Farm Life from

Allentown, Pennsylvania: Robert A. Reichard, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. (17)pp text, 31pp of unused pages for memoranda; 8 photographs of farmers in their fields, birdseye views of office and plant inside covers. The text includes: features on successful farmers; soil conditions for various crops; plant food requirements; etc. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.5" x 3" [Unrecorded… Read more about this item

Allentown, PA: Robt. A. Reichard, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. (24)pp, including nine unused leaves for memoranda; 16 illustrations from photographs. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.75" x 2.75" [Unrecorded by OCLC.].

Durham, North Carolina: Liggett & Myers, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Folio. (40)pp; illustrated throughout from photographs (8pp in full color). Bound in color-pictorial wrappers, linen spine covering. 14" x 10.25" Contains information on and pictures of tobacco farmers, harvesting aromatic Turkish tobaccos, world's finest cigarette paper, Chesterfield's vast plant at Durham, preparing tobacco for cigarettes, curing,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 28pp. Contents: The cost of transportation of western farm products; The price of steel rails; The tariff on wool and woolens; The tariff on cotton goods; The dairymen and the tariff; A tariff reminiscence; The duty on cotton ties; Wages and living in Lancashire and Massachusetts; The… Read more about this item

Cambridge: University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1880. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 40pp; slip stating author's name is tipped in at front; errata slip at rear. Printed blue wrappers; back cover lacking. Neatly removed from a nonce volume. 8.5" x 5.5

New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. First and final pages toned. 8.25" x 5.5" Colton advocates making public lands affordable for settlers and farmers. [American Imprints 44-1573.].

London: Vanity Fair, 1889. First Edition. Very Good. Full-color print, signed "Lib", chromolithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, and published as Men of the Day, No. 437, in the August 24, 1889 issue of "Vanity Fair". Image is 12.25" x 7.5". Includes the leaf of biographical text.

Glasgow & London: Blackie and Son, 1855. First issued 1855. Hardcover. Good. Three volumes, thick octavo (9.75" x 6.75"). pp:1,172; 52 plates, some folding; illustrations in the text. Bound in 3/4 calf and patterned boards, marbled endpapers and edges, ribbed spines, leather labels. Book ticket of A&W Easton, Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, 18 High Street, Jedburgh. Hinges cracked… Read more about this item

Chicago: American Milling Co, 1905. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp, quarto; frontispiece, text illustrations, and large centerfold sketch showing a couple with a bag of golf clubs, embracing on a hill, and a boy peeping over the crest, captioned: "Slow Game! Kid Brother -- 'Maw said youse was playing golf--are you?'" Contents of this first issue include:… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh, Pa. & Buffalo, N.Y.: Axtell, Bush & Co, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 20pp, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Topics in this issue include: Are the Fairs Declining; Moving to Town; Discard the Use of the Whip; Boarding Western Horses; Swine Department; Horse and Horseman; In the Foothills; Experiments with Wheat; Dairy Department; Poultry Department;… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh, Pa. & Buffalo, N.Y.: Axtell, Bush & Co, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Topics in this issue include: The Reach of Chicago Cattle; Domesticated vs. Wild Meats; Breeding Horses; Swine Department; Sheep Husbandry; The Wool Trade; Dairy Department; Poultry Department; Tobacco in Western Pennsylvania; Veterinary Column; Horticulture; The Household;… Read more about this item

San Antonio, Texas: Branch Office, Texas Wool Grower, 1883. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, large folio (unopened broadsheet). Contents include: mutton and beef production; the wool market; sheep-breeders exchange; herd law; From Comanche County--Herding Sheep, On the Prairie; real estate and livestock listings of the Texas Investment Company; illustrated adverts; etc. [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chicago: Axtell, Bush & Co, 1900. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. 32pp per issue, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Present are: Vol. XXIII, Nos. 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 51; Vol. XXIV, Nos. 6, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 23, 25, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38. Condition is very good to fine, except number 38… Read more about this item

Chicago: International Harvester Company, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 132pp; illustrations throughout the text. Bound in printed tan wrappers, thumb index. Covers smudged, thumb index dogeared. 9.5" x 6.75

Chicago: Powers, Higley & Company, 1900. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. pp: 264, (ii), (iv)index; illustrations from photographs and drawings. Covers the many aspects of planning and running a productive farm. Bound in textured wrappers, decorated cover; faint dampmark along spine, minor spots on cover, text block is clean. 7.75" x 5.25

Cleveland & Memphis: Brown Fence & Wire Co, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 148pp; illustrated throughout, inner and outer covers in full color. Contains descriptions and prices of a variety of items for the farm: Barb Wire, Barn Equipment, Clothing, Fencing, Harness, Paint, Roofing, Shoes, Stoves, Washing Machines, Wheels, &c., &c. 10" x 7.25

Hammond, New York: Evans Mfg. Co, 1890. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12pp; six illustrations of sleighs. Includes detailed descriptions and prices for: Flexible One-Knee Bob Sleighs; Farmers Flexible Bob Sleigh; Sawed Knee Sleighs with Snow Pack Runners; Knee Standard Mortised Bob Sleighs; Beech Knee Bob Sleighs; One Horse Bob Sleighs. Bound in printed red wrappers; red fading… Read more about this item

Des Moines, Iowa: Erickson Co, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 68pp, printed in blue ink. Comprises unused record-keeping forms along with instructive text: Why a Farmer Should Keep Records; How to Keep the Record; What to Consider in Selecting Your Banker; etc. Calendars for 1919 and 1920 on final page. Bound in printed stiff wrappers. 8.5" x… Read more about this item

Kindersley, Canada: Kindersley Farm Lands Limited, 1912. Original document. Fine. Engraved debenture, No. B0866, made out to James Buchanan, Esq. of Lavington Park, Petworth, Sussex, for the principal sum of 100 pounds at the rate of 2-1/2% interest , etc. Signed by Director M. Marking[?] and Assistant Secretary G. Cockburn. Highly ornamental borders and corner pieces in lavendar… Read more about this item

Chicago: David Bradley Mfg. Co, 1886. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 64pp; illustrated throughout the text, several showing horse-drawn implements in use. Detailed descriptions and index. Bound in wallet-style, illustrated stiff wrappers, worn at the folds; archival repair to verso of one fold, rear panel scuffed. 6.5" x 3.5" [WorldCat records only an 1890 edition at the Henry Ford… Read more about this item