Agriculture from JimsOldBooks

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 2008. No dustwrapper (as issued). Very slight bumping to outer corners of black boards, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being volume 18 of the Fifth Series of the Scottish History Society's publications. A diary kept by one James Wilson of the farm of Upper Knowes, Banffshire between 1879… Read more about this item

Auckland, NZ: HarperCollins, 2012. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The story of Mt. Aspiring Station, a sheep-farm in Otago between Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island. The Aspinall family have farmed here since 1920. A heavy book, packaged weight… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1947. Minor creasing and a few small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains pieces by various authors on aspects of smallholding and small-scale farming as of the immediate post WW2 period in Britain, namely: ''A Small… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. Some creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a tear at the top left-hand side of front panel, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Written during WW2 and aimed at young people taking an interest in farming but… Read more about this item

Tiverton, Devon: Exmoor Books, 2002. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of the hard-cover book. Originally published in 1978, a collection of pieces by the author on living a self-sufficient life in a remote area of Exmoor. 135pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

London: James Ridgway, 1848. No dustwrapper, some wear to the edges and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this little book, also known as ''Johnson's Rural Reader''. Contains short passages aimed at young children in the mid nineteenth century, mostly on topics relating to agriculture such as ''The Fallow Field'', ''The Corn Field'',… Read more about this item

London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1935. No dustwrapper, fading to spine of green cloth-covered boards but black titles thereon are still clear, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of pieces by the author on the English countryside and rural life, all originally published in the ''Daily Herald''. 260pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan & Company, 1908. No dustwrapper, ex Tropical Institute Library copy with ink stamps for same and for ''African Tropical Services'' inside front board, on f/ep, half-title, title page and rev and on preface page. Some shelf wear to spine ends and corners of mustard coloured cloth-covered boards, spine a bit discoloured but black and red titles and… Read more about this item