London: W. Strange, 1844. Original printing. Hardcover. 32pp, illustrated with a guarded scenic frontis ’The Village' and numerous woodcuts, with much rustic fun in the lively headpieces for each month. With something of the character of an almanack, packed with informative text and advice: various tables, sundry articles, a section..... More
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860. A New Edition, with illustrations. Hardcover. [iv], 132pp, with some text illustrations, plus the 8 plates. Contents clean. 16.5 x 10.5cms, in a new binding of fine old brown cloth, with the original leather spine label. A very nice copy. More
London: Cassell, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. viii, 152, [ii] adverts: illustrated with photographs and drawings, and with rear advertisement thin card cover bound in. Title page very stained, subsequent few pages decreasingly affected. Occasional minor soiling. Original front thin card cover missing. In a new quarter binding of green cloth with..... More
London: Benn, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very nice rebound set. Vol I: xviii, 408; Vol II: x, (409-) 864, both with many plates, including some in colour, but lacking the colour frontis to Vol I. Contents unmarked, with faint spotting to text pages. In new craftsman bindings of green buckram..... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1946, 1947, 1948. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets. Pages slightly toned but clean, some corners turned. 1945: 100pp, including the soiled printed blue card covers. 1946: 136pp, lacking the covers. 1947: 180pp, with a foldout plan: printed cover discoloured, and loose and frayed at..... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1948, 1949, 1950. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with a folding plan of the site. 1948: 270pp, in slightly creased pale orange covers: pages slightly toned but clean, some corners turned. 1949: 343pp, in blue covers, and 1950: 357pp, in cream covers: both..... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with over 300pp, a folding plan of the site, and an advertisement bookmark. Minor soiling to covers, and nick to spine of the 1959 book. [The 1956 programme, falling apart as the staples have..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy. 206pp, illustrated with photographs and map endpapers. Syd Carter was well-known from the 1940s for his broadcasts and lectures on farming and other topics, and was held in affection and esteem by many. This book was published the year before..... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with c.250-300pp, and an advertisement bookmark. All were issued with a folding plan of the site, but that in the 1960 programme has been removed. Contents clean, light toning to covers. [Heavy Item]. More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with over 200pp and with an advertisement bookmark. Fresh, clean copies, with a little silverfish nibbling to the covers. [Heavy Item]. More
London: I. B. Tauris, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. xxi, 303pp. Contents clean and unmarked, pages tanning slightly. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, bright and firm, corners sharp. In the unclipped pictorial dust jacket, very fresh and bright. Lovely copy. More
