Search Results: Agriculture from The Owl at the Bridge

Baltimore: J. Robinson, Circulating Library, 1820. Hard Cover. Vol. I. 416 p., 28 cm. Title continues: improvements: with illustrative engravings and the prices of country produce. The complete first volume of 52 issues from 2 April 1819 to 29 March 1820 plus Index (p. II-IV). The editor, Skinner, had been on board a British ship with Francis Scott Key to observe that "the flag was still there". Stock#OB990. Vg, modern leather spine, paper boards as on the original.

Boston, J. P. Jewett; New York, C. M. Saxton, 1850. Hard Cover. xxiv, [25]-288 pages, incl. front., illus.; 16 cm. At head of title: A Book for Every Body. Frontispiece printed on both sides. Descriptive varietal information, with wood engravings of insects, fruits, trees, methods of grafting, budding and training. Cole was editor of "The Yankee Farmer" (Hedrick, p. 489). Bound in contemporary sheep, hinges fragile; very good. Stock#OB549.

Yale U. Southeast Asia Studies [1990] . Soft Cover. x, 112p. 22.5 cm. Study of a village in northwest Thailand. Stock# 31,742. VG/ wrappers

Torino, Federagrario, 1985. Soft Cover. 261 p., illus., 24 cm. 2 supplemento alla revista Quaderno Agricolo. A collection of studies on the growing and harvesting of the aromatic leaves of the Artemisia bush which grows in the Alpine foot hills of the Piedmont. in Italy Stock# 32,072. Vg/ soft cover.

Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson Co., 1904 [c1895]. 'Fourth Edition. Fortieth Thousand'. Includes Parts of the Chicken, Heads and Combs, Eggs for Hatching, Chicks with Brooders, Early Broilers, Hens Expressly for Eggs, The Farmer's Flock, The Village Hennery, Breeds of Chickens, Turkeys and Guinea-fowls, Ducks, Geese, Pigeons, Fattening and Marketing, Diseases and Enemies. Hardcover pocket-book, 160 pages incl. front., b/w text illus., 16 color plates (included in pagination), index; 14 cm. Blue cloth stamped in red & black, brown endpapers, no dj, as issued; corners & edges bumped; internally clean; good+. stock#3002.

Boston, Journey Editions, 1999. Soft Cover. 80 p., illus., 23 cm. Series: Herb Library. Soothing, comforting and calming. Stock#31851x. fine/ wrappers.

Charlotte, Vt. : Garden Way Pub., [1996 c1982].. Soft Cover. vii, 135 p. : illus., index, 18.5 x 21 cm. "Veteran cheesemakers Ricki and Robert Carroll founded the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company." Stock# 43,630. Vg, gift inscription on tp / softcover.

Providence, Field & Maxcy, 1824. Hard Cover. xi, [13]-288 p.; 18.2 cm. "The most essential parts of husbandry and gardening." On all aspects of farming. American Imprints 16006. Very good copy in modern half leather binding. stock#OB098 (dr).

Boston, The Stratford co., 1921.. Hard Cover. 7 p. l., 269 p. front., plates, ports. 20 cm. The life of Seaman Ashahel Knapp, 1833-1911, pioneer in developing Amrican farming through Agricultural extension work. Stock# 40,570. Vg/ no dj.

N.Y., Orange Judd/ London, Keegan Paul, 1922. Hard Cover. xiv, 231 p. 55 illus., 19 cm. The authors, both Department of Agriculture poultrymen provide ample information on commercial duck and geese rising. At that time Long Island supported many flourishing duck farms. Stock# 30,288. Vg/ no dj.

Dublin, Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, and J. Moore, 1797. Hard Cover. Octavo: [8], xxxviii, [2], 368 p.; 24 cm. The Scottish writer during a period of broad agricultural reform. Bound in full contemporary leather, rebacked; very good. Stock#OB626.

Lodi Manufacturing, NY, 1864. Soft Cover. And Those Interested In Agriculture and Horticulture By The Lodi Manufacturing Co., 66 Cortlandt St., N. Y. Advertising vehicle and early recycling literature. 'The business of the Lodi Manufacturing Company is to remove in vessels from the City of New York, all the contents of sinks and privies, and by chemical and mechanical manipulation to remove all disagreeable odors and all deleterious gases, and rendering them into a light, dry, inodorous powder, known by the name of New and Improved Poudrette, which has been extensively used, and universally approved of, as a cheap, rich and powerful manure.' Details of all processes involved (7 p.) is followed by 'Certificates' (i.e., testimonials, 10 p.); the almanac occupies the final 10 pages of this charming & riveting document. [32] p., map; stapled in printed paper wrappers (once a tasteful pink?), illus.; edges & corners worn. 28561.

Hurley: Bookseller catalogue listing 1456 agricultural items plus 102 gardeners' catalogues; stapled in paper wraps. Jenkins: typewritten sheets, one side only, stapled together, listing 268 items on all aspects of New England history. Both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0315.

New Haven, Yale Center for International and Area Studies [1986]. Soft Cover. xvi, 373 p.; 23 cm. Monograph Series Number 28, Yale University Southeast Asia Studies. Agricultural and land policies in a Communist state, 1954-1975. Reproduced from typescript. Stock#31717. Paper covers. Bought as new.

Washington, GPO, 1922. United States Dept. of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin no. 506. Soft Cover. 33 p., illus.; 23 cm. Cover title. Revised from 1912 edition. Some illus. by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Stock#40250. Vg/ paper.

Washington, D. C., August 1943.. Periodical. Volume 7 no. 8, pp. 171-192. Contains: Afif I. Tannous, Land tenure in the Middle East (171-177); Wolf I. Ladejinsky, Island agriculture in the South Pacific (178-184); Elizabeth P. Tappy, Peruvian guano (185-192); lacks rear cover, p. 192 stained, front cover torn. "Far beneath the surface of the South Pacific, certain changes, apparently due to cyclic fluctuations of the climate, have taken place, which have injured one of Peru's vital industries‹ the extraction of guano." An early notice of El Niño. Stock# 40,508. Good, printed on poor wartime paper/ cover torn, chipped

Boston, Journey Editions, 2000. Soft Cover. 80 p., illus., 23 cm. Series: Herb Library. Ginger, besides being a pungent spice, can be used throughout the home to heal, warm and refresh." Stock#31850x. Fine/ wrappers.

Bookseller catalogue listing materials relating to the upper midwestern states of the U.S. 964 items; paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0312.

Boston, Journey Editions, 1999. Soft Cover. 80 p., illus., 23 cm. Series: Herb Library. "This highly aromatic plant has the unique ability to be both cooling and warming." Stock#31852x. Fine/ wrappers.

NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hard Cover. [vii], 414 p.; 25 cm. Novel set in a midwestern agricultural college with all the intrigues and politics of the academic world. ISBN (10): 0679420231. Vg, gift inscription / dj vg. Stock#NEU290.