Chaptal John Anthony (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1836
- Hardcover
Seller: Bayfront Bookshelf, Erie, PA, U.S.A.Bayfront Bookshelf
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Translated from the second French edition. Though the text block is very tight, it is evenly foxed and yellowed throughout. No tears or markings of pen nor pencil. Rear hinge still quite tight; front hinge starting at title page (still holding tight by cords.) Two "State Historical Socie…ty of North Dakota) stamps on front leaves. Penciled name on title. No other human markings inside. Spine is still complete, though title is basically illegible (unless you know what it says!) Boards are well-worn, but overall, not bad.
More images(1854) Chemistry Applied to Agriculture; (1868) Hand-Book of Farm Labour; (1870) Successful Farming; (1912) The Soil; (1912) Fertilisers and Manures; (1919) Elements of Agriculture; (1928) Random Gleanings from Nature's Fields.
John Anthony Chaptal; John Chalmers Morton; Charles A. Cameron; W. Holt Beever; A. D. Hall; W. Fream, J. R. Ainsworth-Davis (ed.); W. P. Pycraft
Published by S. Andrus & Son; Cassell, Petter & Galpin; Bradbury, Evans, and Co.; John Murray; Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1854-1928, Hartford; London and New York; London, 1854
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Interesting cloth collection on a variety of agricultural subjects, three volumes being illustrated editions. A collection of eight individual works on the topics of nature, agriculture and farming. Includes one first edition.Comprised of:(1854) Chemistry Applied to Agriculture by John… Anthony Chaptal;(1868) Hand-Book of Farm Labour by John Chalmers Morton*;(1870) Successful Farming by the Rev. W. Holt Beever;(1912) The Soil by A. D. Hall;(1912) Fertilisers and Manures by A. D. Hall;(1919) Elements of Agriculture by W. Fream, ed. by J. R. Ainsworth-Davis;(1928) Random Gleanings from Nature's Fields by W. P. Pycraft - first edition.*Two volumes bound in one, with (1868) The Chemistry of Food by Charles A. Cameron.All bound in publisher's original cloth. Random Gleanings from Nature's Fields includes the gilt stamp of King Edward's School, Birmingham, as well as the prize bookplate, dated 1927-28. Hand-Book of Farm Labour features the inscription of agricultural author, J. P. Sheldon.The Soil is illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Fertilisers and Manures features seven plates. Random Gleanings from Nature's Fields features forty plates, including the frontispiece. Collated, complete. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Inscription of Professor J. P. Sheldon to front free endpaper of Hand-Book of Farm Labour. Inscriptions to both endpapers, stretching across title page, to Successful Farming. Stamp of The White House Country Life Museum to front paste down of Elements of Agriculture. King Edward's School, Birmingham, prize bookplate to front paste down of Random Gleanings from Nature's Fields, dated 1927-28. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing and a few marks to each volume. Chemistry Applied to Agriculture and Fertilisers and Manures feature more distinctive marks to the front boards. Internally, firmly bound, with the exception of Chemistry Applied to Agriculture, which is marginally more delicate. Chemistry Applied to Agriculture and Elements of Agriculture include scattered pencil annotations. All volumes generally bright and clean with spotting heavier to first and last few pages. Chemistry Applied to Agriculture suffering from a noticeable tide mark throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
