseases, feeding, piggeries, and including notes on curing ham, pickling pork, salting; b&w frontispiece engraving with tissue-guard, illustrated title page, b&w text engravings throughout by William Harvey; original cloth boards with blind-embossed swine to front and rear, and with like decorative borders; this copy re-backed in tan cloth retaining original gilt titling, new endpapers; original prelims and text block foxed, light-medium foxing throughout, corners of boards knocked and with some wear, o.w. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22515
- Title
- The Pig a treatise on the Breeds Management Feeding and Medical Treatment of Swine with directions for salting pork and curing bacon and hams illustrated with engravings drawn from life by William Harvey Esq. 1st Edition 1847
- Author
- Youatt, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- New Good - rebacked and with new endpapers
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cradock and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1847
- Pages
- 164pp (xii)
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
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Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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