Verlag: Cambridge At The University Press, 1920
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: USED_FAIR. 1920. No Edition Remarks. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Creasing to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.
Verlag: Scottish Academic Press Ltd, 1988
ISBN 10: 0707305357 ISBN 13: 9780707305356
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0707305357.
Verlag: Scottish Academic Press Ltd, 1988
ISBN 10: 0707305357 ISBN 13: 9780707305356
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Aug 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1022292919 ISBN 13: 9781022292918
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a comprehensive survey of the agriculture of the county of Caithness. It includes detailed observations on the means of its improvement, and offers valuable insights into the challenges facing rural communities in the early nineteenth century.
Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241526591 ISBN 13: 9781241526597
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Jul 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1020576065 ISBN 13: 9781020576065
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: W. Rae, 1907
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 470 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Includes black and white photographic plates and a fold-out map. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding slightly loose. Pencil markings to front endpaper and pastedown. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Slight wear to upper rear joint. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt is bright.
Verlag: London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1803., 1803
Anbieter: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Zustand: UNSPECIFIED. Large 4to, pp. [2], 16, with 4 engraved plates (2 folding); a little creasing at corners, some loss at fore-edge of first plate affecting engraved text; a very good copy stab-stitched in contemporary marbled paper wrappers; 'From the author' at head of title.First edition, presentation copy, with attractive engravings showing a 'Plan of the new town of Thurso', an 'Improved elevation and plans of Janet Street in the new town of Thurso', a 'Plan of certain farms on the river Thurso . intended partly to be let in small lots on improving leases to new settlers', and 'Sketch of the fishing village of Brodiestown intended to be created at S arilet'.Agricultural improver, politician, and president of the Board of Agriculture, Sinclair (1754-1835) was educated at Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Oxford, inheriting his father's Caithness estates in Scotland. A sketch details Sinclair's various schemes for improvement, including sheep farming at Langwell, the adoption of a 'fen system of husbandry', the creation of new small arable farms, and the establishment of two new villages of Halkirk and Brodiestown and of a new town of Thurso, an attractive Georgian suburb. But as Sinclair here notes, his improving zeal was checked by the prospect of renewed hostilities with Napoleonic France and the financial uncertainty this brought. 'He held to most of the standard views of improving landowners their enthusiasm for enclosure, for instance, hostility to commons, and readiness to experiment with new crops . As with most improvers many of his experiments were expensive failures' (ODNB).Goldsmiths' 18635. COPAC records 5 copies (BL, NLS, Edinburgh, Senate House Library, Southampton). OCLC apparently records only the Yale copy in the US. Rare on the market (no auction records). Language: English.