Essays on Practical Agriculture, Including His Prize Essays, Carefully Revised.
by BEATTY, Adam
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Maysville, KY., Collins & Brown. 1844. First edition. Approximately 8 1/4" x 5 1/4", publisher's dark brown cloth, pp. 293, + [295] - 298 testimonials. Includes chapters the agriculture of Kentucky, the cultivation of tobacco, hemp and corn, and breeding horses for agricultural purposes, etc. Moderate foxing throughout, corner of front free endpaper and one page corner torn away [no loss of text], dampstain with pronounced bubbling of cloth affecting bottom inch of front board, a small amount of dampstaining elsewhere on front board, small chip out of lower front gutter, else cloth covers are clean and bright, with the binding tight. Scarce..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13475
- Title
- Essays on Practical Agriculture, Including His Prize Essays, Carefully Revised.
- Author
- BEATTY, Adam
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maysville, KY., Collins & Brown. 1844. First edition.
- Keywords
- KENTUCKY; AGRICULTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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