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A Love of the Land
by Darrell Sifford
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0897950100
- ISBN 13
- 9780897950107
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$8.26NZ$5.78
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Farm Journal Books, 1980 Farm Journal Books, Philadelphia, PA. 1980. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; slight shelfwear to bottom tips, head and tail; two areas of bumped textblock. DJ: VG+; slight chipping to cover at head; rubbing and light surface scratches to cover. Green cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine and front board. 272 pp. 8ov. The author left his comfortable life in Philadelphia to travel the country and find out what it is like to be a farmer in this country. The most realistic book about farm life in America and how it has evolved into a much more complex agricultural community. Technology and computer have invaded, but traditional values still abound. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003694
- Title
- A Love of the Land
- Author
- Darrell Sifford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897950100
- ISBN 13
- 9780897950107
- Publisher
- Farm Journal Books
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Farm Life, American Values, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, animal science, dairy science, crop science, world economy, food markets, agricultural markets, cattle rancher, environmental laws
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
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