Search Results: Agriculture (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Horace Cox, London, first edition, 1908. Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover device, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, 8vo,. 228 pp, plates. Approximately 500 entries. McDonald gives interesting accounts of the various writers, with a great number of facsimile pages, title-pages and extracts from their works. Trifle rubbed at head and tail of spine, otherwise near Very Good.

Horace Cox, London, first edition, 1908. Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover device, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, 8vo,. 228 pp, plates. Approximately 500 entries. McDonald gives interesting accounts of the various writers, with a great number of facsimile pages, title-pages and extracts from their works. Pencil note on front free endpaper states : "C H Warren's copy". Covers a little rubbed and spine ends slightly worn, top edge duststained, Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1968 reprint of 1908 first edition. Cloth, large 8vo,. 228 pp, facs. Slightly rubbed, otherwise Near Very Good.

Horace Cox, London, first edition, 1908. Cloth, marbled endpapers, 8vo,. 228 pp, plates. Approximately 500 entries. Very Good.

Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, first separate edition, 1971. Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm,. [x], 302 pp. Approximately 1,500 entries. A separate volume containing the bibliographical entries relating to bibliographies on Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and related subjects extracted from the 5 volumes of Besterman's monumental "A world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes, and the like" (4th and best edition). The coverage is geographically very wide-ranging, and includes both separately published books and monographs and serial publications (though not bibliographies appearing in periodicals). Classified arrangement (an author index would have been valuable). Besterman's indication of the approximate number of entries contained in each work is particularly useful. Top edge of textblock mildly smokestained, otherwise Very Good.

University of Reading (Museum of English Rural Life), Reading, first edition, 1967. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. vii, 34 pp. From the introduction: "Mr. Fussell is a very exceptional man. He was for many years the only scholar who devoted himself exclusively to the agricultural history of this country and the number and scope of his publications on the subject never has been, and possibly never will be, exceeded. An ex-library copy with a tapemark and minor marks to the front wrapper, label on the front inside wrapper and stamp on the verso of the title-page, otherwise Good.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Very Good.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Smokestaining to top edge of textblock and frontpanel of dustwrapper, offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper flaps, otherwise Good in a used and somewhat torn… Read More

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Very Good in used, price-clipped and slightly chipped dustwrapper.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper with a minor closed tear.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Offsetting to endpapers, occasional minor foxing, otherwise Good in a price-clipped and slightly chipped dustwrapper with a tiny tear to the spine-panel.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1950. Cloth, 8vo,. vii, 186 pp, ills. Approximately 350 entries. From the preface: "The eighteenth century was remarkable for the advance that was made in farmìng practicc, and a definite period of that advance lies between the publication of Tull's work and the formation of the Board of Agriculture in 1793 : so the limits to which I have confined myself in this book are justified by external circuinstances.Parallel with the advance in practice was a large increase in the number of books on farming and kindred subjects that was published. ...I have tried to leave out purely botanical works.. my intention has been to catalogue only books on vegetable, fruit, and flower production, however unwarily I may have been seduced by the charms of some that are outside my limits. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper with some offsetting to front free endpaper, upper fore-edge corners bumped, otherwise Good.

Aberdeen Rare Books, London, 1978 reprint in one volume of the 1947-1950 editions. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. 2 vols in 1, cloth, 8vo,. 141 pp, 16, v, 186 pp,. Approximately 350 entries. Fussell's classic account of the early English farming books was originally published in two volumes: his 1947 study The Old English Farming Books from FitzHerbert to Tull, 1523 to 1730 being followed in 1950 by More Old English Farming Books from Tull to the Board of Agriculture, 1731 to 1793. This Aberdeen Rare Books reprint collects the two volumes in one book for the first time. Name and date on front free endpaper, otherwise Near Fine in a sightly faded dustwrapper with minor marks.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1947. Cloth, 8vo,. 141 pp, 16 ills. Approximately 350 entries. The classic account of the first two centuries of English farming books. From the introduction: "First and foremost, of course, I have tried to supply a collation of all the editions of these works that were printed during the period laid down, slightly more than two centuries, from 1523 to 1730." Contents: I. Introduction; II. Tudor Times; III. The Age of Markham; IV. The Age of Hartlib; V. The Age of Worlidge and Houghton; VI. The Age of Richard Bradley; Bibliography; Appendix; Index. Very Good.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1947. Cloth, 8vo,. 141 pp, 16 ills. Approximately 350 entries. The classic account of the first two centuries of English farming books. From the introduction: "First and foremost, of course, I have tried to supply a collation of all the editions of these works that were printed during the period laid down, slightly more than two centuries, from 1523 to 1730." Contents: I. Introduction; II. Tudor Times; III. The Age of Markham; IV. The Age of Hartlib; V. The Age of Worlidge and Houghton; VI. The Age of Richard Bradley; Bibliography; Appendix; Index. Good in a duststained dustwrapper which is torn with loss.

Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd., London, first edition, 1947. Cloth, 8vo,. 141 pp, 16 ills. Approximately 350 entries. The classic account of the first two centuries of English farming books. From the introduction: "First and foremost, of course, I have tried to supply a collation of all the editions of these works that were printed during the period laid down, slightly more than two centuries, from 1523 to 1730." Contents: I. Introduction; II. Tudor Times; III. The Age of Markham; IV. The Age of Hartlib; V. The Age of Worlidge and Houghton; VI. The Age of Richard Bradley; Bibliography; Appendix; Index. Very Good in a Good dustwrapper.

Aberdeen Rare Books, London, 1978 reprint in one volume of the 1947-1950 editions. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. 2 vols in 1, cloth, 8vo,. 141 pp, 16, v, 186 pp,. Approximately 350 entries. Fussell's classic account of the early English farming books was originally published in two volumes: his 1947 study The Old English Farming Books from FitzHerbert to Tull, 1523 to 1730 being followed in 1950 by More Old English Farming Books from Tull to the Board of Agriculture, 1731 to 1793. This Aberdeen Rare Books reprint collects the two volumes in one book for the first time. Copy No. 240. Age-toning to the margins of the plates and yellow spotting to the endpapers and inside panels of the dustwrapper, otherwise Very Good in a rather sunned and lightly soiled dustwrapper.