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Northern California Industrial Exposition, Eureka, Aug. 13th to 20th, 1921 (cover title) Issued under the supervision of The Eureka Chamber of Commerce to Commemorate the First Annual Exhibit of the Northern California Industrial Exposition at Eureka, California

[Eureka]: [1921]. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 7.5" x 10.75", oblong, string-tied pictorial wrappers. 48 pp, with many illustrations from photographs showing industrial, agricultural, and recreational opportunities in Humboldt County. Pages lightly rippled, mild handling wear, a few smudges on front cover. The Exposition, managed by William Horstman, was designed... (Item #14129)

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Northern California Industrial Exposition, Eureka, Aug. 13th to 20th, 1921 (cover title) Issued under the supervision of The Eureka Chamber of Commerce to Commemorate the First Annual Exhibit of the Northern California Industrial Exposition at Eureka, California. CALIFORNIA.
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A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Treee, with Suitable Directions for the Culture of Silk, In Three Parts

Boston: Week, Jordan and Comapny, 1839. Hardcover. Very good-. Fourth edition enlarged. 4.5" x 7.25". pp xii, (13)-162, 2 (ads). Original decorative cloth, stamped in gilt on the upper board. Front free endpaper excised, minor foxing; all else very good or better. Introduction by Abel Wheeler, Preface by Felix Pascalis... (Item #14861)

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A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Treee, with Suitable Directions for the Culture of Silk, In Three Parts. J. H. Cobb.
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First and Second Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New-York

Albany, NY: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature, 1856. Hardcover. Very good. 336 pp, with 4 plates, index. Original cloth boards show moderate general wear; endpapers foxed, ownership markings on flyleaf, text clean and binding sound. Fitch was a natural historian and entomologist whose extensive studies helped scientists to... (Item #2327)

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First and Second Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New-York. Asa Fitch.
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By the Golden Gate in '48, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association

United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 9 x 12 inches, 306 pp, with illustrations, advertiser index. Pictorial boards are edgeworn; contents clean and sound. Contains numerous articles on (then) current issues in the production of fruit and vegetables (transportation, packaging, financing, research, etc), accompanied by many advertisements... (Item #194)

Price: $100.00

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By the Golden Gate in '48, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. Claude N. Palmer.
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Tasmania, The Jewel of the Commonwealth, An Illustrated Account of the Island State of Tasmania, its Natural Resources and Advantages, its Activities and Enterprises, and the Opportunities it Affords, thanks to the wonderful Hydro-Electric System, for the establishment of Secondary Industries

Melbourne: Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 148 pp, with b/w illustrations, maps, and ads. A scarce promotional work, with text offering descriptive and statistical information on tourist attractions, hydro-electric development, mining, timber resources, agriculture (fruit... (Item #14346)

Price: $90.00

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Tasmania, The Jewel of the Commonwealth, An Illustrated Account of the Island State of Tasmania, its Natural Resources and Advantages, its Activities and Enterprises, and the Opportunities it Affords, thanks to the wonderful Hydro-Electric System, for the establishment of Secondary Industries. Crtichley Parker.
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Horses and Americans [Author's Autograph Edition]

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939. Hardcover. Fine. #25 of 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. 8 x 10.5 inches, 333 pp, indexed, with a color frontispiece, 103 illustrations from old prints and photographs, and endpapers and chapter heads by Wiese. Original brown cloth, stamped... (Item #14163)

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Horses and Americans [Author's Autograph Edition]. Phil Stong, Kurt Wiese, Illustrator.
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Fifty Years a Rancher, The Recollections of Half a Century Devoted to the Citrus and Walnut Industries of California to Furthering the Cooperative Movement in Agriculture

California Fruit Grower's Exchange, 1944. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 199 pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Original blue cloth boards, rubbed at the extremities, corners lightly bumped. Binding sound, contents clean. No dust jacket. (Item #14252)

Price: $10.00

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Fifty Years a Rancher, The Recollections of Half a Century Devoted to the Citrus and Walnut Industries of California to Furthering the Cooperative Movement in Agriculture. Charles Collins Teague.
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Flue-Cured Tobacco--Producing a Healthy Crop

Wendell, NC: Tobacco Consultants, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 350 pp, extensively illustrated with color photographs. Green cloth boards show mild shelfwear. Binding tight and square, text unmarked. No dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Intended "to provide growers, industry representatives, county extension agents, agricultural teachers, students... (Item #14084)

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Flue-Cured Tobacco--Producing a Healthy Crop. Furney Albert Todd.
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Vinos de California

[San Francisco]: Wine Advisory Board. Softcover. Near fine. Undated, likely 1940s. 12-page stapled booklet, 5 x 6.75 inches, illustrated with b/w photographs, offering a Spanish-language history and survey of the wine industry in California. Includes sections on the history of wine production in the state, what makes California wines exceptional... (Item #15323)

Price: $40.00

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Vinos de California. Wine Advisory Board.
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Michigan Log Marks, Their Function and Use During the Great Michigan Pine Harvest

East Lansing, MI: Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 1942. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint (first published 1941). 89 pp, with illustrations, in original illustrated wrappers. Light handling wear, ownership markings on inside cover; text clean. Subtitled on the cover: "An illustrated booklet depicting the nature and magnitude of one phase of Michigan's... (Item #2250)

Price: $25.00

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Michigan Log Marks, Their Function and Use During the Great Michigan Pine Harvest. Works Progress Administration.
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The Practical Poultry Keeper: A Complete and Standard Guide to the Management of Poultry Whether for Domestic Use, the Markets, or Exhibition

New York: Orange Judd Company. Hardcover. Very good. Eleventh edition, no date, but gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1884. vii, 252 pp, indexed. Original blue cloth with image of a rooster stamped in gilt on front board. Some spotting to front board, lower corners bumped. Binding sound, text... (Item #14011)

Price: $60.00

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The Practical Poultry Keeper: A Complete and Standard Guide to the Management of Poultry Whether for Domestic Use, the Markets, or Exhibition. L. Wright.
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