L F Easterbrook Advisory Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. London: Todd Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover in original red cloth, with black lettering to the upper board. Advisory editor L. F. Easterbrook, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries during the first two years of the Second World War. A wartime survey of British agriculture and its anticipated post-war development, with contributions from R. S. Hudson, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Sir R. George Stapledon, Director of the Grassland Improvement Station; Dr L. Dudley Stamp, Chief Adviser on Rural Land Utilisation to the Ministry of Agriculture; Sir E. John Russell, Director of Rothamsted Experimental Station; S. J. Wright, Director of the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering; Anthony Hurd; F. G. Thomas; and Sir Cleveland Fyfe, Secretary of the National Farmers' Union. The British Agricultural History Society records the work under the themes "Agrarian policy and reform" and "Farming during and after WW2." Original red cloth with light general surface wear and a few small marks. Corners and spine ends show light wear. Binding firm. Small ink mark to the front pastedown, otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. Numerous contemporary photographic illustrations and period agricultural machinery and equipment advertisements. No dust jacket.…

Condition: Good. Undated. No dustjacket. Previous owner stamp on front cover, spine & title page. Tanning/marks/scuffs to cover & bumps to edges. Tanning/creases to pages. Content good.