By Duncan George Forbes Macdonald
London   David Steel
8.5" by 6" xx, 726, cclxviiipp.
A very scarce tenth edition of this practical guide to estate management from British agricultural engineer Duncan George Forbes Macdonald.
By Duncan George Forbes Macdonald

1868 Estate Management (New Edition of "Hints on Farming" in a Separate Volume)

London   David Steel
8.5" by 6" xx, 726, cclxviiipp.
A very scarce tenth edition of this practical guide to estate management from British agricultural engineer Duncan George Forbes Macdonald.
£80.00
: 1.5kgs / : 980T19

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Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Tenth edition, being a new edition of "Hints on Farming" in a separate volume. Very scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A comprehensive guide for farmers and estate managers, offering practical advice on a wide range of topics related to agriculture and land management. With chapters on salaries, leases, the Poor Laws, holdings, husbandry, and much more. Including a detailed appendix on farm operations for the months of the year. Written by Duncan George Forbes Macdonald, a British agricultural engineer and miscellaneous writer.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with small splits to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge tender with the rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown with bookseller's blind stamp to the front endpaper.

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