Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1958. Hardcover first edition - Includes 2 sections of phographs - at the front of the book and inserted in the middle - plus maps. Index. 603 pp. Map endpapers.

New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta & New York: Amerind Publishing, (1976). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon monograph, translated from the Russian. Illustrated with photographs, maps (including one folding map). References. 68 pp.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at small farmers in the parish of Minho- and at how issues like technical changes, fragmentation of the land, etc affect them. Photographs, graphs, notes, references, index. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-12442.

Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1985. First edition - Focuses on the breakdown between a people and their natural support systems - with famine and the threat of famine as one of the results of this breakdown - and on what can be done to restore these systems: the soil, the forests. Specifically deals with population issues. Charts, notes. 81 pp. ISBN: 0916468-658.

Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1919. First edition - The introduction describes this compilation as the first to bring together in a single volume all of the laws relating to the diary and livestock industries enforceable by the Department of Agriculture. Included is information on diseases and quarantining, the inspection of meat, the purity of milk and sale of imported butter, the registration of stallions,brands, cruelty to animals, and more, including fence, estray and trespass laws. Index. 133 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - His first work of nonfiction, a book inspired by the birth of his son, which led him to explore the importance of food in our lives, and especially where that food comes from - a study both of factory farming of animals and the more humane family farms. A rather passionate indictment of the entire practice of factory farming. SIGNED on the title page. Notes, 329 pp.

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1972. Hardcover first edition - A textbook written for agriculture students, not vetinarians, but nevertheless quite comprehensive - diseases range from anthrax to parasites - with such conditions as bluetongue, hog cholera, blackleg, salmonellosis, botulism and many more discussed in some detail. illustrated with photographs, suggestions for additional reading, index. 337 pages. ISBN: 0-8121-03106.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover - Illustrated with many photographic plates. Frontispiece of a fold-out map of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The 'heartland,' agriculture, fishing, creativity (including Frank Lloyd Wright) are just some of the topics covered. Index. 312, x pp.

Visalia - Corralitos: By the authors, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful large format book, using anecdotes, slices of history, observations and yarns, to give voices to the black and white photographs which capture the essence of this vast agricultural region in the heart of California. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0935330003.

New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1968.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - A publication of the Food Research Institute, growing out of concern about whether or not food production in Africa will keep pace with the growing population - focuses on the foods which have been most important in Africa: millet and sorghums, maize, rice, yams, plaintains, etc. Notes, appendix, name and subject indexes. Map endpapers. 305 pp.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1962. First edition - Illustrated with drawings, pp 637-688. Final issue in volume 32.

Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1961.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with many black and white photographs, this book takes a look at the history of American farms. Review copy with photograph of author laid in.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1962. First edition - Illustrated with charts and photographs, Literature cited, pp 501-539.

Boston: Godine, (1978.) dj. Hardcover - The first book in his delightful series of essays on adjusting to, and learning to appreciate, the rural life - among the topics in this book are buying a pick-up truck and a chainsaw, selling firewood, grades of maple syrup, and more. Illustrated by Stephen Harvard. 124 pp. ISBN: 0-87923-2323.

Boston: Godine, (1978.) dj. Hardcover - The first book in his delightful series of essays on adjusting to, and learning to appreciate, the rural life - among the topics in this book are buying a pick-up truck and a chainsaw, selling firewood, grades of maple syrup, and more. Illustrated by Stephen Harvard. 124 pp. ISBN: 0-87923-2323.

Boston: Godine, (1983.) dj. Hardcover - Third volume of essays by this urban man turned framer and teacher, now living in Thetford Vermont and teaching at Dartmouth. The NY Times Review stated that "Perrin makes a fine defense of country living, not as a retreat from the world but as a place to use one's talents to battle it out. These essays for guaranteed to amuse confirmed urbanites and set them dreaming of the country." Included are such topics as the gourmet potato grower, farm flowers, a cow's plea to vegetarians and more - but despite the often light-hearted tone, but the underlying theme - how to preserve and protect the land - is serious. Illustrated by Robin Brickman.188 pp. ISBN: 0-879234679.

Boston: Godine, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second volume of essays by this urban man turned framer and teacher, now living in Thetford Vermont and teaching at Dartmouth. The NY Times Review stated that "Perrin makes a fine defense of country living, not as a retreat from the world but as a place to use one's talents to battle it out. These essays for guaranteed to amuse confirmed urbanites and set them dreaming of the country." Included are such topics as lamb to lamb chop, winter in the woods, Vermont silences and more - but despite the often light-hearted tone, but the underlying theme - how to preserve and protect the land - is serious. Illustrated by F. Allyn Massey.152 pp. ISBN: 0-879233419.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel about the life of tenant farmers in Texas and the plight of the farmer in general by this Texas-born folklorist and novelist. A significant association copy as this is INSCRIBED by the author on the title page 'For Mr. Alexander Legge, with appreciation of his services to the American farmer" and dated July 29, New York City. Legge was President of International Harvester from 1922 until his death in 1933, chairman of the Federal Farm Board under President Hoover, and one of the founders and principal contributors to the Farm Foundation in 1933.

1948. Includes detailed proceedings, financial reports, reports from local granges, and more.
Several pages of "In Memoriam." Small format, 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches. 189 pp, index inside rear cover.

Oxford & Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Institute of British Geographers Special Publications Series, no. 23. Study of thesignificant economic and social changes which have occurred in rural Africa in the colonial and post-colonial periods - looking at factors like migration, nomads, land rights, famines, and much more. Bibliography and index. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-631158553.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-577736.

New York: Macmillan, 1930. Hardcover first edition - In an attempt to deal with the farm price and surplus problems, President Hoover created the Federal Farm Board. It was designed to allow cooperatives to hold crop surpluses and market them in an orderly fashion. One of the first important acts of the farm board was setting up a $20 million grain sales corporation, headquartered in Chicago. This book sets forth problems facing agriculture and the scope of the Agricultural Marketing Act. Chapter headings include: Economic factors which led to the Passage of the Agricultural Marketing Act; The Drive for Farm Relief; Loans; Price Insurance; Clearing House Associations; Advisory Commodity Committees; Possiblities and Limitations of the Farm Board, and more. 197 pp.

Lancaster, PA: The Jaques Cattell Press, 1942 (1944.) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with many photographs and charts throughout. The final section is a guide for tourists called 'geology from a motor car.' Glossary, bibliography, index. 438 pages. Printed on high quality glossy paper.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1898. Hardcover first edition - Includes a report of the chemist who has been working on sugar experiments and a field report on every beet-sugar growing area in the US. Illustrated with 2 large colored folded maps. Index. 240 pp.

Ithica, NY: Cornell University Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Winston uses beekeeping as a starting point to discuss broader issues, such as how agriculture functions under increasingly complex social and environmental restraints, how scientists grapple with issues of accountability, and how people struggle to maintain contact with the natural world. Winston's reflections on bees, beekeeping, and science cover a period of tumultuous change in North America, a time when new parasites, reduced research funding, and changing economic conditions have disrupted the livelihoods of bee farmers." The difficulties facing beekeepers have only increased since this book was published, making it more timely than ever, and the problem of adulterated honey continues. Foreword by Eva Crane. x, 171 pp. ISBN: 0-8014-34777.