Eight Years Experience and Observation In the Culture Of the Mulberry Tree, and In the Care Of the Silk Worm With Remarks Adapted To the American System Of Producing Raw Silk For Exportation

Northampton: Butler, 1839. , 1839. 156p. Folding frontispiece. Including chapters on the selection of and the proper conditions for growing mulberry trees, raising worms, reeling the silk, and the economics of silk culture. Whitmarsh sought to convince American farmers of the ease and profitability of silk-growing. He was convinced that American silk was of better quality and would therefore be… Read more about this item

Northhampton: J. H. Butler. Original blind-stamped cloth. 156 pp. plus 1 p. ad. Slight wear at head of spine, one page roughly opened (text not affected), some foxing, else Very Good. Folding plate nice. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1839.

Northampton: J.H. Butler. Fair with no dust jacket. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. 156 pp. Dedicated to the farmers of the United States and their children. An interesting look at attempts at producing silk in the US in the hopes of creating a new industry and also removing silk production from Asia. Blindstamped dark blue grey… Read more about this item

Northampton, MA: Published By J.H.Butler For The Author, 1839., 1839. 12mo. pp. 156, [1 leaf]. with half-title. folding frontis. original blind-stamped cloth (text browned, dampstaining to upper margins throughout). First Edition. Including chapters on the selection of and the proper conditions for growing mulberry trees, raising worms, reeling the silk, and the economics of silk culture. Whitmarsh sought to convince… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.