The farmer's calendar: containing the business necessary to be performed on various kinds of farms during every month of the year
by YOUNG, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1805. xi, [1], 638pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. A revised and greatly enlarged edition of Arthur Young's (1741-1820) immensely popular agricultural vade mecum. First published in 1771, the book went through 10 editions in Young's lifetime. . Sixth edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ29273
- Title
- The farmer's calendar: containing the business necessary to be performed on various kinds of farms during every month of the year
- Author
- YOUNG, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1805
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Agriculture
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...