Animal Husbandry
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La nouvelle maison rustique : ou Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne ; l̀a maniere de les entretenir & de les multiplier ; donnée ci-devant au public
by LIGER, Louis
1775 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Rustique Falconry
Louis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting,... Read more about this item
Louis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting,... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,860.84
Dairy Farming, being the theory, practice and methods of dairying. By J.P. Sheldon. Assisted by leading authorities in various countries.
by SHELDON, John P
1880 1ed Dairy Farming by Sheldon Agriculture Cattle Color Illustrated Milk Cows
John Sheldon's 'Dairy Farming' is one of, if not the most important late 19th-century British treatises on farming and maintaining dairy cattle. This book covers a variety of topics including how to breed dairy cows, feeding with plants and weeds, milking, how to sell and trade milk, as well as the milk and dairy industry in various countries including America and Canada.
While the contents of this work are important,... Read more about this item
John Sheldon's 'Dairy Farming' is one of, if not the most important late 19th-century British treatises on farming and maintaining dairy cattle. This book covers a variety of topics including how to breed dairy cows, feeding with plants and weeds, milking, how to sell and trade milk, as well as the milk and dairy industry in various countries including America and Canada.
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NZ$848.00
American Farmer's Encyclopedia (1860, 1179 pages)
by by Gouverneur Emerson, of Pennsylvania
New York: A. O. Moore, 1860. hardcover. The American Farmer's Encyclopedia embracing all the recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, and the use of mineral, vegetable and animal manures, with descriptions and figures of American insects, injurious to vegetation. Being a complete guide for the cultivation of every variety of garden and field crops. Illustrated by numerous engravings of grasses, grains, animals, implements, insects, etc." -- Very rare. A.. Moore, 1860, 1179 pages, 11: x 7" x 3",in...
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NZ$365.37
Cattle on the Conejo
by Russell, J. H
Los Angeles: Thomas Litho. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing hardcover. Inscribed by Russell to the half title page. Sunning, rubbing and mild soil to cloth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages; Signed by Author .
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NZ$50.97
Farm Animal Portraits
by Moncrieff, Elspeth; Joseph, Stephen; Joseph, Iona
Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. 4to., 9 1/2" x 11", 304pp., over 400 illustrations (325 in full color). Blue cloth with gilt titles, color pictorial endpapers. "In the late eighteenth century livestock breeding swept the country with the urgency of any newly created fashion. The livestock portraits of the day form the only record of many of these early breeds which are now...
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NZ$169.94
THE ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR AND LIVE-STOCK ENCYCLOPAEDIA, Including Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry. to Which Has Been Added a Complete History of Bees.
by Manning, J. Russell
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1882. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1082 pages; Some old tape repair on inside front and rear hinges. Doesn't look bad. Light rubbing and wear to 3/4 leather covers. .
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NZ$254.91
Morgan Horses
by Peggy Jett Pittenger
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1967. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1967 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. 287p.
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NZ$50.90
The House Of Morrell
by Lawrence Oakley Cheever
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Elmer Jacobs. 1948, First edition. Hardcover, original cloth. 303 pp. Beautiful color illustrations that look like they were lithographically produced. Very Good, no dust jacket. Light rubbing and handling to the covers; clean text.
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NZ$59.39
Anleitung Zur Kaninchenzucht
by Russo, Alfred
Wien Und Leipzig: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1920. 9th Edtion . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 90 Seitenmit 24 schw/weiss Abbildungen. Halbleineneinband.
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NZ$16.91
Stock Book. Rural Efficiency Guide Volume 4
by Humphrey, G. C
Columbus, OH: The People's Efficiency Publishing Co, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 448 pages with b/w illustrations. Brown cloth (some 1/8 inch loss to front cover along the front cover in a couple of spots.
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NZ$15.21
Skizzirte Darstellung der Verhandlung über Schafzucht und Wolle, welche bei der Versammlung des mährisch-schlesischen Schafzüchter-Vereins in Brünn, am 16. und 17. Mai 1826 Statt gefunden.
by Lauer, J. C
Brünn: Traßler, 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. Sm 8vo. Brünn 1827. Sm 8vo. 176 pages. New buckram binding. Library stamp on title page. Else very good. Klein 8vo. 176 Seiten. Neuer Leineneinband. Büchereistempel auf der Titelseite. Sonst sehr gut.
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NZ$134.25
Le Vinti Giornate Dell’ Agricoltura et de’ Piaceri Della Villa
by Agostino Gallo
TREATISE ON AGRICULTUREIllustrated with 19 full-page wood engraved plates of agricultural tools and equipment.Agostino Gallo was a famous agronomist who introduced the cultivation of rice and wheat in Italy. This treatise on agriculture describes in detail various farming practices; the quality of the soils; the cultivation of alfalfa, vine plants, gardens, etc.; and the cows, oxen, sheep, goats, horses, and donkeys who were an integral part of the process.8vo. Limp remounted vellum. Venice, Camillo...
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NZ$2,124.25
Lost Trails of the Cimarron
by Harry E. Chrisman
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1998. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 2nd Edition/First Printing by Line Number of the OU Edition. This book is a copy of the 1964 revised second edition by Swallow Press thus although it is a first printing run by OU the 2nd edition designation continues with it. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the title page. Book Condition: Near Fine; small splash stain on textblock fore edge near low tip; light...
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NZ$22.09
The Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America
by Paul I. Wellman
Cooper Square Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Miller, F. 433 pages. Light shelf wear to the red covers, pages toned; a tight binding; very good shape. No jacket. Illustrator: Miller, F.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; ISBN: 0815404905. Inventory No: 188772. .
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NZ$10.20
Quarter Horse Reference: 1975 Supplement
by Wagoner, Don M. (ed)
Grapevine, TX, USA: Equine Research Publications, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 61pp, 142pp, [4pp]. Textured red boards w gold star motif and gold lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Mild bumping to bottom corners, no edgewear. Binding square and sound. Quarto. Includes Errata to Quarter Horse Reference 1975 Supplement.
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NZ$37.28
Cow Country
by DALE, Edward Everett
Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 265pp. Bookplate of Dolph Judd consisting of an original platinum print photograph of cattle else very fine in very fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy.
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NZ$254.91
Instructions to Young Ornithologists: Bird Biology
by J. D. MacDonald
London: Museum Press, 1959. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1959 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. DJ present, in plastic wrap. Ex-Library with standard markings. Flyleaf removed. 128p.
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NZ$18.61
THE SHEPHERDS OF THE WORLD A Photographic Record
by Cooper, William
Berkhamstead: William Cooper & Nephews, 1920. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo illustrated stapled wraps with elegant red accents. (28pp). Illustrated with remarkable sepia portraits of shepherds from countries all around the world, one each representing New Zealand, Australia, S. Africa, Japan, Chile, Germany, Bolivia, U.S., Russia, Holland, Spain, Bulgaria, France, China, Peru, Brazil, India, Iceland, Argentine, Hungary, Uruguay, Algeria, Turkey, Italy, & a one-page composite of England,...
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NZ$694.03
Lost Trails of the Cimarron
by Chrisman, Harry E
Denver, Co.: Sage Books, 1964 Hardcover. 8vo. 313pp. Endpaper map of the Cimarron region, showing old cow towns, Railroads, forts, trails, rivers, etc. Illustrated with archival photographs. No names or other markings. Otherwise nice d/j with a few closed edgetears, smaller tears top of spine panal, still, Fine in Good, unclipped d/j in jacket protector.
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NZ$33.99
Defining the Laboratory Animal
Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1971. Hardcover. Fair. 1971. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. 628p.
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NZ$40.70
![THE INRICHMENT OF THE WEALD OF KENT or A Direction the the Husbandman, for the true Ordering, Manuring, and Inriching of all the Grounds within the Wealds of Kent, and Sussex .. By G.M. [Bound With] MARKHAM'S FAREWELL TO HUSBANDRY: or, The Enriching of all Sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation, to be as fruitfull in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasses, as the best grounds whatsoever .. By G.M.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/663/383/724383663.0.b.jpg)
THE INRICHMENT OF THE WEALD OF KENT or A Direction the the Husbandman, for the true Ordering, Manuring, and Inriching of all the Grounds within the Wealds of Kent, and Sussex .. By G.M. [Bound With] MARKHAM'S FAREWELL TO HUSBANDRY: or, The Enriching of all Sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation, to be as fruitfull in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasses, as the best grounds whatsoever .. By G.M.
by Markham,Gervase] (1568?-1637) G.M. (on titlepage)
London: Printed by W.Wilson for George Sawbridge, 1660. Hardcover. Very Good. Floral headpieces & historiated intial coloured read + 2nd work with added text illustrations as well as the above decorations.. Two Works in One small quarto 183x140mm rebound in full brown levant on 4 raised bands with 2 black spine labels gilt and gilt date to foot of spine. Newer edpapers, small bookplate of Alan John Jarvis, [iv]+20pp; [vi]+126+[4]pp Table. Long ownership inscription on back of titlepage (John Thomas...
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NZ$988.73
A New Guide to the Birds of Taiwan
by Sheldon R. Severinghaus, Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
Taipei: Mei Ya Publications Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Susan R. Blackshaw. 1976 First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. No DJ. Bumped corners. Wearing on covers and spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Stated First Printing. Contains embossed stamp from previous owner. Includes eight color plates. 222p.
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NZ$42.40
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds, and their profitable management.
by FERRIS, T.M.; WELD M
1892 1st ed Profits in POULTRY Chicken Breeding Turkey FARMING Agriculture
A rare, late 19th-century historical account on poultry. This work, by Ferris and Weld, covers aspects of raising chickens, building chicken houses and coops, the market for eggs, artificial and natural incubation methods, breeding chickens, curing common chicken diseases, breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, and useful practices and hints for management.
This 1892 edition is profusely illustrated throughout!
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A rare, late 19th-century historical account on poultry. This work, by Ferris and Weld, covers aspects of raising chickens, building chicken houses and coops, the market for eggs, artificial and natural incubation methods, breeding chickens, curing common chicken diseases, breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, and useful practices and hints for management.
This 1892 edition is profusely illustrated throughout!
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NZ$848.00
VICTORIA: A PIG IN A PRAM
by Chase, Mary Ellen
NY W.W. Norton 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. Fine in a very good, clipped dj. Illustrated by Paul Kennedy. Small chip missing from upper dj edge. 59 pages, reinforced cloth. Story of the author's childhood as one of nine chidlren in rural Maine & of Victoria, the Chase's adored & pampered pig. Charming black & white illustrations reminiscent of Garth Williams..
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NZ$59.48
The Mule
by Travis, Lorraine
London, England: J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd, 1999. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 150pp w bibliography and index. bw photos and repros. Photo illustrated endpapers. Colour photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Small octavo: 207 x 162mm. From The Allen Breed Series.
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NZ$33.56
