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London & Lewes: Sussex Agricultural Press: Printed and Published by J. Baxter, 1834. Stiff boards. 8º, 24cm.; LXIV pp. [64] (paginaton in roman num.);. Fussell voiced his frustration with The Sussex Press' issuances and lists the known early editions of Baxter's A & H Knowledge, but his frustration would only have been furthered had he seen this title as it appears unknown in this printing. There are no holding libraries or auction records: OCLC lists 12 holdings of the third edition of The Library of Agricultural and Horticultural Knowledge series (from which this was drawn), indeed 5 in the United States, but 4 of which are fully ensconced in UC California system alone; Dumbarton Oaks being the only US East Coast holder and, again, none anywhere of this seperatly printed edition.Ellman was known as the great publicist and promotor of the Southdown Sheep. (Farrant).

London: Country Life, 1913. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good +. 8º, 22cm.; 231 pp. plus advts.; Clean and bright red rust colored cloth over boards with gilt lettering and top edge. This copy without the common spine browning. Foxing to fore and bottom edges as well as first and last few leaves. Head of back hinge starting and overall a bit loose. Contemporary former owners signature. A very presentable copy.

London: Printed for James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and Budd & Calkin, Pall-Mall, 1822. Very good. 8º, 21cm.; 47pp.; 20th C. rebind with blue paper covered boards.

Edinburgh: Printed for W Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1778. 1st Edition. Full calf. Very good. 8º, 21cm.; 4 vols. (bound in 6): xxiv, 412pp; x, 493pp.; xxiv, 357pp; [388pp.]; xxxii, 390pp.; [118pp.]; Vols.I-II, full calf, Vols. III-VI, original publisher's boards with titles on spine in contemp. mss;. Wight was regarded as a highly innovative and efficient tenant farmer on the Cockburn estate at Ormiston. At the instigation of Henry Home, Lord Kames, he was appointed in 1773 to survey the corn farms under the control of the commissioners to manage the annexed estates. Wight undertook two surveys of the estates in July and August 1773 and 1774. The commissioners were so pleased with the results that they subsequently engaged Wight on an annual basis to undertake general surveys of Scotland for the purpose of both recording and disseminating good farming practice. His findings were published by the commissioners as Present State of Husbandry in Scotland (1778-84). In nine… Read More

Edinburgh: Perinted for W Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1778. 1st Edition. Full calf. Good. 8º, 21cm.; x, 493 pp.; vol. 2 only.; covers rubbed, loss to leather at head of spine, fr. hinge cracked but holding.

Bristol: Printed by W. Routh, Bridge Street, 1787. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. Very good. 8º, 23cm.; 349 pp.

Northhampton: Printed by Peter Mackenzie, County Press Office, Sheep-street, 1808. ; London: Printed for James Scatcherd, No. 12, Ave-Maria Lane, 1796, 1808. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º, 21cm.; 207pp, 3 pls.; Marbled covered boards; corners worn through and staining, cover rubbed, toned. Very Good otherwise. Scarce title. This copy retains the called for, yet often lacking, Dissertation: 'Large Farms, Recommended in a National View. A Reply to Mr. Wright's Address to the Public on the Monopoly of Small Farms', 27pp.