Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Farm Tools.

Patridge, Michael, · 1974

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

Boston, New York Graphic Society, (1974). G lg sz PB. A leisurely guide to an earlier, more man-centered age when foot picks, hay kickers, besoms, and barley hummellers were. common implements. Information arranged under functional headings such as cultivation, harvesting, and...

Third Person Rural: further essays of a sometime farmer.

Perrin, Noel, · 1983

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

Boston, Godine, (1983). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The news from Vermont is good. Perrin's farm is thriving and his writing has never been better.

New England Year: a journal of Vermont farm life: a Yankee classic.

Follett, Muriel, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Dublin, NH, Yankee Books, (1988). G in G DJ ex-library. "I thought it solid maple.firm-fibered, strong, resistant, with a beautiful grain, and like the maple, full of sweetness.". Dorothy Canfield Fisher Library markings.

How Fifty Young Farmers Became Established in Farming in Lenawee County, Michigan 1939-54.

Anibal, John David, · 1955

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Michigan State Univ., Dept of Agricultural Econ., 1955. VG. Thesis for M.S. Degree of Michigan State University in 1955, a study of farming in Lenawee County, Michigan 1939-1954. About 100 pages including graphs and charts.

First Person Rural: essays of a sometime farmer.

Perrin, Noel, · 1979

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, Godine, (1979). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Country-ish things from intensely practical to mildly literary. Photo of author with his cows on back of DJ.

Poison-Ivy, Poison-Oak and Poison Sumac: Farmer's Bulletin no. 1972.

USDA, · 1963

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Washington, USDA, 1963. Revised. VG PB. Very common throughout the U.S., found in fields and woods,.

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1884.

USDA, · 1884

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,108)

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1884. G. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine, corners bumped.

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1916.

USDA, · 1917

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Washington, D.C., USDA, (1917). G ex-library. 7 chromolithographs, photos of farming operations, maps. Blue binding, silver lettering, edge wear, library markings. Colman (1827-1911) from Missouri was the first Secretary of Agriculture. Lawyer, farmer agriculturist, statesman,...

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1915.

USDA, · 1916

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Washington, D.C., USDA, (1916). G ex-library. 1 chromolithograph plate, photos of farming operations, maps. Purple embossed binding, silver lettering on spine, spine faded. Colman (1827-1911) from Missouri was the first Secretary of Agriculture. Lawyer, farmer agriculturist, s...

Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture 1912.

USDA, · 1913

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., USDA, (1913). G ex-library. Black embossed binding, gilt lettering on spine. Library markings. Nice tight copy. Corners bumped.

Arnewood: the story of an Iowa dairyman.

Scholl, Melvin, · 1954

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Iowa City, State Hist. Society Iowa, 1954. VG. Green tweed binding, gilt lettering and historical society seal on ft cover.

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Smart, Charles Allen, · 1938

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1938). VG. People who live on farms learn to amuse themselves. There is something peculiarly American about this book, its mixture of. simple kindness, shrewd respect for actualities, and moving touches of a deeper idealism or yearning, that lovely thing just arou...

Elements of Farm Practice: prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture.

Wilson, A. D. & E. W. Wilson, · 1923

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

St. Paul, MN, Wise, (1923). 5th ed revised. VG. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine, black lettering and border black ft cover.

The Compleat Farmer: a compendium of do-it-yourself tried and true practices for the farm, garden & household.

Press, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Mayflower Books Inc., (1975). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Your ticket to the best of country living, a lot of whichyou can do in the city too. Crammed with homestead or household. practices for working farm or backyard garden. DJ price clipped, edge wear, split at bottom of back...

Triple Ridge Farm.

Pochmann, Ruth Fouts, · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Morrow, 1968. VG in VG DJ ex-library. A glowing account of a family's devotion to their Wisconsin farm and how they restored its natural wonders and beauty. Owner sticker, name and notations, library markings, DJ tanning at edges.

Yearbook of Agriculture 1934.

USDA, Eisenhower, Milton S., editor, Arthur P. Chew, Associate Editor, · 1934

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Govt Ptg Office, (1934). VG. Green binding, black lettering, damp stain bottom outer corner, minor spotting to binding near spine, sl tanning ft endpapers.

We Farm for a Hobby.

Tetlow, Henry, · 1943

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, New Home Library, (1943). Reprint. VG in VG DJ. How one city man made many another city man's dream come true, having a home in the country, without giving up his job in the. city. Tetlow and his family moved to the country to cut down a family budget which had grown beyon...

Chemistry in Agriculture: a cooperative work intended to give examples of the contributions made to agriculture by chemistry.

Chamberlain, Joseph S., edited by, advisory editor C. A. Browne, · 1928

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Chemical Foundation Inc., (1928). 1st ed 20,000. G. Black binding, yellow lettering and decoration. Spine color mottled, endpapers tanned.

The Old Farmer's Almanac Sampler.

Sagendorph, Robb, edited by, · 1957

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Ives Washburn, (1957). VG in VG DJ. From its beginning, the Almanac has played an intrinsic part if our nation's life, and served as calendar, weather man,. agricultural adviser, medical consultant, etc. Now a choice sampling of those years. Sticker and gift card ft endpap...

Living Off the Land.

Brandner, Gary, · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Galahad Books, (1971). VG in VG DJ. How to sample the outdoor life to see if it's really for you. Tools and equipment, what to do if the worst happens, hazards. Few dents along binding edges.