Martin J. Sutton — Permanent and Temporary Pastures: With Descriptions and Coloured Illustrations of Leading Natural Grasses and Clovers

London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1886. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on pastures, signed and inserted with the author's signed letters. With real samples of grass and clovers, collected by contemporary author on livestock, J. P. Sheldon. The author's presentation copy of this work, with two signed letters bound-in. Also flat-signed by the author to the half title page.First edition.Rebacked, with the cloth from the original boards and spine laid down.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, colour folding plate, additional monochrome plate, and twenty-three chromolithographic colour plates. Collated, complete.This copy particularly charming for its multitude of paraphernalia relating to the book and its author. To the front of the work are both of the author's signed letters - one being a presentation letter dated January 22nd 1886, and the other referring to having sent a copy of Bell's Messenger into which the author's letter on technical education of agriculture implemented into schools. To the second letter is tipped-in a newspaper clipping from Daily News 1891. With a loosely inserted newspaper clipping of Martin Hope Sutton's obituary, and a later printed version bound-in. With two slips loosely inserted, pressed to which are real gathering of leaves and grass, collected by acquaintance and author on dairy farming, John Prince Sheldon. To the rear of the work are the publisher's review pamphlet of this work bound-in, and an article clipped from The Times dated 22nd December 1905. Two more of Sheldon's extracts, inserted to the last two plates.A comprehensive volume on pastures, including descriptions of the extension of pastures, drainage of grass land, cultural preparations, sowing grass seeds, after-management of new pastures, hints on grazing and more, followed by a selection of grasses and clovers.Written by Martin J. Sutton, based on an essay published in the journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. XXII. Part II, written by Martin Hope Sutton (author's father). Rebacked, with the cloth from the original boards and spine laid down. Externally, with damp staining to the lower edges of the boards. Mild rubbing to the extremities and a few other marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Half title and title leaves are loosening. Pages are bright and generally clean. With offsetting to half title caused by inserted letter. With several tissue-guarded grass and clover extracts inserted to the work. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .