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New York, The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Company, 1935, Second edition, revised and updated. . original brown cloth, gilt decoration, gilt lettering, small ink spot on lower edge, but a clean bright and fine copy. . 4to [26.5 x 19 cm]; xxix, 796 pp, color frontis, maps, hundreds of illustrations from photos, portraits, tables, charts, bibliog, index. . The most detailed and authoritative work on coffee, including its history, its introduction into various countries, coffee houses, botany of coffee, microscopy, chemistry, pharmacology of coffee, commercial coffees, cultivation, production and consumption, characteristics, merchandising, coffee advertising, coffee trade, coffee persons, coffee in literature, coffee in fine arts, coffee apparatus, coffee manners and customs, preparation of beverages, chronology, etc. An excellent reference. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, L. Reeve and Co., [1867], First edition. . original green pictorial gilt cloth with gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture of grasses on front cover, cover stained, minor light foxing on few leaves, good copy. . 12mo [19.5 x 13 cm]; viii, 307, 16 [publisher's ads] pp, 16 hand-colored lithographs from drwgs by Walter Fitch, numerous other engravings, index. . Jackson 239. Nissen 1538. Freeman 3048. A detailed work covering cereal grasses, ornamental grasses, agricultural and economic grasses, with description of hundreds of species. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, B. T. Batsford, [1951], First edition. . original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear, rubbed, price clipped), signature on endpaper, cover stained, damp rippling, good reading copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; viii, 152 pp, color frontis, 110 illustrations with 52 photos, some full-page, illustrations from drwgs, index. . The author describes 450 wild and cultivated plant species with specific uses, including food, grain, condiments, hops, drugs, poisons, fibre yielding, dyestuffs, peat mosses, plants from the sea, herbs, etc with good illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, T., Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756, First edition. . contemporary full paneled leather, worn especially on spine & edges, joints cracked through with covers holding by strings, front blank endpaper chipped, old damp stain to gutter and fore-edge of first 50 pages, text block solid, contents very good. . folio [42 x 26 cm]; xii, 719, [i, publisher's ads] pp, copper engraved frontis plus 12 copper-engraved plates, one of which is double-page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and other illustrations. . The title, a minor essay in itself, goes on to mention crops, breeding and preserving cattle, curing their diseases, managing the orchard, the brewhouse and the dairy. The plates include farming implements, plants, plans, buildings and one of a dung pit. Most plates have several figures. Fussell p. 37. Later editions had fewer plates. Macdonald 210 mentions only the Dublin edition of 1757 in two volumes which had only 5 plates and the London 1758 edition. A detailed and early… Read More

London, W. H. Allen & Co., 1888, 1890, First editions or each volume. . text volume is original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, clean near fine condition, unmarked; plate volume is later cloth, gilt spine lettering, half title page with part torn away, perforated library stamp on title, library bookplate, else clean. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm] & oblong 4to [19 x 25 cm]; xix, 384; [528] pp, 260 plates (including plate 116A), each with description on opposite page, glossary, index, with the errata leaf in plate volume, often lacking. . A detailed description of each variety grown, organized by groups, together with chapters on cultivation, uses, commercial products, citrus trade, morphology, origins, etc, detailed appendix on citrus in flora of Amboyna by Rumphius, natural history of citrus. The plates include the fruit and leaves in outline. Nissen BBI 199. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Toronto, Lovell & Gibson; Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics, 1857, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering, cover lightly faded, interior near fine and clean in very good cover. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, [9] - 139, [i] pp, illustrations from drawings, chart. . The author, who went conducted several important explorations including Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, and whose most famous work is Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula of 1863, here, as a Trinity College professor, wrote this very detailed work on a vital crop. It won the first prize awarded by the Bureau of Agriculture. TPL 3735. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Toronto, Lovell & Gibson; Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics, 1857, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering, cover wear, at spine ends, light stain, very light foxing, one page of text with blank corner torn away (no loss), good. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, [9] - 139, [i] pp, illustrations from drawings, chart. . The author, who went conducted several important explorations including Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, and whose most famous work is Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula of 1863, here, as a Trinity College professor, wrote this very detailed work on a vital crop. It won the first prize awarded by the Bureau of Agriculture. TPL 3735. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1985, First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine in fine dj. . oblong 4to [22.5 x 28 cm]; x, [11] - 150 pp, well illustrated from photos, maps, early sources. . Also includes the pamphlet 'Life on the Farm, Ontario 1784-1984' with some good photos. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, The American Society of Agronomy & the National Fertilizer Association, [1947, third printing, the first edition was 1941. . original green cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, clean & unmarked, some internal water stains, good solid copy. . large 8vo [26 x 18.5 cm]; xiii, 327 pp, over 170 illustrations from photos, about half in color, bibliog, index. . With chapters written by various experts including J. E. McMurtrey, George Hoffer, H. P. Cooper, J. J. Skinner, O. W. Davidson, etc, and covering deficiencies in corn, grains, tobacco, potato, cotton, vegetables, deciduous fruits, citrus, legumes, and with good illustrations showing the deficiencies for various minerals, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, J. Baxter, 1834, third edition, greatly enlarged, the best edition. . original half calf and boards with new cloth spine and title lettering on paper spine label, covers worn, marbled edges, light stain title and frontis margin, interior is clean, mostly unfoxed and near fine in good cover. . 8vo [25 x 16 cm]; lxiv, 695 pp, engraved portrait of Ellman, engraved illus, 10 hand colored engraved illustrations of grasses, tables, index. . A survey of the main topics that a farmer of the day would need to have reference material on including botany, fruit growing, vegetable and flower growing, cattle, dairy, game, bee keeping, draining, horses, grasses, field crops, trees, poultry, hops, wine making, etc, arranged alphabetically, with detailed appendices. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1843, Second edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, cloth rubbed, signature of Hugh Tho. Douglas on title margin, light foxing on some leaves, a folding plate with split at fold, good sound copy with half title page. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xv, 240 pp, 9 plates including 4 folding, frontis (outer part is lacking with some loss). . This edition has the additional chapter on the manufacture of sugar from beets, not in the first edition. A detailed work with chapters on the distillation of rum, the French method of making sugar, Dutrone's method, analysis of sugar, sugar mills, patents for manufacture, east Indian methods, manufacture in various countries, refining, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Albany, State of New York, 1907, First edition. . original cloth, front hinge cracked but holding, else very good, clean throughout. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 820 pp, numerous illus, index. . Includes a home study course at end of volume plus reports on many aspects of agriculture by various experts. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1947, 1950, First edition of each volume. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dust jackets (price clipped, light wear at spine ends), fine and clean. . 8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, [viii], 141; [x], 186 pp, 24 plates, author and title indexes in each volume. . A well-respected reference book, both volumes in dust jackets. The plates are taken from title pages, plates or portraits from the books. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Minneapolis, Burgess Publishing, [1953], . . original cloth, cover little marked, else very good. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; [ii], v, 356 pp, table, index, bibliog. . Highly detailed with sections on each disease, followed by bibliographies. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, London, Arno Press (Ray Society), 1977 (1846), reprint of the 1846 first edition. . original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [vi], x, 422, 16 [Ray Society list of subscribers], ii [ads] pp, folding chart plate, facsimile of original title page, index. . Originally published by the renowned Ray Society, here reprinted in full, the work covers the plant families with some emphasis on important agricultural plants such as coca, opium, tobacco, maguey (for tequila), tea, coffee, indigo, bread fruit, palms, coco, cotton, etc, giving history, uses. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Jerusalem, Israel Universities Press, [1969], First edition in English, translated from Hebrew, the first Israel edition was 1961. . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj taped to cover, library withdrawal stamp on endpaper, interior is clean and fine, in very good cover and dj. . large 8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; x, 549 pp, 180 illustrations from photos and drwgs, maps, bibliog of 340 references, index. . The work describes some 630 species of insects, mites and molluscs of economic importance, pests of cultivated or forest plants, or parasites and predators of these injurious organisms, with sections on each. A section lists host plants, each with their pests. This is a revised and up-dated version of the original Hebrew text and is the only comprehensive work covering all crops of the Eastern Mediterranean area. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1806, . . contemporary full tree calf, gilt borders, gilt spine decorations and lettering, engraved tail-pieces, joints cracked but holding, edge wear, endpaper bookplate removed, endpaper inscription, interior is clean and near fine, in good covers. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 4 in 2 volumes, [i], ii, 163, 427; vii, 64, 128, 219, [i, corrections], engraved frontis of garden, 21 engraved plates, many folding, indexes. . The title of volume I continues: 'to which is subjoined, a Complete Catalogue of Useful and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants with their Varieties and parts used, for Medicinal and Culinary Purposes'. Volume II consists of two parts, 'Rural Recreations or the Modern Farmer's Calendar, . . . all the Operations Necessary on a Farm for every month of the year, as well as all the Recent Improvements in Agriculture and Rural Economy', and 'The Elements of Botany or an Introduction to the Sexual System of Linnaeus with which is annexed… Read More

New York, A. O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1858, seventh edition. . original brown cloth, gilt vignette and title lettering on spine, cover with small stain, bit faded, damp stains in lower margins not effecting text, endpaper inscribed Douglas Brothers, good copy with only light foxing in some outer margins. . 12mo [19.5 x 13 cm]; xii, [13]- 358, 8, [ads] pp, frontis of three roller cane mill, illustrations including full-page. . The author describes the history of the Chinese sugar cane, description of the plant, culture, value as a forage plant, the making of sugar, syrup, vinegar, etc, techniques and methods, use of the sugar beet. The appendix includes a pamphlet by Joseph S. Lovering, a well-known sugar refiner of Philadelphia, on practical instructions, as well as a History of the Sorgho in the Southern States by D. Redmond, and other documents. The section on the Imphree is by Leonard Wray and includes the discovery of the plant, varieties, botany, yields of sugar, cultivation,… Read More

Cincinnati, Applegate & Co., 1863, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering still bright, light stain on cover, bit rubbed, light foxing on few leaves, few margins with light stain, still very good sound copy. . 12mo [18 x 12.5 cm]; xviii, [19] - 204, [x, ads of related equipment with illus] pp, 13 plates, large folding lithographed plate, three-color plate, wood engraved decorative title page, other engraved illus, tables, index. . A detailed study giving history, cultivation and production methods, including much on types of plants, equipment, apparatus, details of making sugar, etc, with good illustrations, the large folding plate shows production methods of sorghum sugar powered in part by horses. Sabin 31222. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

St. Louis, by the author, 1879, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lightly foxed on one preliminary page, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, near fine with a presentation inscription by author on endpaper. . 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; [vi, xvii, 170 pp, illustrations and engraved plates including folding plates of equipment, colored plate of litmus, tables. . A detailed work on the growing and especially on the manufacture and process with good illustrations of the equipment. A picture of this book is available on request by email.