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Indianapolis: Liberty Fund. 1996. vg+. Paperback. ISBN:0913966266 2nd ptg.; 9" tall; 394 pages including index; stiff brown wraps; b/w frontis of the author .

Liberty Fund, 1977-10. Paperback. Good.

Liberty Fund, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Liberty Fund, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Liberty Fund, 1977. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Liberty Fund. Used - Good. Good condition. (agriculture, essays, politics, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Liberty Fund, 1977-11-30. Paperback. Used:Good.

Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1977. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Fine in wrappers. Paperback, reprint of 1818 edition. Book is in near fine condition, except for light fading covers. Nice, clean copy. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint of the 1818 edition. Printed card covers. Near fine with spine tail bumped and spine lightly faded.

Liberty Classics, 1977 Large 8vo, Hardback. 394 Pages. Few Light Marks to Front End Paper. Overall A Near Fine Copy. Heavy Book. Extra postage costs may apply to overseas orders. All books posted in sturdy book box.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

United Kingdom: Liberty Classics. 394 pages. Clean hardback. No dust jacket. (Arator: Being a Series of Agricultural Essays, Practical and Political - In Sixty-four Numbers ). . Good. Hardcover. 1977.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Liberty Fund, 1977-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Petersburg, VA: Printed by Whitworth & Yancy for John M. Carter, 1818. Full Leather. near Good binding. 239pp. 12mo. 239, [1] pp. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Full bound in contemporary calf with red morocco title label on the spine. Front board is nearly detached; spine somewhat desiccated, otherwise light wear; contemporary owner name of one Samuel H. Whitman is penned repeatedly on both pastedowns; free endpapers are missing; moderate to heavy foxing throughout. This series of essays began at pseudonymously published articles in 1810 in a Georgetown newspaper and culminated in sixty one essays (in the early editions) collected in this work, Arator, first published in 1813. In his biography of Taylor, Henry H. Simms writes of the praise for Taylor's work that came from the luminaries of the time: John Adams, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson who reportedly purchased a drilling machine sight unseen because Taylor recommended it (Simms 148-9). More than just practical agriculture,… Read More

Baltimor, 1817. 220pp. Contemporary tree calf. Minor wear to extremities. Contemporary ink signature on titlepage, minor foxing. Very good. Styled "third edition, revised and enlarged" on the titlepage (after the first edition of 1814). A strongly political and ideological work by the greatest of the agrarian states' rights theorists. Some of the text is devoted to the slavery issue, and political and constitutional philosophy, and the balance offers practical agricultural advice. This edition is the first to contain Taylor's essays on "Cotton," "Hay & Fodder," and "The Present and Political State of Agriculture." This edition also contains Taylor's final revisions to his important "Essays on Agrarian Philosophy." RINK 1182. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 42250. SABIN 94484

Petersburg, 1818. 239pp. plus errata. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, paper label. Taning and foxing throughout. Very good. Styled "Sixth edition, revised and enlarged" on the titlepage (after the first edition of 1814), although this is apparently another printing of the fourth edition, with the same imprint and collation. A strongly political and ideological work by the greatest of the agrarian states' rights theorists. Some of the text is devoted to political and constitutional philosophy, and the question of slavery, and the balance treats practical agricultural advice. RINK 1202. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 45844. SABIN 94484. SWEM 18128

Georgetown, Columbia: J. M. Carter, 1814. Full Leather. Good+ binding. 239pp. 12mo. [4], 9-279, [1 (index)] pp. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Bound in contemporary marbled calf with morocco title label on the spine. A solid copy with limited wear; contents are moderately to heavily foxed throughout; one leaf with a closed tear in the fore-edge margin; rear flyleaf is lacking to top quarter; else without notable flaw. This series of essays began at pseudonymously published articles in 1810 in a Georgetown newspaper and culminated in sixty one essays (in the early editions) collected in this work, Arator, first published in 1813. In his biography of Taylor, Henry H. Simms writes of the praise for Taylor's work that came from the luminaries of the time: John Adams, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson who reportedly purchased a drilling machine sight unseen because Taylor recommended it (Simms 148-9). More than just practical agriculture, Taylor, as suggested in the title, had a series of… Read More

Georgetown, Columbia: Printed and Published by J.M. Carter, 1814. [5]-279,[1]pp. Contemporary mottled calf. Edges and corners a bit rubbed. Scattered foxing, some dampstaining. Large tear in final leaf, but no major paper loss. Good. Styled "second edition, revised and enlarged" on the titlepage, after the first edition of 1813. A strongly political and ideological work by the greatest of the agrarian states' rights theorists. Some of the text is devoted to political and constitutional philosophy, and the slavery issue, and the balance treats practical agricultural advice. RINK 1167. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 32909. SABIN 94484

Georgetown: J. M. Carter, 1814. hardcover. good. 279pp. + 1 page index. 12mo, contemporary calf, bottom of spine worn, corners bumped and worn, calf lightly soiled, light browning to most pages with some pages also foxed in margins, dampstaining to some margins. Georgetown, (District of) Columbia: J. M. Carter, 1814.<br/> <br/> "John Taylor was one of America's greatest disciples and philosophers of agrarian liberalism. He was the champion of local democracy and one of the first and clearest spokesman of state rights...A farmer himself, he strove to improve agricultural methods on his own estate and in 1803 published a series of essays in a Georgetown newspaper to explain his methods and ideas. They were later reprinted (1813) in book form..." Dictionary of American Biography XVIII, p. 333. Shaw & Shoemaker 32909. Sabin 94484<br/> <br/>