The American Farm Book or Compendf of American Algriculture: being a Practical Treatise on Soild, Manure, Draining, Irrigation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, Cotton Tobacco, Sugare Cene, Rice and every Staple Product of the United States with the Best Method of Planting, Cultivating, and Preparation for Market
by Allen, R. L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pleasant Valley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Good. The first of several editions of The American Farm Book, complete with over 100 illustrations. PReceeded in 1847 by A Brief Compend of American Algriculture.
Ex school library accoring to handwritten note on front endpage. Blind-stamped cover with somewhat faded gilt lettering and vingnette on spine. Pages are all foxed but clearly readable. There has been some folding of the edg of pages, especially near the front and the binding is slightly loose at the front, although all pages still attached. Some damage to frontispiece.
Ex school library accoring to handwritten note on front endpage. Blind-stamped cover with somewhat faded gilt lettering and vingnette on spine. Pages are all foxed but clearly readable. There has been some folding of the edg of pages, especially near the front and the binding is slightly loose at the front, although all pages still attached. Some damage to frontispiece.
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- Bookseller
- BRYAN BUNCH BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230
- Title
- The American Farm Book or Compendf of American Algriculture
- Author
- Allen, R. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- C.M. Saxton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
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- PVFL;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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