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
Burlington, Iowa: Egbert, Fidlar, & Chambers, Printers, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. 51pp; frontispiece portrait, tissue guard; other illustrations from portraits and views, one full-page. Bound in printed wrappers; two chips from rear cover, else clean and tight. 9" x 5.75" More
![A COLLECTION OF FRESH FACTS, CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY ON THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION, THE PRICES OF STEEL RAILS, WOOLEN AND COTTON GOODS, SALT, AND OTHER ARTICLES, THE WAGES OF LABOR, ETC., ETC. Tariff Tract No. 2, 1882 [cover title]. American Iron, Steel Association.](/pictures/040477.jpg)
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
1893. Original manuscript. 123 pages of legible entries, written in pencil, three entries per page. Preceded by 38pp of printed matter, including weight, shirt and shoe sizes. Diary entries are followed by 36pp labeled "accounts," although 15 of those pages contain additions to the diary, a list of books read... More
1933. Original manuscript. Hardcover. Daily entries written in a legible hand on lined paper, cover the period of 8 January 1933 to 8 January 1934. Bound in a stained, slightly warped volume with red cloth covers, "Date Book 1933" stamped on front. Contents are clean and intact, and all pages... 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
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
Santa Rosa, California: Luther Burbank Society, 1913. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp; four color plates, including centerfold. Bound in pictorial tan wrappers. 6" x 4.5" [WorldCat locates only the Huntington and UC-Berkeley holdings of this eugenics title.]. More
Pittsburgh, PA: Axtell, Bush & Co., [1898]. Printed on card stock (6.25" x 3.75") in red and blue, featuring an Uncle Sam figure on the recto and a waving American flag on the verso. Uncle Sam carries a valise labeled "National Stockman and Farmer." Text in part: "How d'ye do!... 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
![THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN IN CALIFORNIA [cover title]. California / La Mirada Land Company.](/pictures/040280.jpg)
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[Chicago]: [Rand, McNally & Co.], (1896). First Edition. Softcover. 48pp; frontispiece and 17 other illustrations from photographs, map (7"x7"). Bound in pictorial cream wrappers, cover picture, red lettering. Small dampmark at foot of spine, otherwise in fine condition. 7" x 4.5" With Andrew McNally as President, and E.D. Neff as... More
![THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. Containing Essays, Original and Selected. relating to Agriculture and Domestic Economy, with the Prices of Country Produce. Vol. XIX--New Series Vol. IX [complete in 52 issues], July 8, 1840 - June 30, 1841 + index. Allen Putnam.](/pictures/040278.jpg)
![THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. Containing Essays, Original and Selected. relating to Agriculture and Domestic Economy, with the Prices of Country Produce. Vol. XIX--New Series Vol. IX [complete in 52 issues], July 8, 1840 - June 30, 1841 + index.](/pictures/040278_2.jpg?v=1540503733)
Boston: Joseph Breck and Company, 1840-1841. First Editions. Softcover. Broadsheets, folded to quarto, pp: 1 to 416 + 4-page index [8 to 16 pages per issue]. Includes many agricultural articles, including: Ayershire cattle, Shaker barns, beach grass, Brother Jonathan's wife's advice, cattle shows, cheese in Ohio, docking horses, Englishman's account... 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
Pittsburgh, Pa. & Buffalo, N.Y. Axtell, Bush & Co., 1892. First Edition. Softcover. 20pp, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Topics in this issue include: Are the Fairs Declining; Moving to Town; Discard the Use of the Whip; Boarding Western Horses; Swine Department; Horse and Horseman; In the Foothills; Experiments... More
Pittsburgh, Pa. & Buffalo, N.Y. Axtell, Bush & Co., 1892. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Topics in this issue include: The Reach of Chicago Cattle; Domesticated vs. Wild Meats; Breeding Horses; Swine Department; Sheep Husbandry; The Wool Trade; Dairy Department; Poultry Department; Tobacco in Western... More
Hartford, Conn. Mason C. Weld, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. (16)pp, quarto (12.75" x 9.75"); pictorial banner on first page. Articles include: Hints on Horses; Exhibition of the U.S. Agricultural Society at Louisville; City Folks' Farming; Recipes; List of Patents; Connecticut Agriculture; State Fair; plus 3pp classified ads. More
![[broadside] PROTECT THE BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS! ... April 4, 1881. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.](/pictures/040239.jpg)
Boston: MSPCA, 1881. Original document. "...The penalty is ten dollars for killing each bird, and for wilfuly destroying, disturbing or taking their nests or eggs, the same sum; one-half of the fine goes to the complainant, and one-half to the city or town....Parents and teachers are especially entreated to instruct... More
Chicago: American Milling Co., 1905. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp, quarto; frontispiece, text illustrations, and large centerfold sketch showing a couple with a bag of golf clubs, embracing on a hill, and a boy peeping over the crest, captioned: "Slow Game! Kid Brother -- 'Maw said youse was playing golf--are you?'"... More
Quincy, Illinois: Electric Wheel Co., (1905). First Edition. Softcover. (48)pp; illustrated throughout text, two plates in color. Contains promotional text, detailed descriptions, prices, and testimonials. Products include: Heavy Farm and Logging Wheels; Wheels with Wooden Felloes; Farm Implements and Cart Wheels; Electric Handy Wagon; Electric Farm Wagon; One-horse Electric Wagon;... More