Handwritten Iowa Farm Journal/Ledger (Story County)
by Nelson, Orville F. and Winifred M
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Shipley, Iowa): Boorum & Pease. Very Good. 1947-60. Journal. Handwritten account book of Orville F. and Winifred M. Nelson on a farm near Shipley in Story County, Iowa. Folio, approximately 14" H by 8.5" W. Red cloth binding to the spine and corners, with gilt stamping. The pebbled black cloth has staining to the front cover. Contents are mostly clean with a few scattered stains. Detailed accounts of personal and business expenses for the Nelson family. Entries for Labor, Cattle, Hogs, Chickens, Gas and Oil, Machinery, Seed, and Veterinary Bills. Other notations include doctor bills, Church, Farm Bureau and Donations. Includes some receipts, tax documents and other paperwork. After the 1952 entries there are a few pages documenting some travel to California, Cuba and Florida. The ledger concludes with the page heading, "Moved off the Farm, middle of Jan. 1960." The records begin in 1947. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22207
- Title
- Handwritten Iowa Farm Journal/Ledger (Story County)
- Author
- Nelson, Orville F. and Winifred M
- Format/Binding
- Journal
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Boorum & Pease
- Place of Publication
- (Shipley, Iowa)
- Date Published
- 1947-60
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
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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
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Folio
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