Published by Milner and Sowerby, Halifax, 1861
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Boards and spine worn and rubbed. Dampstains to spine. A couple of newspaper clippings on horse remedies pasted to endpapers. Australian bookseller's blind-stamp on front endpaper "A. J. Smith / Melbourne". Moderate foxing to preliminary leaves. Marginalia on engraved title. Outer margin of rear free endpaper removed. Early notepaper with handwritten "Cure for Small Pox amongst Horned Cattle" included loosely. ; viii, (13)-260 pages. + frontispiece + extra engraved title. Purple blind-stamped cloth boards. Page dimensions: 169 x 105mm. [Seller ref: Knightcol]; 16mo.
Published by Milner & Sowerby, Halifax, 1861
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 62.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a Good Copy of this book which has at some stage been rebound in brown cloth linen boards with new leather title label added to spine.This copy has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.New clean cream endpapers inserted,includes title page,publisher's preface and with contents pages.There are some incredible old remedies for the treatment of cattle and sheep,perhaps some have been handed down are still in use today.There is some sporadic foxing to the text with thumbing to page margins on occasions,perfectly readable and a huge font of all knowledge to the treatment of our bovine friends,small 8vo 216pp plus 16 pages of publisher's ads at rear of the book. [1861].