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Anon. Agriculture, Horticulture, Live Stock, Mining and Oil Section: the Rocky Mountain News Sunday, Dec. 28, 1924
Pages are yellowed, printed in black and red, several minor tears. . This is a complete section of a newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News. The entire original 12-page first section is included. This is an end-of-year summary of activities, and includes statistics for the year for many products. It also includes many short articles, classified ads, many other ads including full-page ads for the University of Denver and The Rock Island Railroad line; much more. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 12 pages. U6 Denver, CO. Denver, CO Rocky Mountain News 1924 1st Edition Softcover Good with no dust jacket 28272
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Bailey, F. G. Caste and the Economic Frontier; A Village in Highland Orissa
Dust jacket has edge-creasing, one-inch closed tear and several tiny tears. Spine is sunned. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has two mildly bumped corners, small and innocuous name stamp and hand-written address of former owner on first endpaper. Contents are excellent, with very tight binding, clean and crisp pages. Book appears unread. . Classic sociological-economic study of a small Hindu village in the Orissa Hills of India. Includes 8 pages of plates as well as tables, charts, and maps. An excellent copy. This is the first Indian edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 292 pages. G3 Oxford University Press, Indian Branch 1958 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket 29664
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Barger, E. L. , Walter M. Carleton, E. G. McKibben, and Roy Bainer Farm Tractors and Power Units
Brown card covers are beginning to split at joint, creasing, soiling, bump to bottom edge. Pages are unmarked, binding is tight. . This is evidently the first printing, self published, of a book published two years later by John Wiley in 1952 and entitled Tractors and Their Power Units, with the same four authors. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. ~200 pages. B0 Ames, Iowa. Ames, Iowa Self Published 1950 1st Edition Softcover Good 23863
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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman The Everglades: River of Grass
Top page ends darkened, light foxing to small areas of extremities of green cloth cover and endpages. Jacket has light edgewear, light soil on back panel and 1/2" chip at bottom edge of back panel. Front panel is clean, bright, colorful, and extremely attractive. Jacket is protected with acid-free mylar cover. . The second printing of this classic work. . Rivers of America Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 406 pages. E7 Rinehart & Company 1947 2nd Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by Robert Fink 17571
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Gordon, Solon A. and Melvin J. Cohen, Eds. Gravity and the Organism
Dust jacket is rubbed at extremities with two short tears, faded spine, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Covers of book have a few scuff marks, blacked-out owner name to first endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Thirty-nine scholarly papers address aspects of the general subject. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings. Papers from the 1967 interdisciplinary symposium on the influence of gravity on living matter, sponsored by the National Academy of Science and NASA. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 474 pages. H1 University of Chicago Press 1971 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket 25784
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McNab, Nora Stangland Onion Avenue
No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. Women and life on an onion farm in northern Indiana in the late 1930s. Glossy pictorial cover, 208p. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on half title page. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. H4 Minot, ND. Minot, ND North American Heritage Press 1991 Softcover Fine 14171
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Melderis, Dr. A. / Bangerter, E. B. , Eds. A Handbook of British Flowering Plants
Jacket has light rubbing to extremities, laminate is just beginning to peel at back cover, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Corner of first free endpaper has been clipped. Binding is tight, pages are crisp and unmarked, the book appears unread. An attractive copy. . A major work, this book has 24 color plates, each depicting ten plants, and 220 line diagrams. Maroon cloth covers with bright gilt titles. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 359 pages. H1 NY. NY Abelard-Schuman 1959 1st US Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket 22341
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Secretary Of Agriculture [United States of America] Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1890
Light scuffing and soil to black cloth covers, slightly sunned and dulled gilt titles to spine. Page ends are darkened. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Consists of 21 separate reports by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Division Chiefs, and Special Agents. Topics treated include silk reeling; agricultural statistics on corn, wheat, and cotton production; edible mushrooms; various plant diseases; several fruits and much more. Includes 46 plates, 14 in full color. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 612 pages. H1 Washington DC. Washington DC Government Printing Office 1890 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 25790
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Sellars, David Kelly & William Mayne Longnecker & Mamie Eppler Nature's Wonderland
Green cloth covers are a little rubbed at extremities, owner bookplate on first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. This is a beautiful copy. . A gorgeous and authoritative introduction to science for older children, beautifully illustrated by b/w line drawings and many full color illustrations which are probably done in colored pencil. This is the first edition hardcover, not the later paperback reprint. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 363 pages. T6 Dallas. Dallas Southern Publishing Co 1938 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket 27831
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Staten, Hi W. ; Melvin D. Jones Farm Crops: Judging, Identification and Grading
Slight sunning to spine, minor corner bump to front cover. Green cloth covers with silver titles. . Designed as a comprehensive textbook in judging and identification of farm crops and the training of judging teams in high schools and colleges. Glossary, bibliography, index. Illustrated with b/w photos. Printed on coated paper. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 251 pages. C1 Philadelphia. Philadelphia Blakiston Company 1951 Hardcover Near Fine with no dust jacket 24081
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