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CLASSIC FARM TRACTORS
Written by Michael Williams.
Stock no. 1819347
Published by Bounty Books. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Describing some of the successes and failures which all played a part in the history of tractor development. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780753714461.

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COCKLEBURY A FARMING AREA AND ITS PEOPLE IN THE VALE OF WILTSHIRE
Written by Avice R. Wilson. Illustrated by Tobie Wallis; Henry Pedersen.
Stock no. 2132581
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0850335108. Bumping to spine. Page edge browning, with foxing. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, with some grubby marks; a few edge nicks.

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THE AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR 1855-1950
Written by R.B. Gray.
Stock no. 1818839
Published by American Society Of Agricultural Engineers. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

Revised edition. A historic work if the success of American agriculture as attributed to the development of the agricultural tractor. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and photos. 60 pages including index. Spine faded, corners of covers lightly creased.

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OLD FARM TRACTORS
Written by Philip Wright.
Stock no. 1818310
Published by David & Charles. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Says 'colour frontis' to prelims, but none present or mentioned in the plates list. ISBN: 0715356194. Reprint. Text block browned. Some foxing to margins and a few finger marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and a small closed tear (no loss) to top of front panel.

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COOPER'S CROSSING
Written by A.G. Street.
Stock no. 1817317
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story of country life in England and Western Canada from 1880 to 1960; turns a keen searchlight on the doings of farmers during two world wars: and pays just tribute to the generosity of the British climate. Faint stain to lower board edges. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine, worn at corners with slight loss, grubby to rear panel.

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OLD FARM TRACTORS
Written by Philip Wright.
Stock no. 2128998
Published by David & Charles. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Says 'colour frontis' to prelims, but none present or mentioned in the plates list. ISBN: 0715356194. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and endpaper. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; some edge-creasing.

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BAYLDON'S ART OF VALUING RENTS AND TILLAGES
Written by John Donaldson.
Stock no. 2128928
Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 6th 1844. Good condition.

6th Edition, revised and corrected. And the Tenant's Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, Explained by several specimens of valuations and remarks on the cultivation pursued on soils in different situations. Adapted to the use of Landlords, Land-Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenants. 1-2" splits to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Scuff marks to covers. Lengthy/decorative inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and margin marks.

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TRACTORS THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRACTORS
Written by Michael Williams.
Stock no. 2126897
Published by Parragon. 1ST 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1405447311. Fading to a couple of cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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GUIDE TO MUSHROOM GROWING
Written by Fred C. Atkins.
Stock no. 2123404
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0571101909. Damp marks along couple of cover edges. Contents are very good. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and a few small nicks and chips; 1" tear to top of spine.

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PEST CONTROL SAFE FOR BEES A MANUAL AND DIRECTORY FOR THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS
Written by Margaret Adey; Penelope Walker; Peter T. Walker.
Stock no. 2119575
Published by International Bee Research Association. 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860981843. Grubby tape mark to edges of front cover. Some creasing to corners. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE BORDER BEES
Written by Colin Weightman.
Stock no. 2119558
Published by Ramsden Williams Publications. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Anecdotes and Memoirs of Twenty Years, 1940-1960. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Some light browning and foxing to page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with light edge-creasing.

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FARMING AND BIRDS
Written by Raymond J. O'Connor; Michael Shrubb. Illustrated by Donald Watson.
Stock no. 2117643
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and illustrations. 290 pages. ISBN: 0521324475. Spine slightly bumped and sunned, corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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