Our Farming; How we have Made a Run-down Farm Bring Both Profit and Pleasure.
by Terry, T.B.
Philadephia:: The Farmer Company,, 1893. Book. 8vo, cloth (a little discolored and soiled). Pp. 367, sparsely illus. Bottom of spine chipped, but a good, sound copy. First edition..
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Wild Flowers. How to See and How To Gather Them... New Edition, Revised.
by Thomson, Spencer.
London: Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859. Book. Sm 8vo. Pp. 309 + 32pp. ads. Ex-lib in buckram with orig. gilt cloth spine and covers mounted. Profusely illsu. in text and 7 color plates..
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Orpheus Caledonius: Or, A Collection of Scots Songs. Set to Musick by W. Thomson.
by THOMSON, William.
London: for the author, 1733. Book. 2 vols. 8vo, old full calf. Vol I: pp. [xv], 114, [2]; 50 numbered leaves + 6 pp. of engraved music. Vol II: pp. [2], 110, [2]; 50 numbered leaves + 4 pp engraved music. Titles printed in red & black; ornamental head and tail pieces. Bindings worn, front cover of Vol. I nearly detached. Generally clean within, with a few minor marginal tears. Second edition, greatly enlarged, of the first collection of Scottish... Read More
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A Memoir on the Expediency and Practicability of Improving or Creating Home Markets for the Sale of Agricultural Productions and Raw Materials By the Introduction of Artizans and Manufacturers.
by TiBBITS, George
Book. Read before the Board of Agriculture of the State of New York, March 8, 1825. Third Edition. To which are added Four Appendices. Albany Printed. Philadelphia: Reprinted by J.R.A. Skerrett, 1827. Orig. plain wrappers, stitched as issued; pp. 48. Foxed; very good. Rink 3103..
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Eleanor BoiesTileston (1886-1912).
by Tileston, Eleanor Boies.
N.p. [Norwood, Mass.] Privately Printed, 1915. Book. Sm 4to, orig cloth, t.e.g. Pp. 283, uncut, illustrated with 7 photos. Rubbed, inner hinge loose but a decent copy..
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Observations on the Florid Song; or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers. Written in Italian... Translated into English by Mr. [John Ernest] Galliard. The Second Edition.
by TOSI, Pietro Francesco
London: J. Wilcox, 1743. Book. 12mo, contemp.calf, rebacked. Pp. [xx], 184. With 6 fold engraved plates of music. Rubbed, rear hinge tender but secure, tear to one plate, no loss; a very good copy. An important source in the history and performance of vocal technique, first published in 1723. Tosi was a singer who travelled widely, and spent time in England. BLC..
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Thoughts on the Poets.
by Tuckerman, Henry T.
New York: C.S.Francis & Co., 1846. Book. 12mo, quarter calf, marbled boards; pp. 318. Ex lib, partial label on spine and stamps on endpapers. Foxed; good..
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The Optimist
by TUCKERMAN, Henry Theodore
New York: George Putnam, 1850. Book. 8vo, orig. blue-green stamped cloth. Pp. xii, 273. A fine copy. First edition. A series of amiable essays on such topics as New England philosophy, art and artists, the gold fever, the profession of literature, lyric poetry, music, etc. "A man of independent financial means, Tuckerman had ample opportunity to indulge his love of meditation and study... Representing the easy, romantic scholarship of the forties and fifties in America, he readily passed in his... Read More
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Annual Descriptive Catalogue of Agricultural Implements, Horticultural Tools, and Field Grain, and Garden Seeds, for Sale at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse, and Seed Store, Nos. 10 & 12 Greene-Street, Albany, N.Y. 1847-1848.
by TUCKER, Luther
Albany: C. Van Benthuysen Book. [1847.] 8vo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 32. Tucker's first catalogue, with illustrated decriptions of plows, scythes, churns and cheese presses, pruning tools, rakes, spades and forks, etc..
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The Horse-Hoing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation.
by Tull, Jethro.
Book. Wherein is shown a method of introducing a sort of vineyard-culture into the corn-fields, in order to increase their product, and diminish the common expence; by the use of instruments described in cuts. London: for the author, 1733. Bound with, A Supplement to the Essay on Horse-Hoing Husbandry. The second edition. London: for the author, 1740. Folio, early polished calf, neatly rebacked, raised bands, gilt morocco labels. 6 folding engraved plates; 1 plate (supplement). Moderate foxing and soiling; neat... Read More
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Cyclopedia of Practical Floriculture.
by Turner, Cordelia Harris.
New York:: Townsend Mac Coun,, 1884. Book. Folio, original green cloth gilt. Pp. [xvii], 424. Spine worn, cloth rubbed, title foxed; library bookplates. Second edition, originally published in 1877 under the title The Floral Kingdom, Its History, Sentiment and Poetry. A very scarce Victorian compendium of flower culture and lore. The text is printed within red borders, with elaborate ornamental capitals. It is divided in two sections: I. Description, Language and Poetry of Flowers; II. Cultivation and Analysis of Plants.... Read More
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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
by Tusser, Thomas.
Book. With an introduction by Sir Walter Scott and a benediction by Rudyard Kipling, incorporated in a foreword by E. V. Lucas. London: James Tregaskis & Son, 1931. Thick 4to, full reverse calf, raised bands. Pp. xii, (1), 336; half title. Uncut. Slight discoloration at head and foot of spine, else fine copy. One of 500 copies, printed on Batchelor hand-made paper, printed at the Caxton Head and Raven Presses, and bound by Bain and Co. A handsome edition of... Read More
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Notices of the Life of John Pratt, (Now in His 106th Year.)
by TYERMAN, Thomas F.
Oxford: Slatter and Rose, 1861. Book. 8vo, orig. cloth gilt. Pp. 46. Some wear to cloth at spine, a bit shaken. A very good copy. Sole edition; a presentation copy, inscribed, lilkely in Tyerman's hand, "To James Morrell Esq. with John Pratt's respectful duty." With Morrell's engraved bookplate. A fascinating account of a long-lived itinerant herbalist, who collected plants for local druggists and the Society of Apothecaries, by which he supported a wife and seventeen children. "He was never happy... Read More
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Einige Worte über die Anlegung Saat-und Pflantzenschulen so wie das neueste über das Versetzen von 1-16jährigen Holtzpflantzen im Frühling, Sommer und Herbst für Forst-und Landwirthe und Obstbaumzüchter.
by URKÜLL-GYLLENBAND, R.O. Graf v.
Tübingen:: Ludwig Friedrich,, 1846. Book. 8vo, original plain wrappers; pp.32, uncut. 3 folding plates. Scarce guide to the establishment of a nursery..
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America at War. The Best of DC War Comics. A Fireside Book.
by USLAN, Michael, Editor.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1979. Book. Gray cloth, with moderately worn dust jacket. Pp. 247, illus. in color. Hardcover first edition of this anthology. Very nice, clean copy..
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Flirtation Camp: or, The Rifle, Rod, and Gun in California. A Sporting Romance.
by Van Dyke, Theodore S.
New York: Fords, Howard and Hulbert, 1881. Book. 12mo, orig pictorial gilt cloth. Pp. 299. Mild spotting to cover, one leaf lightly stained in margin; a very good copy. First edition, a thinly fictionalized account of a mixed-company hunting and fishing expedition in southern California. Wright II I, 5653..
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The Story of the Six Years of Global War.
by Van Sinderen, Adrian.
New York: Privately Printed, 1946 Book. Lg. 8vo, cloth; pp. xx, 393. A near fine copy, one of 600 copies printed at the Yale University Press..
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Lord Chesterfield's Ears, A True Story. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire
by VOLTAIRE, F. M. A. de
London: Printed for the Joint Stock Book, 1826. Book. 8vo, later marbled boards, gilt morocco label. Pp. 28. A translation of Les Oreilles du Compte de Chesterfield et le Chapelain Goudman, one of Voltaire's Contes Philosphiques, in which happiness comes down to healthy bowels and unfettered sexual gratification. Logically published by the radical free-love libertarian Robert Carlile and scarce. OCLC locates copies at Harvard, NYPL, UCLA, Huntington; NSTC adds LC and BL..
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A Collection of Addresses and Papers Prepared for Various Occasions.
by Walker, Joseph B.
Book. Concord and Manchester: 1858-1896. 8vo, ½ calf (edges and corners rubbed), marbled boards. 2 vols in one, consisting of 24 separately published addresses bound together with custom title pages and leaves of content. Vol. I: Agricultural; Vol. II: Historical. Illustrated with textual drawings, frontispiece portrait, full-page photos and folding color maps. Agricultural topics include drainage and irrigation, Indian corn, oats, genesis of the NH College of Agriculture, forestry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to a member... Read More
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Letters From His Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. FRS, and John Sinclair, Bart. M.P.
by WASHINGTON, George.
Book. Containing an account of his husbandry, with his opinions on various questions in agriculture; and many particulars of the rural economy of the United States. Alexandria: Cottom and Stewart, 1803. 8vo, original boards, rebacked, covers detached. Pp. 128, uncut. Some staining and darkening throughout; crude repair to marginal tear on last leaf. First edition. Rich documentation of Washington's agricultural expertise, with frequent reference to Jefferson and Hamilton as well. Imprints 5536; Sabin 101720; Rink 1144..
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Speech of General Washington at the opening of the Congress of the United States, at New York, Nov. 6, 1792. [in:]The Gazeteer, and New Daily Advertiser. London, Friday, 1 February, 1793
by WASHINGTON, George
Book. Folio, single issue complete; removed, untrimmed. Pp. 4. Folded, near fine. Washington's fourth annual message, printed complete in two columns of a London newspaper. The message is taken up mostly with Indian affairs, and recent Cherokee uprisings, together with financial matters, Kentucky's newly adopted constitution, and the dispersal of newspapers through the post-office..
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The Landscape Beautiful. A study of the utility of the natural landscape, its relation to human life and happiness, with application of these principles in landscape gardening and art in general. Illustrated b y members of the Postal Photographic Club.
by Waugh, Frank A.
Book. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1912. Large 8vo, gilt decorated boards, cloth spine. Pp. 336; 49 half-tone plates. Corners bumped, else a fine copy. Second printing, one of Orange Judd's most attractive productions. Waugh wrote a number of books espousing an aesthetic derived from the natural landscape..
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Remarks on the Beauties of Poetry.
by Webb, Daniel.
Book. London: for R. & J. Dodsley, 1762. 12mo, early full calf gilt, raised bands, gilt compartments; later label. Pp. 123; half-title. Top of spine a little worn, front hinge just beginning to crack; a very good copy, fine within. First edition. Webb resided at Bath, and was the author of several works of criticism. The present work is a dialogue on versification, using Pope, Milton and most extensively Shakespeare for example..
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Godfrey Weber's General Music teacher: adapted to Self-Instruction, Both for Teachers and Learners;... Embracing also an extensive Dictionary of Musical Terms. Translated from the third German edition, with notes and additions by James F. Warner.
by Weber, Godfrey
Boston: J.H.Wilkins and R.B.Carter, 1841. Book. Lg 8vo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 135; 88. Covers browned, edges chipped, else very good. Imprints 5418..
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Raum, Zeit, Materie. Vorlesungen ueber allgemeine Relativitaetstheorie. Vierte, erweiterte Auflage. Mit 15 Textfiguren.
by Weyl, Hermann.
Berlin:: Julius Springer,, 1921. Book. 8vo, half morocco, marbled boards (quite worn at edges.). Pp. x, 300. Occasional penned marginal notes. Otherwise internally very good..
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