1. [Glaciologie / Glaciology] Gaurier, Ludovic / Ministère de l’Agriculture.

Service des Grandes Forces Hydrauliques. [Region des Alpes / Glacier de Gébroulaz / Observations Glaciaires dans les Pyrénées / Renseignements Historiques sur les Glaciers: Le Massif du Mont-Blanc etc. / Glacier de la Breche de Roland / Glaciers de Gavarnie etc.]

18 volumes. [Paris], Ministère de l’Agriculture, 1911-1920. 19 cm x 29 cm. 1746 pages. Nombreuses cartes dépliantes, graphiques, tableaux et graphiques / Numerous fold-out maps, charts, tables and graphs. Hardcovers and softcovers [publisher’s original] green cloth boards with gilt lettering on title label on spine. Slip-case with lettering to both boards and spine. / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interiors sunned but otherwise bright and clean.

2. Battiscombe, E.

A Descriptive Catalogue of Some of the Common Trees and Woody Plants of Kenya Colony.

London, The Crown Agents for the Colonies, (1926). 18.5 cm x23.5 cm. 142 pages with numerous photographic illustrations and an Index of Vernacular Names. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding strong and firm. Front pastedown carries bookplate of the Linnean Society of London – dated February 1922. Tipped into the endpaper is a Pro forma-‘with compliments’ letter to the Linnean Society’s Librarian from The Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of the Government of Kenya.

3. Cornelius, P.

Das Oldenburger Wesermarschrind. Herausgegeben vom Oldenburger Wesermarsch-Herdbuchverein. Mit 2 Karten, 1 farbigen und 6 schwarzen Tafeln und 68 Abbildungen im Text.

Hannover, M. & H. Schaper, 1908. 8°. VIII, 140 Seiten und Tafeln / Karten im Anhang. Hardcover / Dekorativer, illustrierter Jugendstilband / Art Noueau Binding. Traumhaft erhaltene Monographie in wunderschöner Jugendstilbindung. Nahezu keine Gebrauchsspuren. Äußerst selten in dieser Erhaltung. [Monographien landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere – Band VI].

4. Crowley, Caroline and James Walsh.

Irish Farming at the Millenium: A Census Atlas.

Maynooth, NIRSA, 2008. 17 cm x 25 cm. XVIII, 249 pages. With illustrations in colour throughout. Includes a full bibliography and index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare, out-of-print publication. This is the rare Hardcover – Edition.

5. Dickson, R. W.

The Farmer’s Companion; being a complete System of Modern Husbandry: Including the Latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. With 102 copper engraved plates (including two larger hand-coloured fold – out plates).

Second Edition. In two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813. Large Octavo. Both volumes together contain 948 pages interleaved illustrations throughout the volumes (many of these plates are folding out) including a General Index. [Please ask for a full list of the illustrations]. Hardcover / Two modern halfleather / full leather bindings (see images). Volume I in octavo format and in a brown full leather with spinelabel / Volume II in large octavo and bound in an excellent green half morocco with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and leather corners. Both volumes with new endpapers. Some illustrations and text towards the end of Volume II with some faint dampstaining only. Three illustrations are present twice in these volumes (Plates 35, 54 and 84). Extremely rare publication in very good condition !!

6. Donnelly, James S.

Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824.

Wilton, Cork, Collins press, 2009. 23 cm. XIV,508 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

8. Harris, Franklin S. / Stewart, George.

The Principles of Agronomy: A Text-Book of Crop Production for High-Schools and Short-Courses in Agricultural Colleges.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1915. 13 x 19.5cm. (16), 451 pages, with photographs and illustrations. Original hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Some signs of external wear, otherwise very good condition with binding solid. Library stamp on front endpaper. Some underlining to text. Handwritten name of preowner: “G.W. Salter – School of Agriculture Olds. Alberta” From the Rural Text-Book Series, edited by L.H. Bailey.

9. Hennell, T.

Change in the Farm. With illustrations by the Author.

Second Edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1936. 15 cm x 23 cm. X, 201 pages. 49 black and white drawings throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear mostly to dustjacket. Foxing to edges and endpapers only. Previous owner’s name in ink pen to endpaper.

10. Hilzheimer, Max.

Die Haustiere in Abstammung und Entwicklung [Mit Kapiteln zum “Kamel” und “Büffel”]. Eine natur- und kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung.

Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, ca. 1909. 8°. 100 Seiten. Mit 1 Tafel und 56 Textabbildungen. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Wenige Bleistiftanstreichungen. Fraktur. [Naturwissenschaftliche Wegweiser – Herausgegeben von Kurt Lampert – Band 11].