RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings
RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings

RARE 1865-67 Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs, Vol I, 440 Engravings

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  RURAL AFFAIRS: A PRACTICAL AND COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE, INCLUDING Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and All Farm and Garden Processes — By J.J. Thomas, Volume I — With Four Hundred and Forty (440) Engravings — Early Edition, 1876

 Publisher: Luther Tucker and Son, Albany (1876)

Dark brown engraved boards with gilt decorations on front and on spine. Early edition from 1876, in well preserved condition. 336 pages, with 440 engravings. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear and rubbed corners. Slight lean to book. The pages are crisp and clean, and free of interior writing. All the details of rural life are provided, from growing crops, to planting gardens, to raising livestock, to building furniture and fixing homes. A fascinating overview. Complete title: "RURAL AFFAIRS: A PRACTICAL AND COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE, INCLUDING Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and All Farm and Garden Processes".