San Antonio, TX: Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College / San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce, [1928]. Softcover. Good+. 6" x 9", 40 pp, in stapled wrappers, with many illustrations from photographs. Ink stamp of Thurman Barrett, Realtor, of San Antonio, on both wraps, pages lightly rippled; good to very good..... Item #24084
Printed by the Compton Litho. Company, St. Louis. Trade card, 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Undated, but 1880s. Some light rubbing to image, one tiny corner chip; very good. This uncommon and attractive card invites inquiries "for full and complete information touching on the products of Arkansas, her climate..... Item #21894
St. Louis, MO: South Development Co. Softcover. Near fine. Four-fold brochure (8 panels), 9 x 4 inches.Slight creasing, else fine. Undated, ca. 1917. All text (no illustrations or maps). Land in the Onalaska Tract is offered by the South Development Company at prices ranging from $15-$15 and acre. Information about..... Item #24502
Chicago: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, 1908. Softcover. Good. 10.5 x 14 in., 10 pp. Old folding creases, some chipping and short tears; good. An early issue of this western land promotion magazine from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, published from 1904 to 1938. Articles in this..... Item #21855
St. Louis: Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Softcover. Very good. Undated, but ca. 1932. 3 x 6 inches, [6] pp, stapled booklet. Mith minor handling wear, small stain on back cover. Promotes "new lands at low prices" in a region with "a temperate climate wityh long growing seasons, unusually fertile soils..... Item #22030
[Attica, KS]. Broadside, 15 x 21 inches, on newsprint. Folded for mailing, with address, stamp, and postmark (as well as a few unrelated calcultions in pencil) on verso. Very good. Undated, but the list of participants at the bottom puts it in the 1920s. A somewhat unusual Christmas promotion from..... Item #21879
Chicago: Gilbert & Bennett M'f'g Co., 1889. Charming trade card advertising wire netting made primary for poultry yards. 3.25 x 5.25 inches, illustrated with a brightly colored image of a poultry house with clean and spacious netted runs. Mild rippling from old exposure to moisture; good. Detailed text on the..... Item #21877
London, Ontario and Buffalo, NY: Spramotor Co, 1908. Softcover. Near fine. 8.5 x 3.75 inches, 80 pp. Small chip to rear wrapper, else fine. A beautifully illustrated trade catalogue for the Spramotor Company, manufacturers of spray pumps for use in orchards and vineyards. Their equipment, they promise with help "turn..... Item #23238
Hardcover. Very good. 9" x 12" printed register book titled "Private Herd Register Designed Especially for the use of Breeders of Holstein-Friesian Cattle, Containing Gestation Table, Service Record, Calving Table, General Record and Diagrams for Color Markings," with entries completed in manuscript and some additional paperwork laid in. Backstrip lacking..... Item #21859
Bucyrus, Ohio: Forum Print, 1887. Softcover. Good. 9" x 6", 30 pp, extensively illustrated. Hole punched at upper left, creasing and chips to front cover, else sound and clean. A catalogue of grain cleaning machinery (smutters, separators, finishers, etc.) that is interesting not for the details of agricultural and mechanical..... Item #24041
New York: Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, 1950. Softcover. Good. 14" x 10.25", [40] pp, in stapled illustrated wrappers. Moderate general wear from handling, wrappers detached from text block; good. An interesting, extensively illustrated promotional piece for the tobacco industry as a whole and for Chesterfield cigarettes in particular. "Tobaccoland,"..... Item #23479
Norton, KS: Bullock & Bullock, 1930. Softcover. Good. Real estate agent's land promotion circular. Six 12" x 10" pages, with half-tone photographic illustrations, folded in thirds horizontally for mailing. Moderate handling wear, light soiling, old tape repairs at folds; good. Bullock & Bullock, who bill themselves as "The Land Men"..... Item #24463
Seattle: Pacific Ports Magazine, [1921]. Softcover. Good. 9 x 11.75 inches (oblong), in colorful pictorial wrappers. Not paginated, but ca. 100 pp, extensively illustrated with half-tone photographs, blue decorative border on each page. Wrappers creased and soiled (esp. rear wrapper), contents clean, binding sound. This book was published on the..... Item #21893
Cincinnati: Russell & Morgan Printing Company, 1883. Very good. Color lithographed poster, 42" x 14.5". Chipping and soiling at margins, old folding creases, but still presents very nicely. Currently shrinkwrapped on foamcore. Images show horse and foot races and a selection of livestock, including cattle, sheep, geese, pigs and goats..... Item #22920
Woodstock, VT: State Board of Agriculture, [1905]. Softcover. Very good. 8 x 11 inches, oblong, in original pictorial wrappers. 99 pp, with dozens of illustrations from photographs. Light soiling and chipping to wraps, foxing to first two leaves, else very good. An attractive promotional that works hard to demonstrate that..... Item #21460
Oregon City, OR: Grant B. Dimick, 1913. Softcover. Very good. 9" x 12", pp. 171-194, stapled binding. Light soiling, old dampstain to back cover, but still very good. Single issue of this scarce magazine, which billed itself as the "only journal on the Pacific Coast published in the interests of..... Item #21854
Yuma, AZ: Yuma County Chamber of Commerce. 1930s promotional brochure. 20 pages, 9 x 8 inches when unfolded, extensively illustrated with half-tone photographs, double-page map at center. Showcases Yuma's businesses, irrigation and agricultural production (dates, figs, cotton, alfalfa, grapes, lettuce, canteloupes, pecans, grapefruits), mining, recreational opportunities. The last page describes..... Item #21238
Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1859 edition published by D. Appleton and Company. 130 pp, bound in green cloth. Light shelf wear to boards, bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean and tight. No dust jacket. The author was a British Member of..... Item #2356
Sacramento: State Office, 1881. 72 pp, illustrated with small wood engravings, in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine, old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper, else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California’s apple crop was devastated..... Item #20560
Chicago: C.S. Burch & Co, 1983. Softcover. Very good. 11.25" x 9", 16 pp, illustrated, in illustrated stapled wrappers. Light soiling and fading to wraps, old folding creases, else very good. Uncommon catalogue from the self-proclaimed "only house in America dealing exclusively in wool growers' supplies. Offers sheep dips, shears..... Item #23721
Akron, OH: Beacon Publishing Company, Printers. Undated, but likely 1885. 9.25" x 6.25", 32 pp, illustrated, in lithographed wrappers. Light soiling and moderate handling wear; good. Aultman, Miller was established in Akron in 1863 and became a leading manufacturer of harvesting equipment. This catalogue describes and illustrates six machines: the..... Item #23724
New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1846. Hardcover. good+. First American edition and first edition in English, translated from the Guenon's French edition, with new material added by Skinner, who was Editor of the Farmers' Library. 8vo, pp 32 (Preface and Introductory Remarks), [48], with wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Bound..... Item #21869
Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Southern Railway Company, 1911. Softcover. Good. 10" x 6.5", pp. 153-190 + ads. Stapled binding. Chips, staining to cover edges, internally very good. Issue 35 of this scarce and interesting publication from the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. Includes advertising for agricultural and industrial real..... Item #23117
Mankato, KS: Western Advocate Printers, [1923]. Illustrated broadside advertisement for a 1923 Kansas farm auction. 9" x 12" on tan newsprint; very good. Property of Ervin Tompkins to be sold by Ole Hanson, Auctioneer, at Hanson's farm, southwest of Mankato. Provides details on the specific animals to be sold and..... Item #21876
Raleigh, NC: E.M. Uzzell & Co., 1912. Softcover. Near fine. 58 pp, in original wrappers. Light spotting to edges, interior clean and tight. Includes a paper on "The Mission of the Departments of Agriculture and Agricultual Workers in the South" by the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and another on "The..... Item #2819
