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HOME MADE BUTTER, CHEESE AND YOGHURT

By: Anon

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wakefield, EP Publishing Ltd: 1977

Seller ID: 104992

ISBN: 0715804537

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

72pp. Pictorial covers, slight wear to edges, slight creases but overall very good. Page edges browned. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Black and white line drawings. Internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 104992; 4to (small)
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The Water Gardener . a Complete Guide to Designing, Constructing and Planting Water Features

By: Archer-Wills, Anthony;

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Frances Lincoln: 1993

Seller ID: 112114

ISBN: 0711207755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Green boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. There are No Inscriptions or other Marks. 192 pp. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Further reading; Useful addresses; Plant Index; General Index; Hardiness zones; Acknowledgments. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This book explains how to design and construct formal and informal pools and ponds, lakes, streams and bog gardens, leisure pools, splash pools, tubs and spas, fountains, geysers, gushers, casc...
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Gleanings from a Printer's File (Limited Edition)

By: Ballinger, John

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Aberystwyth, The National Library of Wales: 1928

Seller ID: 106988

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Printed at the private press of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Limited to 1,000 copies only. A series of essays on various documents from Welsh history in the library. Grey card covers, pencil name/writing on corner, foxing spots, fading, stain to front cover which runs through to the reverse of black/white frontispiece. Foxing spots to page edges, (10) + 64pp, rough cut pages, illustrated in black and white, hinges sound, internally clean and bright. Papers reprinted from the "Transactions of the West Wales Historical Society", Vols IX-XII. Includes papers on "The Reb...
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Gleanings from a Printer's File (Limited Edition)

By: Ballinger, John

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Aberystwyth, The National Library of Wales: 1928

Seller ID: 113159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Printed at the private press of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Limited to 1,000 copies only. A series of essays on various documents from Welsh history in the library. Marine Blue cloth spine with Bright Gilt titling, and blue patterned paper covered boards. The boards are lightly rubbed to the tips of the corners o/w in VG plus condition. Light foxing spots to page fore edges. Internally there is a stamped name/address and a separate n/a sticker of 2 former owners on the plain white front free endpaper. (10) + 64pp. Black/white frontispiece (A Recantation - in Welsh - 1849) , and...
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Spanish Galicia

By: Bell Aubrey F. G.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd: 1922

Seller ID: 112913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Brown boards with bright orange titling to the spine, and a single orange border to the front board. No dustjacket. Very slight wear to the extremities (negligible) and the covers are now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and the book looks Near Fine. The page fore-edges are foxed/spotted and the top edge is 'dusty'. Internally some light and patchy foxing with some (very light) scattered foxing/patches here and there in the book o/w No Inscriptions or other Marks. (ix) + (3) + 200 pp + 4pp Publisher's book adverts. Including 4 Appendices = 1. Medieval Lyrics, 2. P...
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The Lonsdale Library: The Way of a Man with a Horse

By: Brooke Geoffrey Lieut-Col

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London, Seeley Service & Co Ltd: 1929

Seller ID: 9033

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

In the original publishers' Tan Buckram cloth covered boards with gilt titling/decoration to the spine and the same decoration to the front cover. A very, very, slight fading to the base colour of the spine but all titling clear and legible. A few tiny spots on the spine - pretty negligible. No Dustjacket. 288pp. Minor light browning on the front free endpaper, with a former owner's name and date (Xmas 1929) in old ink on the same page. Many black and white illustrations thoughout. Also includes veterinary notes and a chapter on pig-sticking. ! The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games a Pastimes....
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Farming Equipment

By: Brookes. A. J

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd: 1944

Seller ID: 108766

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Green decorated (illustration of Oast-houses) boards with black titling to the spine and front cover. No Dustjacket. (xii) + 152 pp. Black and white Frontispiece and Illustrated throughout in b/w. "The series was written especially for members of Young Farmers' Clubs, School pupils interested in Farming, and those who wish to enter a Farm Institute." A lovely Period item. No Inscriptions. Overall a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Pitman Farming Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Horse in Husbandry

By: Brown, Jonathan

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Ipswich, Farming Press: 1993

Seller ID: 111020

ISBN: 085236217X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Orange boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The dustjacket has some VERY slight fading to the edges of the front cover and there is one small tear to the top rear corner of the dustjacket which is now neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (ix) + 112 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour prints. References and Select Bibliography; A Note on Weights and Measures; Index. Overall, apart from the minor faults, as detailed above, this is a Very Cl...
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Those Perplexing Argentines

By: Bruce, James

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1954

Seller ID: 004838

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Clean navy blue boards, red title block to spine with gilt titling/borders. A light crease line to the spine and the corners and head/tail of spine are slightly 'bumped'. In the original publisher's black/white lettered dustjacket which is chipped and edge worn/torn - but is now repaired and in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. Top page fore-edge crimson. The remaining page fore-edges slightly 'tanning'. ALL hinges tight. (x) + (6) + 362 pp. NO inscriptions. Overall a VG clean tight and bright copy. "Argentina is the richest, strongest and most spect...
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Notes & Jottings from Animal Life

By: Buckland Frank

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Smith Elder & Co: 1886

Seller ID: 9329

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Light tan cloth boards with (slightly dulled) gilt titling to the spine and a gilt/maroon illustration to the front cover. No dustjacket. The boards have some rubbing to the extremities, some rub marking to the spine, and particularly to the corners where a couple of Tips only are through to the boards, a little bumping to the head/tail of the spine, but NO damage. All hinges are sound and tight. Plain dark brown endpapers - with a former owners' heraldic bookplate (Harry Arthur Clifton) on the front pastedown. Also a faded ink name on the top of the half title page (Eleanor Cecily Clifton '86...
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Prehistoric Cooking Places in South Wales

By: Cantrill, T. C. and O. T. Jones

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Archaeologia Cambrensis: 1911

Seller ID: 113181

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

July 1911. In black printed, very browned (possibly originally light green? ) and ragged edged/torn with a little loss, paper covers. The paper spine is split and with some losses to the spine. Internally VERY GOOD Plus. 33pp (paginated from the original 253-286) illustrated with one 'plan and section' in b/w in the text. No Inscriptions or Marks. Fascinating info for the student/researcher, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The STUD FARM or Hints on Breeding for the Turf, the Chase, and the Road Adressed to Breeders of Race Horses and Hunters to Landed Proprietors and Especially to Tenant Farmers. a NEW Edition - Thoroughly Revised. 1873.

By: CECIL

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1873

Seller ID: 113275

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Acceptable/'GOOD' ONLY. A Sound copy in Contemporary quarter maroon calf with gilt titling, (edges lightly rubbed) with green cloth covered boards ( somewhat rubbed, bumped, marked and scuffed - otherwise Good). Internally the book needs new endpapers as the front lacks all before the Title page and the rear lacks the rear free endpaper which has been torn away. Some grubby marks throughout with some 'side-lining' markings to the text here and there. The top corner blank margin on the 'Contents' page has also been torn off. (xii) + (1 'Stud Farm' Plan ) + 244pp. Possibly lacks a Frontispiece? ...
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Image for Zhi Si Jing Quan Tu = Picture Story of Silk Cultivation. The Story of Silk. (Early 20th Chinese Concertina-Style 'fold-Out' Book with Wood Covers and Hand-Painted Illustrations)

Zhi Si Jing Quan Tu = Picture Story of Silk Cultivation. The Story of Silk. (Early 20th Chinese Concertina-Style 'fold-Out' Book with Wood Covers and Hand-Painted Illustrations)

By: Chinese - Youting Shi Hui

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Foochow, China, Youtingshi - Sold By Ling Yu Sing: 1916

Seller ID: 114061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

No date, but this is an early 20th Century Chinese book with 12 hand-painted illustrations depicting the tale of the the cultivation of Silk, starting with Silkworm Eggs. The book has a 'fold-out accordion binding' which when folded out to the full extent, cover to cover, measures c. 3. 5 Metres (c. 11' 5" or c. 350cms) with a wood cover front and back. A Chinese "Foo" character is carved into front board and attractively infilled with a green chalky substance. See Images. The History of the cover design (The "Foo" (Fu) character = Happiness) is given in English on the firs...
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The Lake Counties

By: Collingwood, W. G., Illustrated by A. Reginald Smith

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd: 1933

Seller ID: 61067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

A Very Good Plus, Revised, 1933 reprint edition of this very popular work, originally first published in 1902. Very Clean Crisp Tan Cloth bound Boards, titled in bright Gilt to the spine and titled/bordered in maroon to the front board. No Dustjacket. Small 'rub' points to the very TIPS of the corners and inner corners of the head/tail of the spine but overall VG/NF covers. Top edge brown/olivine. The remaining page fore edges are a little 'dusty' and have slight , very light, age browning. A former owners' small neat name in ink on the very top of the front free e/p. VERY light scattered foxi...
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The Changing Year: A Miniature Anthology of the Four Seasons - The ' Lute Lyre and Lotus ' Series of Minithologies

By: Crombie Max ( Designed and Edited)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Northwood,, Knights Press Ltd: (1940s)

Seller ID: 9198

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies, No 26. NO Date but c. 1942. Decorated Card covers. Some light shelfwear - foxing/'rubbing' to edges/corners, rear cover, and rusty staples, o/w Very Good. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. 24 pp. Printed in b/w. With delightful b/w illustrations by Gerald Gardiner. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry on the 'Four Seasons'. At the time of listing I also have No. 8 In this most attractive series - 'The Chaffinch on the Bough. A Miniature Anthology in praise of The English Scene'. - Please enquire if interested in both. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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The Chaffinch on the Bough: A Miniature Anthology in Praise of the English Scene - ' Lute Lyre & Lotus ' Minithology Series

By: Crombie Max (Designed and Edited by)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Northwood,, Knights Press Ltd: (1940s)

Seller ID: 9197

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

The Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies, No 8. NO Date but c. 1942. Decorated Card covers. Small amount of light shelfwear - foxing/'rubbing' to edges/corners, rear cover, and some tiny spots of rust to spine by the staples, o/w Very Good. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. 24 pp. Printed on glossy paper in b/w. With delightful b/w illustrations by Gerald Gardiner. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry on the 'English Scene'. At the time of listing I also have No. 26 in this most attractive series - 'The Changing Scene. A Miniature Anthology of The Four Seasons'. - Please enquire if interested in ...
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The Agricultural Zoology of the Malay Archipelago . The Animals Injurious and Beneficial to Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry in the Malay Peninsula, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines

By: Dammerman, K. W.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, J. H. de Bussy Ltd: 1929

Seller ID: 110913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

This copy has been Rebound with a Red cloth spine, and red paper covered boards with the original cover pasted to front cover, which is grubby/stained. Names/prices written on the half title. There are also some very occasional ink notes/underlining - but only on a very few pages. Many attractive Colour plates and lots of black/white illustrations. The plate on p 388 has edge repairs with tape. OVERALL Internally VERY clean, tight and bright. (xi) + 473pp. Contents cover: - Animal Pests. Soil Fauna; Termites and Ants. Internal Plant Parasites. - Borers. External Plant Parasites - Biting Animal...
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Welsh Life in the Eighteenth Century

By: Davies, Leonard Twiston, Sir and Averyl Edwards

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Country Life Ltd.: 1939

Seller ID: 113434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Very Good crimson red cloth boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, and white titling to the front cover. NO dustjacket. Head/Tail of the spine a little bumped. Page fore-edges slightly 'dusty'/browning with a few brown spots on the lower edges. An old gift note in ink on the front free blank endpaper. (xii) + 243 pp, b/w frontispiece and 29 other b/w plates. Foreword + Chapters on Agriculture and Country Life, Literature, Industry, Religion Education and Politics, Science, Medicine, Architecture, Furniture and Decoration, Art, Folklore and with a Bibliography. Overall, apart from the mi...
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Dewisland Limekilns (SIGNED Copy)

By: Davies; Peter B. S.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: St David's, Merrivale: 1989

Seller ID: 113538

ISBN: 0951520709

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in pen to the top of the front endpaper. Pictorial laminated card covers. No dustjacket as issued. Otherwise No other Inscriptions or Marks. 40 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and plans. Bibliography. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. " This book traces the story of the limeburning industry in North-West Pembrokeshire from Norman times until the early years of the twentieth century, and deals with the effect of the industry on the agriculture and economy of the area. The method of operation is described and a list of...
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The Cork

By: De Oliveira, Manuel Alves; Leonel De Oliveira

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Portugal, Amorim: 1991

Seller ID: 111648

ISBN: 9729552509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Glossy laminated pictorial boards. No dustjacket, presumed as issued. Housed in the Original Cork Slipcase. There are light marks and shelf-wear to the Cork Slipcase. There is also some very light wrinkling to the pages, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. Illustrated with colour plates. 159 pp. Bibliography; Photographic Credits; Acknowledgements; Index. Overall, apart from the condition of the slipcase (which overall is near VG) , as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "Made to promote the Cork industry in Portugal - an ...
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