Livestock

First Edition. Very Good +/Fair. 1982. 1st printing, NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY. Photographs by William Albert Allard. Foreword by Thomas McGuane Little Brown & Co: Boston, (1982). Oblong quarto, blue denim cloth, in a dust wrapper, price cut, with one tear and a little worn. 144 pages, beautifully illustrated in full colour. A very good plus copy with the extra photographic process colour print laid in as issued. POSTAGE WITH TRACKING via French Post DELIVENGO

New Paltz, New York:: Amberwood Press,, 2014.. Edition of 200. 11 x 14"; 18 pages Digital offset. Spiral bound with pictorial laminated covers. Nava Atlas: "When I began working on Deconstructing Elsie, my purpose was to create a visual exploration of the dark side of the dairy industry in a nutshell, from the heartbreaking abuse of cows (as well as the discarded calves that become veal) to pollution of soil and water, dissemination of false information, and much more in between. What I didn't expect was to find such a huge intersection between the stark facts about Big Dairy and ideas about oppression as they pertain to patriarchy and misogyny. Altering midcentury Elsie the Cow advertisements seemed a perfect vehicle for presenting the disturbing themes in these intertwined subjects with a bit of levity. "In the preface of the feminist classic, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Carol J. Adams writes, 'What, or precisely who, we eat is determined by the patriarchal politics… Read More

New York: Hastings House, 1958. First edition / First Printing Green cloth. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trivial wear and darkening to the spine.

1870 1ed Domesticated Animals Mudie FARMING Agriculture Horses Color Illustrated

Robert Mudie was a 19th-century English journalist who took a special interest in ornithology and domesticated animals. This interest developed into several books on birds and 'pet' animals including 'Domesticated Animals'. This charming first edition of Mudie's work on domesticated animals focuses mainly on farm animals – horses, swine, poultry, goats, etc. – and how they differ from their wild counterparts. This work is finely illustrated with beautiful full-color engravings.

Item number: #7195
Price: $399
MUDIE, Robert
Domesticated Animals, popularly considered
Winchester: James Robbins, Orr & Co., [1870].

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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London: Blackie & Son, 1857. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, iv, 184pp. With seven lithographic plates, including folding frontispiece of a cow. Owners rubber and blind stamp on title page. Cloth somewhat worn o/w very good. The first part of the book is a translation from the French work of Magne, which contains information on external marks on cows pertaining to milking properties. Magne developed the "eschutheon" theory.

County Farm & Village Directory: Lancaster County, Nebraska 1916-1917. Winter, W. J.. Editorial: W. J. winter Farm Directory Co., Springfield, IL impossible to find hardbound,

London: Vincent Stuart Publishers LTD, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines now a unique historical classic, had a profound impact on public opinion and the quality of life of farmed animals when it was published in 1964. Harrison's work greatly increased public awareness of animal welfare and led to legal reforms, shaping our closer understanding of farm conditions today. Includes foreword by Rachel Carson.

8 pics-stated first edition; pictorial cover clean & sharp with minimal shelf wear; looks unread with tight binding & pristine pages; nice copy

Eckville AB, Spur of the Moment, 2002, oblong paperback (8.5" x 11"), 80 pp, One of 100 Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition copies in original slipcase, Fine condition, slight corner touches, in Very Near Fine brown, textured slipcase with gold spur decoration and gold spine lettering. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Slipcase untouched except for slightest of wear to corners. A compilation of hilarious, detailed, and vividly colorful cartoons of country life from the world renowned western artist and musician. Text by Phil Callaway, Forward by Boots Reynolds. ISBN 9780969530053

8 pics-beautiful copy; DJ has minimal shelf wear & a small closed tear on back edge; book is clean & sharp; signed by both authors; binding super tight; pages pristine
second edition 1996 SIGNED by both authors

1892 1st ed Profits in POULTRY Chicken Breeding Turkey FARMING Agriculture

A rare, late 19th-century historical account on poultry. This work, by Ferris and Weld, covers aspects of raising chickens, building chicken houses and coops, the market for eggs, artificial and natural incubation methods, breeding chickens, curing common chicken diseases, breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, and useful practices and hints for management.
This 1892 edition is profusely illustrated throughout!
Item number: #13540
Price: $499
FERRIS, T.M.; WELD M.
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds, and their profitable management.
New York : O. Judd Co., 1892. First edition.

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Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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Wilder Laura Ingalls: The Long Winter. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. BIOGRAPHY. Used. VG/Acceptable $2.95 Original Snowball fight Dust Jacket. Back panel of jacket is water- stained. The story of the hard winter of 1880-1881 in the Dakota Territory with the pioneer Ingalls Family. Little House on the Prairie series. 335 pages. 6 X 8 ¼.

No jacket. Blue cloth covers show some wear and have a bumped bottom corner. Interior pages have some underlining and several were paperclipped together, which have left some rust stains in the margins. Previous owner's names written inside front cover "Dan R. Clemson Mechnaicsburg, PA" and "Frank G. Clemson Bellefonte, PA". Solid binding, pages in good overall condition with some faint tanning to edges. 212 indexed pages with bibliography. Biography. American History. South Carolina. Agriculture. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Includes some black and white photo portraits. The book is divided into three sections. "His Life" deals with his career in chronological order. "His Service and His Dream" concerns his accomplishments and overall goals of his scientific research. "His Soul Marches On" concerns his legacy after death. Clemson was engaged in mining engineering, agricultural chemistry, agricultural research including research on the cattle disease Texas Fever, served as a diplomat… Read More

New York: A. O. Moore, 1860. hardcover. The American Farmer's Encyclopedia embracing all the recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, and the use of mineral, vegetable and animal manures, with descriptions and figures of American insects, injurious to vegetation. Being a complete guide for the cultivation of every variety of garden and field crops. Illustrated by numerous engravings of grasses, grains, animals, implements, insects, etc." -- Very rare. A.. Moore, 1860, 1179 pages, 11: x 7" x 3",in contemporary leather binding, cover with bumped corners and rubbing to the edges. Small loss at the bottom of the spine. Small damage to the free endpapers in the back. Pages and Illustrations very good. Ships from Hawaii.