Countryside and Farming Secondhand Out-of-Print and Antiquarian Books For Sale

[12805] Allingham, Helen and Dick, Stewart. The Cottage Homes of England. London: Bracken Books, 1984. First Thus. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0946495106. Illustrated. Excellent re-issue of the original 1909 edition. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt. £8.00

[10809] Anon. The Agricutural Landowner's Handbook on Taxation. London: Central Landowners' Association, 1949. Eighth edition. Hardback. Good+. No dustwrapper. 345pp. Foreword by Major R.G. Proby. Original black cloth gilt, slightly marked. £6.00

[3574] Anon. The Open Air Year - An anthology of the seasons selected from the Times. London: Times Publishing, 1932. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. xii, 242pp. Illustrated with 20 sepia photographs. Preface by Viscount Grey of Fallodon. Name on endpaper. Green cloth, tape/tape mark at spine ends. £4.00

[10864] Anon. Drayton Experimental Husbandry Farm, Stratford-on Avon - Farm Guide 1968. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Paperback. Very Good 41pp. Soil map and Farm plan. No inscriptions. Printed covers.slightly marked. £12.00

[12969] Archer, Fred. The Distant Scene. London: Coronet, 1973. Paperback. Good+. ISBN: 0340178639. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Pages slightly browned. £3.00

[14376] Bates, Cadwallader John. Thomas Bates and the Kirklevington Shorthorns - A Contribution to the History of Pure Durham Cattle. Newcastle upon Tyne: Robert Redpath, 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Signed by Author. Very Good xxii, 513pp. 1p. advert. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 5 further plates. 7 pedigrees [3 folding] . 7 Genealogical diagrams. 32 vignettes in the text. 2 maps. [1 folding]. Inscribed by the author 'To Professor Middleton with the writer's complimnets, Langley 18 April 1901 Langley is Langley Castle which Bates bought from the Royal Hospital for Seamen, Greenwich in 1882. Brown cloth gilt with gold blocked illustration of a Shorthorn bull of the front board. Scarce signed copy. £480.00

[10521] Beedell, Suzanne. Windmills. London: Bracken Books, Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 1851702318. 4to. 143pp. 115 plates. 31 figures. Foreword Henry Longhurst. An excellent comprehensive survey of windmills - history, technology , restoration etc. Original black cloth gilt. £10.00

[6465] Binding, Hilary and MacEwen, Malcolm (editors). Exmoor Review : Lynton and Lynmouth - National Park at Work - Wildlife of Exmoor . Dulverton, Somerset: The Exmoor Society, 1976. Paperback. Good+. ISBN: 0900131225. The Journal of the Exmoor Society. Volume Number 17. 96pp. Illustrations. Advertisements. No inscriptions. Illustrated wrappers. £3.00

[12756] Black, David [editor]. Reader's Digest/ National Trust Nature Notebooks : River, Wetland and Lowland Birds. London: Reader's Digest/National Trust, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0276392906. No inscriptions. £4.00

[9532] Cassimatis, Jack. The Super Stain Remover Book. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. First Thus. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 1854710974. 80pp. 265 main entries and almost 1000 references to individual problems. No inscriptions. Original laminated boards. £4.00

[14443] Cheatle, J.R.W.. A Guide to the British Landscape. London: Collins, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0002192403. 350pp. With over 500 drawings by the author. No inscriptions. Pink cloth gilt. £5.00

[5774] Colville, Robert. Pony Riding. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrapper Country Books No. 3. General Editor Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. 138pp. 2pp index. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt. £4.00

[13498] Cornish, C.J.. Wild England of To-day and the wildlife in it. London: Thomas Nelson, Hardback. Very Good. / No dustwrapper.. 374pp. Frontispiece. No inscriptions. Originally published by Seeley & Co. in 1895. £4.00

[12950] Cragoe, Elizabeth. Cowslips and Clover. London: Sphere Books, 1978. Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0722126492. No inscriptions. Pages browned £3.00

[11606] Davies, Bryan Eagle, David and Finney, Brian. Soil Management. Ipswich: Farming Press, 1982. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Near fine in near fine d/w ISBN: 0852361181. 287pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Original red cloth gilt. £8.00

[12777] Drabble, Phil. One Man and His Dog. London: Guild Publishing, 1989. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper Illustrated. No inscriptions. Blue cloth. £4.00

[12954] Duff, Gail. Country Wisdom: An Encyclopedia of Recipes, Remedies and Traditional Good Sense. London: Pan Books, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0330256637. No inscriptions. £3.00

[839] Duncan, Ronald. The Blue Fox. London: Museum Press, 1952. 2nd Impression. Hardback.. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ISBN: B0000CI2RW. 202pp. Illustrated by Michael Hansom. No inscriptions. Corners bumped. £4.00

[12091] Edwards, Elwyn Hartley. A Standard Guide to Horse and Pony Breeds. London: Macmillan, 1982. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0333343484. 4to. 352pp. Ilustrated in colour and black and white. No inscriptions. £8.00

[12776] Elder, Sam introduced by Robert Hardy. The Countryside Companion. London: Brockhampton Press, 1995. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 1860191622. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Pictorial laminated boards. £5.00

[3204] Ellis, J.C.B.. The Feeding of Farm Livestock. London: Crosby Lockwood, 1948. Second edition, 2nd impression. Hardback. Very Good in poor dustwrapper ISBN: B0000CIV6M. 271pp. 26 figures. The author was Lecturer in Animal Nutrition , Department of Agriculture, University of Oxford. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt, scattered foxing. £12.00

[8656] Ellis, J.C.B.. The Feeding of Farm Livestock. London: Crosby Lockwood, 1947. Second Edition. Hardback. Good. No dustwrapper. 271pp. 26 figures. The author was Lecturer in Animal Nutrition , Department of Agriculture, University of Oxford. No dustwrapper. Name on endpaper. Green cloth gilt, rubbed/worn. £8.00

[12623] Evens, G. Bramwell (The Romany of the B.B.C.). Out with Romany by Meadow and Stream. London: University of London Press, 1943. 3rd Impression. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrappe 176pp. Illustrations by Reg Gammon and Photographs in Half-tone. Inscription on endpaper crossed out. Brown cloth, £5.00

[10775] Fassett, Kaffe & Hunt, Zoe. Glorious Needlepoint. London: Book Club Associates, 1987. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. ISBN: . 4to. 160pp. Colour illustrations. No inscriptions. Original red cloth gilt. £5.00

[3548] Fitter, Richard (editor). The Countryman Nature Book - An Anthology from the Countryman. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrapper ISBN: B0000CKR42. 134pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt, offsetting from dustwrapper, page edges foxed. £3.00

[13481] Gill, Crispin. The Countryman's Britain in Pictures. Select Editions, Hardback. Fine. / Fine.. ISBN: 1856482189. 96pp.No inscriptions. Pictorial laminated boards. £4.00

[12764] Greeves, Lydia. Country Cottages. London: Pavilion Books/The National Trust, 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 185793704X. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Cover creased.. £4.00

[3567] Grisewood, Frederick. Our Bill - Guide-Counsellor-Friend. London: Westaway Books, 1950. First further enlarged edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ISBN: B0000CJRKF. 176pp. Illustrations by Joan Hassall. No inscriptions. Brown cloth. £3.00

[12782] Hadfield, John [editor]. The Shell Book of English Villages. London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0718119002. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Illustrated boards. £5.00

[4844] Hagreaves, Barbara (editor). Handbook of Country Crafts. London: Drive Publications, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0903356074. 48pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Illustarted card covers.. £3.00

[13776] Halsham, John. Idlehurst - A Journal kept in the Country. London: Smith Elder, 1908. Second Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper.. ix 263pp. 12pp. catalogue. Bookplate. Green cloth gilt. £20.00

[12946] Harris, Mollie. A Kind of Magic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0192813935. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Crease on front cover. £6.00

[12947] Harris, Mollie. Another Kind of Magic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Very Good. ISBN: 0192818589. Illustrated. Cover slightly creased. . £3.00

[12958] Harvey, John; Alexander, Keith; Russell, David. The National Trust Nature Companion. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Fine. No d/w as issued. ISBN: 0863184146. 192pp. Illustrated by Sandra Fernandez. No inscriptions. Pictorial laminated boards. £6.00

[12775] Haworth, Josephine. The Country Habit - A Year in the Working Life of the Land. London: Methuen, 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+ in Very Good+ d/w ISBN: 041341230X. Illustrated. Owner's label on endpaper. Green cloth gilt. £6.00

[3202] Holmes, G.A.. Revolution in Agriculture. London: Todd Publishing , 1946. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 128pp. A record of the visit of six New Zealand agriculturalists to Great Britain in 1942 to assist in the food production drive. Remants of dustwrapper. No inscriptions. £8.00

[12391] Hoskins, W. G.. English Landscapes. British Broadcasting Corporation, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0563124075. 84pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Pages slighlty browned/cockled. £3.00

[12665] Howard, Anthony & West, Richard. Country Ways in Sussex and Surrey. Newbury: Countryside Books/TVS, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 090539268X. No inscriptions. £3.00

[3557] Hudson, W.H.. A Hudson Anthology - arranged by Edward Garnett. London: J.M. Dent, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. xiv,381pp. Portrait frontispiece. Inscription on half-title. Green decorated cloth gilt, rubbed, spine dulled. £8.00

[3558] Hudson, W.H.. The Book of a Naturalist. London: Nelson, Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. viii,282pp. 6pp adverts. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt, scattered foxing. £3.00

[10515] Hudson, W.H.. The Book of a Naturalist. London: Nelson, Hardback. Very Good viii,282pp. 6pp adverts. No dustwrapper. Newspaper portrait tipped onto endpaper.Original red cloth gilt. £6.00

[12561] Hudson, W.H. illustrated Reynolds Stone. A Shepherd's Life. London: J.M. Dent, 1949. Reprint. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ISBN: . Everyman's Library No. 926. xvi, 247pp. 8pp. catalogue of 979 volumes. No inscriptions. Red cloth gilt. £4.00

[12780] Jackman, Brian illustrated by Pearson, Bruce. The Countryside in Winter. London: Hutchinson, 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in near fine d/w ISBN: 009161810X. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Grey cloth. £6.00

[8020] Jefferies, Richard. The Pageant of Summer. London: Quartet Books, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0704332892. xxvi, 229pp. A new collection of essays selected and introduced by Andrew Rossabi. No inscriptions. Covers slightly creased o/w VG. £3.00

[8325] Johnson, Samuel W.. How Crops Grow - A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure, and Life of the Plant for All Students of Agriculture. New York: Orange Judd, 1879. Hardback. Reading copy xvi, 394pp. 2pp. advert. Name/address - Cirencester Agricultural College - on endpapers. Brown cloth gilt, marked/rubbed, lacks half-title. £6.00

[3569] Larken, E.P.. Leisure Hours with Nature. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Hardback. Good+. No dustwrapper. xv,263pp. 9pp adverts. Numerous monchrome illustrations. No inscriptions. Green cloth, lacks front endpaper. £3.00

[13774] Lawson, J.A.. Honeycraft in theory and practice. London: Chapman & Hall, 1931. First Edition. Hardback. Good. / No dustwrapper.. xii, 228pp. Illustrated with diagrams by Audrey Lawson and photographs by the author. No inscriptionns. Brown illustrated cloth, rubbed and worn , contents VG. £10.00

[13393] Lennard, Reginald. Economic Notes on English Agricultural Wages. London: Macmillan, 1914. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ix, 154pp. 2pp. catalogue. No inscriptions. Blind embossed 'Presentation Copy' stamp on title page. Brown cloth gilt. £25.00

[12829] Lewis, Philippa. English Country Life. a Photographic Record. London: Parkgate Books, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 1855853353. Recollections From The Past Series. 96pp. Illustrated.No inscriptions. £4.00

[12828] Lewis, Philippa. English Village Life. a Photographic Record. London: Parkgate Books, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 1855853310. Recollections From The Past Series. 96pp. Illustrated.No inscriptions. £4.00

[14435] Massingham, H.J.. The Faith of a Fieldsman. London: Museum Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper. ISBN: B0015IWE64. 271pp. Frontispiece and 20 further plates. An anthology of post-war weekly articles about traditional country life originally published in 'The Field'. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt, spine dulled. £5.00

[3205] Moore, H.I.. Crops and Cropping. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1946. Third Edition. Hardback. Very Good in poor dustwrapper ISBN: B0000CMLS3. 268pp. 4pp adverts. 59 illustrations from photographs taken by the author who was Senior Lecturer in Agriculture, Leeds University. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt, scattered foxing. £4.00

[6748] Ollivant, Alfred. Boxer & Beauty - A Tale of Two Cart-Horses. London: Heinemann, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. xi, 120pp. Illustrated with 4 plates by Gilbert Holiday. No dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Original red cloth gilt, scattered foxing, corners slightly bumped, spine slightly sunned, gilt bright. Scarce. VG. £25.00

[5773] Pincher, Chapman.. The Breeding of Farm Animals. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Penguin Handbook PH10. 149pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Covers marked, pages browned. £3.00

[12755] Platt, Richard [editor]. Reader's Digest/ National Trust Nature Notebooks : Seaside and Moorland Birds. London: Reader's Digest/National Trust, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0276392884. No inscriptions. £4.00

[12789] Porter, Valerie (editor). Old Vets. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1997. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0715306820. Illustrated. No inscriptions. £3.00

[12696] Pye-Smith, Charlie. In Search of Neptune: A Celebration of the National Trust's Coastline. London: The National Trust, 1990. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0707801060. 252pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Blue cloth. £5.00

[1239] Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una. Lillilows. London: The Bodley Head, 1931. First Edition. Hardback.. Very Good. No dustwrapper. Small 4to. 203pp. 8pp adverts. 7 colour 19 Black and White illustrations by Fred Lawson. Name on endpaper. Decorated black cloth gilt, slight rubbing and wear at top of spine, scattered foxing. £8.00

[13122] Reynolds, Clifton. Glory Hill Farm - Second Year 1941-2. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1946. 5th Impression. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 184pp. Appendix. Coloured frontispiece. 10 illustrations. Map endpapers. No dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Green cloth. £4.00

[12315] Ryle, George. Forest Service: The first forty-five Years of the Forestry Commission of Great Britain.
Newton Abbot: David Charles, 1969. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrapper. ISBN: 0715343556. 340pp. Illustrated. Inscription on endpaper. Green cloth gilt. £8.00

[12140] Seymour, John. Getting It Together - a guide for new settlers. London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine in near fine d/w ISBN: 0718119401. 149pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Green cloth. £8.00

[1074] Smethurst, William (editor). The Archers - The First Thirty Years. London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. First Edition. Hardback.. Fine in very good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0413478300. 203pp. Illustrated. Endpaper maps. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt. £3.00

[12781] Soper, Tony. A Companion To British Wildlife. Godalming: Colour Library Books, 1989. Very Good in worn dustwrapper ISBN: 0862836433. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Pictorial laminated boards. £8.00

[12364] Step, Edward. Wayside and Woodland Blossoms Series I, II and III. 3 volumes.. London: Frederick Warne, New Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrappers. Series I 1938. xxxii, 176pp. Colour figures of 127 species and 150 text illustrations.Series II 1941. xxxvi, 1886pp. Colour figures of 130 species and 140 text illustrations. Series III 1941. xxxii, 191pp. Colour figures of 64 species. 87 photographs and 119 text illustrations. Name to each volume. Red leatherette, gilt decorated., some pencilled annotations, spines slightly dulled. A nice uniform set. £25.00

[12365] Step, Edward. Wayside and Woodland Trees. London: Frederick Warne, Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. Nd. 182pp. 175 plates, 24 in colour, 151 photographs and 57 text figures. Name on endpaper. Green leatherette, gilt decorated. £4.00

[10810] Sturrock, Ford. Farm Accounting and Management. London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1967. Fifth edition. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrapper xi, 228pp. No inscriptions Original red cloth, bumped. £6.00

[12794] Terry, John. Calves in the Classroom. London: Farming press, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0852361653. Signed by the author. £5.00

[12778] Trollope, Joanna [editor]. The Country Habit : An Anthology. London: Bantam Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 059302690X. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Black cloth gilt. £5.00

[4848] Various contributors. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England Volume 120. London: John Murray, 1959. Paperback. Good ISBN: B0000CRWWL. 4to.Illustrated. xliv pp adverts. Covers worn/marked. £6.00

[12779] Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford. The Countryside Companion. London: Hutchinson, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0091393809. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Brown cloth gilt. £6.00

[11577] Warren, C. Henry illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. England is a Village. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in worn dustwrapper. ISBN: 0906798345 . xiii, 250pp. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. No inscriptions. Original grey cloth, black titles, page edges foxed.. £50.00

[12793] West, Harold Mills. East Anglian Tales. London: Countryside Books, 1999. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 1853060666. No inscriptions. £5.00

[12366] Whitehead, Stanley B.. The Book of Flowering Trees and Shrubs. London: Frederick Warne, 1956. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 244pp. 63 colour plates, No inscriptions. Green cloth, spine sunned. £4.00

[11288] Wightman, Ralph. Watching Certain Things. London: Cassell, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in Good+ dustwrapper ISBN: B0000CHWMC. 150pp. 7 plates Map. No inscriptions. Original green cloth. £6.00

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