The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, By Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles
by Kames, Lord Henry Home
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1802. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. pp. xxxi, 438, (1). 22cm x 13.5cm. Portrait frontispiece. 3 engraved plates. nd. [circa1802]. Fifth edition. Contemporary binding of marbled paper-covereed boards with cloth spine. Chipping to edges of boards. Small mark to front board that has gone through to front pastedown and front free end-paper. Inner hinge between frontis and titlepage split, no lettering on spine. Published anonymously but by Lord Henry Home Kames.. 5th Ed.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92415
- Title
- The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, By Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles
- Author
- Kames, Lord Henry Home
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th Ed.
- Publisher
- Bell & Bradfute
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1802
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- ND
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.