1927Best.-Nr. 20966421927. Harvard University Press under the Direction of Bruce Rogers Cambridge 1927. 4to. original cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt on spine. Colour frontispiece and 9 other plates. Bookplate otherwise a fine copy preserved in custom-made half morocco fall-down-back box lettered in gilt to spine.First edition limited to 425 copies. hardcover
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1925Best.-Nr. RO30356699Thomas Nelson & sons. 1925. In-12. Cartonné. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 256 pages. Quelques rousseurs. Frontispice illustré en noir et blanc. Tampon en page de titre.Texte en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1929Best.-Nr. RO40111485Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1929. In-16. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 256 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc (portrait) en frontispice.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Best.-Nr. 1397247681.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1929Best.-Nr. mon0000579735Thomas Nelson and Sons 1929T. hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. 1941 reprint. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Some fading and staining of cover. With Dust Cover. Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. mon0000104168Thomas Nelson and Sons 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. on blue cloth owners stamps Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover
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1927Best.-Nr. 25648Thomas Nelson & Sons 1927. HARDCOVER. VG / NONE. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 151921Connecticut: Heritage Press 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson. Heritage Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42461London: Printed for J. Debrett 1801. Fourth edition with many additions 8vo xvi 134 2pp. 5 engraved plans on 4 folding plates half green calf marbled boards head and foot of spine chipped. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead; early ownership signature of James Blackburn to head of title page. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1801 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42466London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon 1779. First edition 8vo 4 108 2pp. interleaved with contemporary blank leaves 5 folding engraved plates contemporary quarter calf joints cracked hand and foot of spine chipped morocco spine label lettered in gilt. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, 1779 unknown
1792Best.-Nr. 75950London: Printed for J. Debrett 1792. Square 4to. Third edition. xvi 134 pp. 6 plans on 5 copper-engraved folding plates. Sections in 4s so given the size probably half-sheets. Half calf over marbled boards rebacked to style with raised bands and red gilt-lettered leather label. Wear to binding including an abrasion to lower board and rubbing to spine extremities. Foxing to prelims becoming much scarcer. George Boswell of Puddletown was a progressive farmer and the author of this the first detailed and practical guide to the creation lay-out and management of water meadows. His advice was sought by Arthur Young and Robert Bakewell from a biographical essay by Joseph Bettey. Good to VG. 20.5cms tall 14cms wide. . Very Good. Half Calf. Third Edition. 1792. Printed for J. Debrett 1792 unknown
1779Best.-Nr. 75London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson No. 72 St. Paul's Church-yard 1779. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º 20cm.; ii 108pp errata; i 100pp. appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed hinges starting but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. The first book on water-meadows. Fussell. Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard unknown
Best.-Nr. 6454Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii 122 pp. 8 pp. of Debrett ads lacking the leaf with directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf joints a trifle cracked at head & tail flat spine gilt green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. “Second edition with many additions”of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. “Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries…The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book.”–Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very good copy lacking the leaf of directions to the binder. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on the front paste-down. unknown
Best.-Nr. 1379565758.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1379571146.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6454Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii 122 pp. 8 pp. of Debrett ads lacking the leaf with directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf joints a trifle cracked at head & tail flat spine gilt green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792. “Second edition with many additions”of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. “Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries…The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book.”–Fussell II p. 121. In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789. A very good copy lacking the leaf of directions to the binder. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on the front paste-down. unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. Q-0847691845Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Rowman & Littlefield Publishers paperback
1768Best.-Nr. 719241768. BOSWELL James. An Account of Corsica the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Contemporary full speckled calf gilt-ruled raised spine bands red morocco spine label. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition. Pottle 24. With -title and first edition of the large folding map. Some wear to head of spine very small amount of faint scattered foxing else very good or better. unknown
1768Best.-Nr. 145391768. BOSWELL JAMES. An Account of Corsica the Journal of a Tour to that Island and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly London 1768. xxi 3 382 p. plus final blank 2A8. Leaves E2 and Z3 cancellanda as usual. Large folding map by Thomas Phinn 3" tear. Contemporary calf spine richly gilt in compartments. Text block lightly dampstained but other than some darkening on endpapers not the least offensive and an attractive copy. Modern bookplate. First edition of Boswell's highly popular account of his tour to Corsica and his association with General Paoli. Gaskell Foulis 473; Pottle 24; Rothschild 442; ESTC T26157. unknown books
