Search Results: Agriculture, Farming, Ranching from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Brandon, Mississippi: True Exposures Publishing, (2002). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Barnes at the ffep in 2003. Oblong quarto (9.25" x 12.5"), 142, [1] pp, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's green cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the front cover, in pictorial dust jacket.Edges briefly rubbed, couple of bruises at the lower cover, otherwise very good in like dust jacket with slight edge wear.The author/ photographer, who passed away in 2006, "carries us on the varied and annual excursion men take when they dare turn the nettles into the gray, silty soil and seed cotton into that fertile womb" ~William H Craven, Jr, from the dust jacket

Columbus, Ohio: J. L. Stelzig & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo (8" x 5.25"), [1], 2 - 8 pages. Printed paper self wraps, the lower cover with woodcut depiction of the Delaware Grape. OCLC locates one copy as of 7/24/2023 (Ohio History Center, accession # 35317536).
Folded once horizontally, moderately toned & soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Provides a description of the grape, instructions for planting, testimonials, & pricing for vines.
"The Delaware Grape was first introduced to the horticultural world about ten years ago; and since that time, it has been steadily but surely advancing in public estimation, until now, by almost universal consent, it takes the first place among all grapes, and is well designated by the Editor of the Horticulturist as the "King of the Natives." ~Excerpted from page one.

Buffalo, New York: James Brayley, no date (ca. 1870). Promotional advertising broadside, 4to (11" x 8.5") printed in black ink on thin paper, with a pair of woodcut illustrations signed Wichtman depicting the equipment.
Old folds, moderate edge wear, creasing, a bit toned & foxed, otherwise good or better.
Provides descriptions of the advantages of the equipment, pricing, & a testimonial.
"The "Farmer's Own" Thresher and Separator without a Cleaner is the very best of its kind, and no Farmer with small crops of grain can afford to be without one."

St. Albans, Vermont: the association, printed by Press of the St. Albans Messenger Co., (1894). Oblong 24mo, 28 & [8] pp., including 14 illustrations from photographs depicting the facility. Original embossed stiff paper wraps, stapled. Not found in OCLC (or any other material from this association) as of 5/26/2022.Covers toned & lightly soiled/ stained, wraps partially split at the spine, staples rusted, good or better. "Think of it! Twenty tons of rich, golden butter a day! What would the ancients say to that as a symbol of plenty? And the old cow which has for so many years complacently chewed her cud under the pine tree on Vermont's state seal, why should she not be proud of her sleek kindred who produce it, and who are the glory and pride of the commonwealth?"

Neenah, Wisconsin: Neenah Historical Society, (1985). First edition, this copy signed in red ink at the half-title page by Suzanne Hart O'Regan. Quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 95 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs. Publisher's dark red textured paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in lightly soiled very good or better dust jacket with a half-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"In photographs there is no time; the utterly vanished factories, houses, servants and Paper Kings live again. We can feel the the cool air of the Indian Summer of 1895; we can see the clipped velvet of the lawns; we can hear the factory whistles, carriage wheels and horses' hooves as the departed world of the past abides with us again ..." ~Excerpted from the author's introduction.

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, (1995). First edition. Folio, xii, 153, [8] pp, profusely illustrated from black and white photographs. Original light brown cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. "We have not sufficiently been made to feel the presence of women in the history of the West but with the most cursory look at Barbara Van Cleve's pictures one knows immediately and deeply that women were always the heart of this story. "~Thomas McGuane, excerpted from the foreword

[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: published by Hotel Harrisburger, no date, circa 1938]. First Edition. Oblong 16mo (3.75" x 6"), 12 unnumbered pages plus covers, illustrated throughout mostly from photographs, with accompanying descriptive text. Original pictorial paper warps, stapled.
Wrinkled, minor edge wear, lightly soiled, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good.
A wonderful promotional pamphlet for the Hotel Harrisburger which was built by Ray S. Shoemaker in about 1930. Mr. Shoemaker also owned Goose Valley Farm which supplied much of the produce & dairy products for the hotel: "The rich Grade A Golden Guernsey Milk and Cream, along with the delicious vegetables served in the Harrisburger dining rooms, have brought such favorable comment that we would like to take you "behind the scenes" to the Harrisburger's 300 acre Goose Valley Farms."
Writing about the hotel on the last page of text, manager James A. Johnston writes:
"We feel this service will further add to the pleasure of your stay at the… Read More

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1873. First edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 12 pages including covers, with illustrations from woodcuts throughout. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 11 copies under 3 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024.
Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including shallow creasing at the corners, otherwise good or better.
"This essay received the first prize offered by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the New-England Agricultural Fair in 1872." ~Taken from the front cover.
"Will not every one who has a a dozen rods of land make a bird house of some kind, and thus help restore the proper proportions of the feathered and insect races?"
 ~Excerpted from the text.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, printed by the Neuner Corporation, no date (1926 or 27 per OCLC). 8vo (9" x 6"), 48 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Original pictorial, stapled light card covers, the upper cover embossed in gilt. Slightly rubbed at the spine, trace edge wear, staples rusted, otherwise Near Fine. Includes sections on home life, climate, churches & schools, business opportunities, recreation, & small suburban farms.

Adamsville, Ohio, Manuscript Diary for 1856 comprising entries by Evan J Crane as recorded in publisher Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman's Daily Pocket Diary For 1856: For The Use Of Private Families And Persons Of Business. 24mo (6" x 4"), 122 unnumbered pages of entries in ink followed by 2 pages of "memoranda," 13 pages of "cash accounts," & 4 pages of brief sporadic account entries thereafter. Original limp black roan with fold-over flap Binding rubbed, partially split & torn along the fold, entries often light without compromising legibility, otherwise Very Good Evan Crane (1827 - 1894) taught school in the winters & farmed in the summers. In 1857, with wife Cassandra (nee Geyer), he moved to Sonora near Zanesville & operated a general merchandise business. As noted in Perrin's History of Morrow County and Ohio, Crane took a prominent part "in the slavery and temperance reforms … and his influence has always been on the side of right, the question with him being the way of duty, and when it is… Read More

Richmond, Virginia: Benj. T. Crump Company, Inc., no date [1933]. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), 72 pages, illustrated throughout (some in color). Original stapled, pictorial light card covers. Price list dated 1933 laid-in.
Slight edge wear, light soiling, sporadic foxing/ handling marks within, otherwise Very Good.
Mostly relative to horses, the catalog describes & illustrates the company's line of bits, whips, saddles, harnesses, collars, bridles, & more. Additionally includes 3 pages of dog collars & muzzles.

Buenos Aires: Casa Pardo, (1968) First edition, this copy with presentation in ink to Arthur E Khoui (?) by Jorge L Quiroga, Oscar Roldan, & others at a blank page adjacent to the half-title. Large quarto, unpaginated [256 pp], illustrated throughout mostly from photographs (some in color). This copy bound in cowhide edged in polished black calf simulating lacing, with a embossed thin copper label on the upper cover. Text in Spanish & English
Covers slightly splayed, internally toned, small booksellers' label at front pastedown, gift inscription, otherwise a near fine example of an unusual binding.
Originally issued in cloth & dust jacket, this copy rebound, perhaps in conjunction with presentation on or about on or about 5/13/81 to Arthur E Khoui (?), "our teacher & good friend," by 12 who sign mostly illegibly. Legible signatures include Dr Jorge L. Quiroga & Oscar Roldan
As noted in the prologue, "This book presents fifty characteristic ranches in the Argentine Republic which have been selected… Read More

Odessa, Texas: The Rahtbooks Company (1964). "Edition DeLuxe," this copy with generic presentation signed by the author at a tipped in leaf adjacent to the front pastedown. 8vo, xv & 208 pp, with frontis from photograph & 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth, in pictorial dust jacket
One corner bruised, previous owner's name, place & historic price in ink at tipped in leaf, minor foxing at the edges of the text block, otherwise very good in worn, browned & soiled dust jacket, with tears, small losses & brief archival tissue repairs on the verso.
"Old Buck and I is not just a story about a boy and his horse it's a remarkable chronicling of Raht's recollections of his younger days on his father's West Texas ranch" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 1915. First edition. 16mo (6" x 4.5"), 6 pp. & cover, illustrated, with a printed slip tipped to the recto of the rear wrap providing an additional recipe. Original stapled, stiff paper wraps.
Slight edge wear, staples rusted, otherwise very good.
More commonly known as taro, the dasheen, which resembles the potato in food value, "has some qualities which are distinctive and valuable." Of the recipes presented, we favor escalloped dasheens but are sorely tempted as well by riced dasheens.
An uncommon pamphlet, OCLC finds three only (accession # 44428540).

Washington, D.C. United States Department of Agriculture, leaflet no. 48, 1929. Octavo (9" x 6"), two sheets folded vertically forming 8 pages, illustrated.
Edge wear including nicks & tiny losses, some creasing, lightly soiled, otherwise good or better.
Presents 16 recipes for all manner of enticing reindeer preparations including roasts, stews, & even three mouth-watering liver dishes.
"The reindeer herds of Alaska, introduced by Government agencies to supply food for the natives, have now developed until their keeping is looked upon as the most, practical agricultural industry of Alaska … These herds now furnish not only a large proportion of Alaska's meat supply but also increasing quantities for export. Marketed first in the Northwest, then on transcontinental trains and in metropolitan hotels, now, under improved refrigeration facilities and methods of handling, reindeer meat is being more generally distributed, and housewives are asking for information as to its use. In order to advise them… Read More

No place [Columbia, South Carolina]: no publisher [the author ?], no date [1973 ?]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Devereux at the ffep. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), viii & 125 pages, illustrated. Original tan cloth lettered & decorated in black in dust jacket which replicates the binding.
A fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket, moderately browned at the spine, toned & soiled, with brief edge wear including a tiny loss at the top of the spine & a short closed tear.
This issue with no publishing information which we believe precedes the edition published by the State Printing Company of Columbia, S.C. in 1973.
"My aim is to write a biography of two owners of Hagley Plantation in Georgetown County ... I will mainly put into this writing facts that are illustrative of the strengths and weaknesses of a great antebellum Southern agrarian civilization ..." ~Excerpted from the author's preface.