First Person Rural . Essays of a Sometime Farmer
by Perrin, Noel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0879232323
- ISBN 13
- 9780879232320
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
SGD 41.36SGD 20.68
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine Publishers, 1979. Illustrated by Stephen Harvard. The essays are all concerned with country-ish things, and range from intensely practical to mildly literary. Transplanted from New York and now a Real Life Vermont Farmer, Noel Perrin candidly admits to hilarious early mistakes (In Search of The Perfect Fence Post), while presenting down-to-earth advice on such rural necessities as 'Sugaring On $15 A Year,' 'Raising Sheep,' 'Making Butter in The Kitchen,' This is a delightful book and twelve marvelous vignettes by Stephen Harvard accompany the text. Small damage area to top of spine. A clean bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition,Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1787
- Title
- First Person Rural . Essays of a Sometime Farmer
- Author
- Perrin, Noel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition,Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0879232323
- ISBN 13
- 9780879232320
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Farming + Vermont + Essays + Maple Syrup + Sheep + Making Butter + Agriculture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Country Living/Homesteading;
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