Santa Rosa, California: Luther Burbank Society, 1914. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; seven color plates. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers. 6" x 4.5". Laid in is small broadside (9" x 5.75"), reprinting a February 2, 1914 editorial from the "Omaha News," declaiming "eugenist faddists" and praising Luther Burbank's perfection of the..... More
Scarborough, Maine: 1793. Original manuscript. Small folio, 2-1/4 pp, readable hand, sepia ink. Apthorp, a resident of New York City, accepts "Sixty pounds lawful money of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" in exchange for a tract of land with buildings in Scarborough "given by Benjamin Milliken to Nathaniel Wheelwright on the..... More
new York / Philadelphia: D. Appleton / Geo. S. Appleton, 1845. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. pp: 492 with index, (34) publisher's ads. Bound in modern red linen, printed paper spine label. 7.75" x 4.5" More
Boston: Massachusetts Fuel Saving Radiator Co., (1913). First Edition. Softcover. 20pp; four product illustrations. Bound in printed yellow wrappers. 6" x 3.5". Laid in is a handwritten letter (ALS) on pictorial company letterhead, offering to sell the recipient a used radiator for $ 7, or a new one for $12..... More
Georgetown, Massachusetts: 1842. Original documents. Four documents, written in various hands and inks on various papers. (1) Georgetown, Nov 30th, 1842 through Sept 7, 1843: lists 16 items (shoeing horse, new shoes, sharpening, nails for waggon, groning dasher, repair wagon, etc.), totaling $8.40, paid by Isaac Thompson. (2) Georgetown, 17..... More
Philadelphia: Mechling Bro's Manuf'g Co., 1896. 1st Edition. Soft cover. (36)pp. The handwritten entries occupy six or seven pages, and include: accounts receivable from various members of the South family (1896); debits to the estate of James South, Sr. and "airs" for life insurance, reassessment, mortgage, &c.; expenses on behalf..... More
Bridgeport, CT: Josiah B. Baldwin, 1834. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; woodcut eagle on cover, vignette scenes for each month. Dog-eared and lightly edge-chipped. Old notations inked in margins of some calendar pages, for example: "Inez came here to work ... Elias went from here ... Pardee came home ... Paid..... More
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Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis-Moline, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. 8pp quarto; illustrated throughout in colors. Detailed descriptions and promotional text. 12" x 9". Folds once to octavo size. "Farmers in all sections of the country are changing to the MM Hi-Klearance tractor plows...." More
Des Moines.Iowa: Kenyon Company Map Makers, 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Full-color map, opens to 18.5" x 32", including margins. Place-name index, census figures, shipping & postal guide on verso. Folds into printed, red card covers, 5.5" x 3". Printed inside front cover: "Don't waste time looking at poor land...come to..... More
St. Paul: State Board of Immigration, 1878. First Edition. Softcover. 88pp; small railway map in text; large, folding map of Minnesota shows towns, county lines, railroads, post offices, &c., detached from binding and laid in. Bound in printed green wrappers; lower tip chipped from cover, no text loss. 8.5" x...... More
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., 1880. First Edition. Softcover. 30pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. 7" x 4.75". Vertical crease. Examines the economic aspects of agriculture in the western states. "...For what he raises he gets a lower price, and for what he consumes he..... More
New York: James Miller, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: 345, (8) ads. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and device on spine; minor discoloration of binding, text block clean. 7.5" x 4.75" Builds on the 1862 Homestead Act, which granted settlers 160 acres of Federal land if they settled..... More
Glasgow & London: Blackie and Son, 1856. First issued 1855. Hardcover. Two 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. Old Agricultural Library bookplate on pastedown (owner not..... More
Glasgow & London: Blackie and Son, 1855. First issued 1855. Hardcover. 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..... More
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Reading, PA: Mt. Penn Stove Works, circa 1890s. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; 20 engraved illustrations of various models of Mt. Penn stoves. Also contains descriptions of the stoves, and many recipes. Bound in decorated orange wrappers, 5.75" x 3.5" [OCLC locates only the Hagley Museum holding of this trade catalog.]..... More
Ashland, Ohio: F.E. Myers & Bro. circa 1887. First Edition. Softcover. 48pp. Engraved illustrations throughout, with descriptions and prices, including: Myers Basket Spray Pumps, Perfect Knapsack Spray Pumps, Fountain Spray Pumps, Brass Barrel Spray Pump, Steel Barrel Cart, Double Acting Spray Pumps, Painting Machine, Hydraulic Spray Pump, Geared Power Spray..... More
Chicago: National Linseed Oil Co., circa 1900. First Edition. Softcover. (24)pp; 5 full-page illustrations of farm animals. Explains nutritional values of linseed cake, along with a page of text per animal telling how it should be fed and its benefits, with a woodcut picture on the facing page: Dairymen Use..... More
New England: Circa 1860. Original manuscript. Two pages, black ink in a light hand. She has been visiting relatives: spent a day with Eden, saw Mary Cole, had supper with Aunt Annie, etc. Visited the old homestead but hardly recognized it. Has to help Eden finish Martha's dress to wear..... More
1846-1848. Original manuscripts. Softcover. Three volumes in all, about 75pp written in a readable hand, most in ink, a few in pencil. Inside the cover of the first volume, it is noted that Charles H. Holland was Highway Surveyor, Giles Leach was School Superintendent, and Hanson Bedie was Tax Collector..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey Peach Council, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. 12pp; illustrations from photographs and paintings, some in color. Contains detailed descriptions of peach varieties and prices of peach trees. Bound in color-pictorial white wrappers, printed in green and orange. 10.25" x 7". Laid in is a small broadside..... More
Original manuscript. Broadside, calligraphed on vellum. In part: "Whereas James Newbold of Springfield Township in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey, Farmer (son of Caleb Newbold of same place) and Lydia Earl...Spinster (daughter of Michael Earl of same place) having declared their intention of marriage with each..... More
1901. Original manuscript. Hardcover. The main text of this diary comprises 183pp of neat, pencilled entries, along with 21pp of memoranda and cash accounts, and the usual printed almanac-type matter. In a wallet-style binding of maroon cloth, "Excelsior Diary" in gilt on the cover. 7" x 3.5" [Potsdam is some..... More
1888. Original manuscript. Hardcover. Pocket diary: 32pp of printed almanac material precede 183pp of diary entries (two days per page) on lined paper. Of the blanks left for memoranda, 11 contain notations penned in a legible hand. Signed on the front free-endpaper by Charles Briggs, Stockton, NY, 1888. Bound in..... More
Canton. NY: St. Lawrence County Agricultural Society, 1885. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Printed green wrappers; separated at spine, back cover chipped at edges. 8" x 5.25" The Premiums are dollar amounts for many classes and grades of farm animals as well as cheese, grains, vegetables, mechanic's work, farming implements, domestic..... More
Ithaca, NY: Journal Book & Commercial Printing House, 1887. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 60pp; occasional woodcut illus in text and ads. 9" x 6" Contains the programme of the four-day Fair; instructions to judges; list of premiums for all classes of livestock, domestic crafts, fresh and preserved foods, &c..... More