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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

GOLDEN APOLLO
Written by Phyllis Hastings. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1504226
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of a boy's fight to save a Jersey calf from the butcher! Brown boards, black title and vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 204 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small light mark to rear cover. Some foxing and browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears and chips. Spine slightly darkened, rear panel grubby, light foxing.

CLARA'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Ralph Whitlock. Illustrated by Shirley McLaughlin.
Stock no. 1107041
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. ISBN: 0723227667. Some indentation marks to covers and wrapper panels. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper spine is faded with small tear hole to front panel.

CHANGES IN LAND USE AND LAND COVER: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Written by William B. Meyer; B.L. Turner.
Stock no. 1602903
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book deals with the relationship between land use and land cover: between human activities and the transformation of the earth's surface. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. Edited by Meyer and Turner. xi and 537 pages including index. ISBN: 0521470854. Spine lightly faded. Light scuffing to rear board. Previous owner's initials in red ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE CROFTER IN HISTORY
Written by Colin Campbell; Dalriad.
Stock no. 1205231
Published by William Brown. 2nd 1886. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 104 pages. Address in ink to title page else contents fine. Corners slightly bumped.

HARVESTS OF CHANGE
Written by Nicholas Goddard.
Stock no. 1801175
Published by Quiller Press. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England 1838-1988. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907621961. Boards clean and bright. Spine bumped. A few light marks to endpapers and text block else contents fine. Yellow price-cut pictorial wrapper is heavily faded at spine and top edges.

THE PLANTER'S KALENDAR OR THE NURSERYMAN'S & FORESTER'S GUIDE
Written by Walter Nicol; Edward Sang.
Stock no. 630511
Published by Archibald Constable And Company. 1812. Almost very good condition.

Or the Nurseryman's & Forester's Guide, in the Operations of the Nursery, the Forest, and the Grove. Three-quarter brown leather binding, blue marbled boards. Red title block to spine with gilt title. Two colour plus one b/w plate. Leather worn/split to spine edges but binding still tight. Bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout, heavy in places but still perfectly readable. All plates present. A decent copy of an antiquarian title.

BADGERS WITHOUT BIAS
Written by Robert W. Howard.
Stock no. 581812
Published by Abson Books. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. An objective look at the controversy about tuberculosis in badgers and cattle. ISBN: 0902920448.