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
Winston-Salem, NC: Taylor Brothers, circa 1952. First Edition. Softcover. (24)pp blank leaves for notes (unused), promotional text printed inside covers. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.5" x 3" [Unrecorded by OCLC.]. More
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Allentown, Pennsylvania: Robert A. Reichard, (1952). First Edition. Softcover. (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..... More
Chicago: Swift & Company, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. 64pp text, including 32 unused pages for addresses and notes; illustrated from color photos of weather events, 1952 calendar inside back. The text details the use of Swift's New Process Plant Foods. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.5" x 3.25" [Unrecorded by..... More
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Atlanta, Georgia: Armour Fertilizer Works, 1950. First Edition. Softcover. (6)pp text, 32pp of unused pages for notes; 1950 & 1951 calendars inside covers. The text includes: Fertilizer placement; suitable ph range for various crops; measuring grain; double strength fertilizers; gestation table; rate of seeding and weight per bushel of farm..... More
Bloomington, Illinois: Funk Bros. Seed Co., 1949. First Edition. Softcover. 64pp, including 48 unused notebook pages. The text speaks to commercial growers: US corn crop for 1948; seed corn per acre; shelling percent of ear corn; how to compute yields; market corn requirements; data on fertilizer; etc. Bound in color-pictorial..... More
Bloomington, Illinois: Funk Bros. Seed Co., 1954. First Edition. Softcover. 64pp, including 48 unused notebook pages. The text speaks to commercial growers: number and length of rows per acre; how to compute yields; how to correct for moisture content; computing capacity of cribs; capacity of silos; U.S. corn crop in..... More
Norfolk, Virginia: F.S. Royster Guano Co., 1934. First Edition. Softcover. (48)pp, including 32 unused pages for memoranda; map locating Royster's Baltimore factory. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 5.25" x 3" [Unrecorded by OCLC.]. More
Allentown, PA: Robt. A. Reichard, Inc., (1938). First Edition. Softcover. (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.]. More
Durham, North Carolina: Liggett & Myers, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. 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..... More
Reamstown, Pennsylvania: East Cocalico Community Fair Committee, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. 20pp. Contains the names of all committeemen and judges. The program includes: solo musical performances; two one-act plays; prizes for field crops, fancy work, vegetables, poultry and eggs, fruits and nuts, canned goods, baked goods; and ads for local..... More
Reamstown, Pennsylvania: East Cocalico Community Fair Committee, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp. Contains the names of all committeemen and judges. The program includes: vocal and instrumental music; a toy pageant; three one-act plays; prizes for field crops, fancy work, vegetables, poultry and eggs, fruits and nuts, canned goods, baked goods;..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: (v), 141 with title and author indices; 16 full-page illustrations. Bound in green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, pictorial dust wrapper. 8.75" x 5.75" More
Medina, Ohio: A.I. Root Co., 1903. First Edition. Softcover. 37pp; illustrations in the text. Contains detailed descriptions and prices of many different forms of hives, along with honey boxes, wax extractors, honey extractors, honey knives, smokers, honey jars and cans, beekeeping books, live bees and queens, &c. Bound in pictorial..... More
Philadelphia: John Trenwith, 1876. Original photographs. One card containing two albumen images of the Agricultural Hall. Labeled "Centennial Views, Phila. - New Excelsior Series." On the verso: "Manufactured by John Trenwith, Stationer and News Dealer, No. 608 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia." 3.5" x 7" to fit into a stereoscope for viewing..... More
Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 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..... More
Cambridge: University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1880. First Edition. Softcover. 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" More
New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. First Separate Edition. Softcover. 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.]. More
New York: Chicopee Guano Co., 1894. First Edition. 8pp, printed on one foldout leaf of tan stock. Contains a detailed introduction to the Chicopee fertilizers, with details and prices of their brands: A-1; Farmers' Reliable; Potato Grower; Corn and Wheat Mixture; Fruit and Vine Success; Hope Manure. Folds to 6"..... More
London: Vanity Fair, 1889. First Edition. 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. More
Iola, Kansas: Laude Printing Co., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 647pp; frontispiece, full-page and text illustrations from photographs. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering; spine color faded. 8" x 5.5" [Adams, Rampaging Herd 1310.]. 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
Rockford, Illinois: R.H. Shumway, Seedsman, [1920s?]. Early edition. Softcover. 60pp; few illustrations from photographs, planting-zone map. Detailed guide to the culture of vegetables and fruits, arranged alphabetically. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers. 7" x 5" Pioneer American Seedsmen, established in 1870. More
San Antonio, Texas: Branch Office, Texas Wool Grower, Jan. 17, 1883. First Edition. Softcover. 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..... More
Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chicago: Axtell, Bush & Co., 1900. First Editions. Softcover. 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..... More