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$27.50
xxsdq91450

A Pastoral Kingdom Divided: Cheviot, 1889-1994


GARDNER, W. J.

Octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Bridget William 1992

KEYWORDS: specials W. J. Gardner New Zealand history Cheviot sheep farming agriculture

$40.00
1b46a/7

Maori


MITCALFE, BARRY

Uncommon signed, oblong quarto, illus black & white light card covers with brown lettering to front, printed eps, 102pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing to covers, some creasing to cover corners, light foxing to prelims, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Coromandel Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Barry Mitcalfe New Zealand Maori life culture art religion agriculture anthropology history

$40.00
2f26a/24

An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agricuture and Plants in New Zealand: The Scale-Insects (Coccididae)


MASKELL, W. M.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule & motif to front board, patterned eps, 116pp + xxiii plates with descriptions on facing pages, VG- (mottled heavy fading to boards, some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, rubbing with slight loss of surface to board edges. some tanning to eps & page edges, owner's bookplate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Geo. Didsbury, Government Printer 1887

KEYWORDS: WM Maske New Zealand agriculture scale insects coccididae entomology ecology pests natural history

$185.00
1s8a/21

Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, or An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses (Fourth Edition) to which is added the Weeds of Agriculture


JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD & SINCLAIR, GEORGE (Ed0

Octavo, half bound, marbled boards with dark blue lettering to black leather spine, six gilt decorated raised bands to spine, page edges stained red, 362pp, illus with beautiful hand-coloured plates, G+ (boards completely detached, lower 7cm of spine missing, heavy chaffing to boards, board corners, edges & spine, heavy fading to spine, owner's name in ink twice to front pastedown, some tanning to page edges, occasional light foxing, ink from all illustrations off-set to adjacent pages). Text block /contents in much much better condition than ranking given would indicate.

PUBLISHER: Ridgways (n/d) circa 1825

KEYWORDS: George Sinclair John Duke of Bedford horticulture agriculture weeds grasses farming feed food animal husbandry

$28.50
xxsea92395

The Story of Birkenhead


MCCLURE, MARGARET

Ex library, oblong imperial octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Birken City Council 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Margaret McClure New Zealand history early settlers' maori culture agriculture

$12.00
xxseb92454

Strangers in the Wilderness


RICKARD, L. S.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Minerva 1967

KEYWORDS: specials L. S. Rickard New Zealand history agriculture farming pioneering settlers

$37.50
xxseb92460

Tides of Hokianga


MANSON, CECIL & MANSON, CELIA

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wingfield 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Celia Manson Cecil Manson Hokianga New Zealand history agriculture farming dairy industry

$30.00
xxsec92526

Toil and Plenty: Images of the Agricultural Landscape in England 1780-1890


PAYNE, CHRISTIANA

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Christiana Payne England English agriculture farming agricultural history

$32.50
xxsef92696

The History of Eltham, New Zealand: Cradle of the Dairy Export Industry


ANDREWS, H. J.

Octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Eltham Borough Council 1959

KEYWORDS: specials H. J. Andrews Eltham New Zealand history agriculture dairy industry pioneering

$50.00
1p19a/25

Some Practical Information on Sheep-farming, Fencing, Concrete Culverts, Axecraft, etc


MCKENNY, A.

Inscribed & signed by author with small drawing of bird, ex library, octavo, green card covers with gilt lettering to front cover, 159pp, illus, VG- (browning to spine, wear to spine extrems, light creasing & scuffing to cover corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: NZ Tablet Co (n/d)

KEYWORDS: A McKenny New Zealand agriculture handbook sheep farming fencing farmers

$26.50
xxsek92983

Farewell Colonialism: The New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-07


THOMSON, JOHN MANSFIELD

Super octavo Softcover (Nr Fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press Ltd 1998

KEYWORDS: specials John Mansfield Thomson New Zealand History Christchurch Agriculture Machinery Visual Arts art Music exhibits

$135.00
2s2/9

The Official Record: New Zealand Industrial Exhibition 1885


n/a

Ex library, two sections loose, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, black decorative rule to spine & front board, two gilt embossed 'medals' to front board, xii + folding map + 230pp + 123pp, G+ (pages vii to x loose, pages 21 to 28 loose, relatively light library markings, some staining to boards, light bruising & fraying to spine exxtrems & board corners, small gouge to front board lower edge, light tanning to page edges, pen scribble to one of front board 'medals', label residue stain to front pastedown, closed tear to frontispiece map, moderate creasing to page edges of loose section,

PUBLISHER: Geoge Didsbury Government Printer 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Industrial Exhibition industry manufacturing resources art education wool fruit agriculture

$45.00
2s3/38

Soil Bureau Bulletin 20: Soils and Agriculture of Gisborne Plains


PULLAR, W. A.

Quarto, cream heavy card boards with black lettering to green cloth spine & front board, frontispiece, 92pp, illus plus large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG (owner's name in ink to front board, slight rubbing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific & Industrial Research 1962

KEYWORDS: WA Pullar New Zealand Gisborne plains soil science agriculture DSIR

$160.00
2s7/27

A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry: Manufacturing and teh Technical Arts in Plates Selected from L'Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers


DIDEROT, DENIS & GILLISPIE, CHARLES COULSTON (Ed)

Two-volume set, folio, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 485plates in the two vols, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading, some soiing esp to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1950

KEYWORDS: Charles C Gillespie Denis Diderot pictorial encyclopaedia trades industry graphic art agriculture foundry forge metalwork glass masonry carpentry textiles paper printing leather gold jewellery fashion

$18.50
xxsgc95749

The Biodynamic Farm: Agriculture in the Service of the Earth and Humanity


KOEPF, HERBERT H.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Anthroposophic Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Herbert H Koepf agriculture biodynamic farming ecology environment

$42.50
2s13/26

The Forgotten Worker: The Rural Wage Earner in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand


MARTIN, JOHN E.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers iwth red & yellow lettering, viii + 228pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to covers, light wear to extrems of covers, light foxing to page edges and end pages)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin/Trade Union History Project 1990

KEYWORDS: John E Martin New Zealand agriculture farming shearers labourers musterers history

$25.00
2s13/32

Country Calendar: Stories from Our Rural Heartland


PHILP, MATT & SUISTED, ROB

Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, green eps, 191pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016

KEYWORDS: Matt Philp Rob Suisted New Zealand photography photographs Country Calendar rural life agriculture farming memoirs

$15.00
xxsgm96727

A History of the English Agricultural Labourer


HASBACH, DR. W. & KENYON, RUTH (Trans) & WEBB, SIDNEY (Preface)

Ex library, hardcover octavo (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: P. S. King & Son 1908

KEYWORDS: English England agriculture agricultural labourer farming history

$17.50
xxaqu97571

A History of the English Agricultural Labourer 1870-1920


GREEN, F. E.

Ex library, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: PS King & Son Ltd 1920

KEYWORDS: England English agriculture agricultural labourer history

$140.00
1e3a/1

New Zealand Exhibition 1865: Reports and Awards of The Jurors and Appendix


ECCLES, ALFRED (Secretary)

Imperial octavo, green cloth-covered light card covers with title labels mounted to spine, vii + 531pp, VG- (some bruising & fraying to cover edges + corners & spine extrems, some staining to covers, moderately heavy browning to page edges, annotation in pencil to eps, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Commissioners / Mills, Dick & Co 1866

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Exhibition mining metallurgy geology coals wool timber livestock agriculture

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