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The One Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka (1913–2008) was born and raised on the Japanese island of Shikoku. He was the oldest son of a rice farmer who was also the local mayor. Fukuoka studied plant pathology and worked for number of years as a produce inspector in the customs office in Yokohama. But in 1938 he returned to his village home determined to put his ideas about natural farming into practice. During World War II, he worked for the Japanese government as a researcher on food production, managing to avoid...
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Earth User's Guide To Permaculture
by Rosemary Morrow
Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
The River Cottage Cookbook
by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL is a renowned British broadcaster, writer, farmer, educator, and campaigner for real food. The author of seven books, Hugh lives with his wife and three children on the River Cottage farm in Devon, England.
Farming Books & Ephemera
Beginning Shepherd's Manual
by Smith, Barbara; Tom Wichersham and Keith Miller
Iowa State University Press. 1983. First Edition. Near Fine; Softcover; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Bright, clean book. Just a hint of wear to cover. Plastic comb binding intact. Crisp pages. No names or markings. .
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A$32.54
An 'Old Motor' kaleidoscope of farm tractors
by Baldwin, Nick
Old Motor Magazine. Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0906116015 . Clean, large format, tightly bound hardback book with name, address and date on front endpaper verso in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and rubbed at top edge. Unpaginated, 157 photos on plates, photo endpapers, index .
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A$15.51
THE AMERICAN FARMER Volume IV - No. 11 November 1875 New Series
by Sands, Saml; editor
Baltimore: Saml. Sands & Son. Fair. 1875. Sewn Wraps. 18 pages of ads plus the rear cover. Worn and torn covers with stains to the covers and some inside text pages. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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A$15.49
Plain and Useful Instructions to Farmers; or, an Improved Method of Management of Arable Land; with some Hints upon Drainage, Fences, and the Improvement of Turnpike and Cross Roads. Addressed to Country Gentlemen and Farmers in General
by HODSKINSON, Joseph
38 pp. 8vo, disbound. London: Printed for the Author, [Preface dated 1 January 1794]. First edition and rare. Hodskinson, who lived at Arundel Street, London, was a surveyor for forty years and had closely studied agricultural problems. Finding other writers too theoretical and wordy, his "aim has...been to be as simple, as concise, and as intelligible as possible."-from his Preface. Fine copy. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on front endpaper. ❧ Fussell, III,...
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A$2,324.10
Certaine plaine and easie Demonstrations of divers Easie wayes and meanes for the Improving of any manner of barren Land, although the same bee not worth xij.d. the Acre. And shewing how to make the same become worth XX.s., XXX.s., or XL.s. the Acre yearely. Published for the Increasing of the Wealth and Prosperitie of the Nation, and the benefit of the Poore, and of all those as are Owners of any barren Land
by [SHAW, John, inventor]
1 p.l., 7, [9], 6 pp. Small 4to, attractive antique calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by T.F., sold by W. Ley, 1657. First edition and rather scarce. Following Shaw's essay on the dung roller, which he invented, the remainder of the book consists of two texts, the first starting "How to Order any Land, so as it may reteyne all the moysture that falleth thereon: and to Improve it thereby," and the second starting "An Easie and Profitable...
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A$5,035.55
MARKET FARMING SUCCESS
by Byczynski, Lynn
Fairplain Publications. Near Fine. 2006. Softcover. Small dent to the rear cover, otherwise Like New. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages .
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A$21.69
The Flock Book of the Oxford Down Sheep, 29 Volumes, 41-69: 1929-1957
by The Oxford Down Sheep Breeders' Association
Oxford: Printed for the Association by The Oxonian Press, Limited., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good. Publishers cloth. Illustrated with a photograph frontispiece to each volume. Slightly musty smelling.
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A$484.55
Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats - Managing, Breeding, Marketing
by Maggie Sayer
An exceptional copy. There is a previous owner's name neatly inscribed inside the front cover, otherwise, gift condition. Illustrated throughout wit pictures and charts. There are 337 pages including index. Managing - Breeding - Marketing.
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A$38.74
AGRICO FERTILIZER POCKET MEMO BOOK 1950
by American Agricultural Chemical Company
American Agricultural Chemical Company. Near Fine. 1950. Stapled wraps. 12 pages of ads. 1950 calendar to the inside rear cover. Touch of wear to the spine tips. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 56 pages .
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A$15.49
THE PRINCIPLES OF DAIRY FARMING
by Russell, Kenneth N
Farming Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. 0852360460 . A very good plus 8th Revised Edition hardcover in clean lightly faded boards slightly bumped to extremities, no writing or stamps, ivoried pages with foxed upper text-block edge in a very good bright dustwrapper, a touch creased to the edges supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 265 pages .
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A$11.53
Farmtrees for the Mount Lofty Ranges. A Regional Agroforestry Handbook
by Bulman, Peter
Adelaide: Primary industries SA. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Covered in clear contact by previous owner. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white drawings, diagrams and maps. Signed by the author on the title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. ix, 177 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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A$35.00
Classic Farm Tractors: History of the Farm Tractor
by Randy Leffingwell
BMI Publishing Company, USA, 1996. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 192 pages. Previous owners name on inside cover. Fully Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Motor Vehicles; Automobiles & Vehicles; Farming. ISBN: 0760302464. ISBN/EAN: 9780760302460. Inventory No: 266777.. 9780760302460 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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A$20.00
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)
by Fukuoka, Masanobu
" Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book," Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book "is valuable to us because it is at once practical and...
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Die Reichen Und Die Super Reichen
by Ferdinand Lundberg
Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. Book is in excellent condition with a very good dust jacket that shows very minimal edge wear. Please See Photographs; Dust Jacket .
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A$12.77A$8.30
The science and practice of grassland farming (BB interest)
by Moore, H. I
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, spine sunned, cloth has minor rubbing at spine ends, bookplate of Alan Bull illustrated by BB plus date on front pastedown. 166 pages, photos on plates, index .
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A$11.63
INSECT ECOLOGY
by MATTHEWS, E G and KITCHING, R L
Appears unread but very slightly shop-soiled. 9 b&w photos, 13 figures, 21 col photos in 6 plates,
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A$16.71
Report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture, appointed to extract Information from the Country Reports, and other Authorities, concerning the Culture and Use of Potatoes
by BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Seven engraved plates (several folding). viii, 177 pp. Large 4to, early 19th-cent. half-calf & marbled boards (some scuffing), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol et al., 1795. First edition of the Board of Agriculture's famous report on the potato. During the final four decades of the 18th century Britain experienced a number of corn harvest failures with a resulting rise in the price of wheat. The Society for the...
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A$3,486.15
FARMING ORGANICALLY
by Matall, Sam; editor
Soil Association. Good+. 1976. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Stains to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .
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A$15.49
St. Foine Improved: a Discourse shewing the Utility and Benefit which England hath and may receive by the Grasse called St. Foine, and answering the Objections urged against it. Being useful for all Ingenious Men. Written by a Person of Honour lately deceased
by (SAINFOIN)
Title within ruled border. 1 p.l., 20 pp., one blank leaf. Small 4to, attractive antique calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: S. & B. G[riffin] for N. Brooke, 1674. Second edition. This work has been attributed by many to Sir John Pettus (ca. 1613-85), natural philosopher and politician, but this is probably erroneous. Sainfoin is a highly nutritious plant, which served as an important forage for livestock. "A most interesting little book...whoever wrote it...
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A$3,873.50
ALL FLESH IS GRASS The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming
by Logsdon, Gene
Swallow Press. Near Fine. 2004. Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages .
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A$27.89
A Discours of Husbandrie used in Brabant and Flanders: shewing the wonderful Improvement of Land there; and serving as a Pattern for our Practice in this Common-Wealth..
by [WESTON, Sir Richard]
4 p.l., 27, [3] pp. Small 4to, attractive antique calf (title soiled & a little waterstained), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. du Gard for F. Coles, 1654. "Third Edition Corrected and Enlarged." Weston (1591-1652), canal builder and agriculturalist, while already having had considerable successful experience in farming in Surrey, made a series of observations on the agricultural methods of the Low Countries during his exile in Belgium in 1644-45, which...
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A$5,422.90
Let the Earth Live: The Farmers' Responsibility to the Earth (Signed by Author)
by McLaren, Verne
Horsham, Vic: Squatter Publications. 1982. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed to previous owner on half-title page. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 111 pages. In June 1980, the author addressed delegates at the World Wilderness Congress in Cairns, Queensland. On hearing his paper the publisher felt that all efforts...
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A$15.00
