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STEAM AT WORK: ROAD AND FARM ENGINES
Written by Anthony Beaumont.
Stock no. 1826315
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Reviews the various members of the traction engine family in some detail. ISBN: 0715381210. Light page browning. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MAN AND THE LAND (NN 31)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1826109
Published by Collins. 2nd 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series no. 31. Green cloth. 6 x 8.5". 272 pages. A new and unusual portrait of our islands. 35 colour photos, 46 b/w photos, 52 illustrations in the text. A little bumping to top corner of front board. Minor mottling to rear board. Some foxing mainly to text block and rear endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and worn at corners with minor loss, some foxing, a few grubby marks.

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THE WHEELWRIGHT'S SHOP
Written by George Sturt.
Stock no. 1825984
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1942. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth. B/w photos and illustrations. Reprint. Boards foxed. Endpapers & text block browned, with foxing text block. Name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, worn at edges with some small chips and closed tears. Musty odour present.

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SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND FEEDING THE FUTURE: BASIC SOIL PROCESSES (ADVANCES IN SOIL SCIENCE)
Written by Rattan Lal.
Stock no. 1825232
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2022. Very good condition.

Explains the pedological processes set in motion by increases in soil organic matter content of depleted degraded soils. Discusses the relationship between soil organic matter content and critical soil quality parameters, including aggregation, water retention and transport, aeration and gaseous exchange, nutrient and elemental transformation and availability to plants, and chemcial composition of soil air. Pictorial glazed boards. Charts & photos. ISBN: 9781032150673. A few small knocks to board edges. Boards are scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BEEKEEPING
Written by Roger A. Morse; Ted Hooper.
Stock no. 1825223
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Subjects covered include the natural history of the honey bee, hive construction, beekeeping equipment, city beekeeping, artificial insemination and much more. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 071371624X. Lower edge of boards lightly knocked and shelf worn. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned. Previous owner's address label to lower edge of front pastedown. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is creased and lightly faded to spine, worn at corners.

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HIGH-THROUGHPUT CROP PHENOTYPING (CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES IN PLANT SCIENCES)
Written by Jianfeng Zhou; Henry T. Nguyen.
Stock no. 1825213
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Zhou and Nguyen. Providing an overview of the innovations in crop phenotyping using emerging technologies i.e. high-throughput crop phenotyping technology, including its concept, importance, breakthrough and applications in different crops and environments. Green cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783030737368. Slight wave to covers and contents else fine, looks unread.

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AGRICULTURAL CYBERNETICS (AGRICULTURE AUTOMATION AND CONTROL)
Written by Yanbo Huang; Qin Zhang.
Stock no. 1825191
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

In this book the core ideas and methods from control problems in agricultural production systems are extracted, and a system view of agricultural production is formulated for analysis and design of management strategies to control and optimize agricultural production systems while exploiting the intrinsic feedback information-exhanging mechanisms. Green cardwraps. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783030721046. A little light creasing to covers and corners. Contents clean.

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THE AMARANTH GENOME (COMPENDIUM OF PLANT GENOMES)
Written by Dinesh Adhikary; Michael K. Deyholos; John P. Delano-Frier.
Stock no. 1825189
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Very good condition.

This book describes the development of genetic resources in amaranths, with a major focus on genomics, reverse, and forward genetics tools and strategies that have been developed for crop improvement. Green cardwraps. Colour photos. Printed by Lighting Source UK Limited, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783030723675. Light creasing and scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ON FARMLAND VOLUME 2 CONFLICT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by David W. Macdonald; Ruth E. Feber.
Stock no. 1324936
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Focusing on the tensions that arise between people and wildlife on agricultural land. Glazed pictorial boards. 324 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780198745501. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE WEANER PIG NUTRITION AND MANAGEMENT
Written by M.A. Varley; J. Wiseman.
Stock no. 1324889
Published by Cabi Publishing. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

All of the scientific disciplines involved in the pre- and post- weaning biology of the piglet, concentrating on growth/development, nutrition, immunology/health, ethology and the physical environment. Glazed boards. 336 pages. ISBN: 0851995322. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Last few pages have corners creased. Textblock slightly marked else contents fine.

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BACILLI AND AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY: PHYTOSTIMULATION AND BIOCONTROL VOLUME 2
Written by Tofazzal Islam; M. Mahfuz Rahman; et al.
Stock no. 1825103
Published by Springer. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Bacilli in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting. A comprehensive resource for researchers and students involved with studying the roles of Bacilli in sustainable crop production technologies. Green glazed boards. Colour illustrations and charts. Printed by Printforce, the Netherlands (a print on demand company). ISBN: 9783030151744. Boards lightly scuffed, lightly rubbed at corners. Slight odour present (sweet). Contents clean. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear board.

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AGRICULTURAL CYBERNETICS (AGRICULTURE AUTOMATION AND CONTROL)
Written by Yanbo Huang; Qin Zhang.
Stock no. 1825091
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

In this book the core ideas and methods from control problems in agricultural production systems are extracted, and a system view of agricultural production is formulated for analysis and design of management strategies to control and optimize agricultural production systems while exploiting the intrinsic feedback information-exhanging mechanisms. Green cardwraps. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783030721046. Mark to rear cover where a label has been removed and light scuffing. Contents clean.

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