Dr Augustus Voelcker Preface (2 results)
More imagesPublished by GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, LONDON, 1867
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Red Roan leather quarter Binding with gilt titles and Green cloth boards, 165 x 110 mm approx. xii + 288 pp + 6 of publisher's adverts. 5 unspecified engravings and numerous statistical tables. Preface by Cr Augustus Voelcker. New Edition 1867. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale… for further details and condition. Good (Book- edge wear to leather with a little loss to head, no notable soiling. No previous owner name or insc. Large piece torn from one of the publisher's adverts at rear. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers. No other notable defects).
More images2 Vols How Crops Grow. A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure and Life of the Plant for All Students of Agriculture.; Agricultural Chemistry: A Familiar Explanation of the Chemical Principles Involved in the Operations of the Farm
Samuel W. Johnson; Alfred Sibson; Dr. Augustus Voelcker [Preface]
Published by O. Judd Co, David W. Judd; George Routledge and Sons, Limited 1887-1892, New York; London, 1887
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. A scarce two-volume collection of agricultural works, including a first edition signed by John Prince Sheldon with a revised edition on agricultural chemistry with a contemporary signed letter from Alfred Sibson bound in. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.A two-volume collection of instructi…onal works, written for students and working agriculturists. Each volume is illustrated with explanatory diagrams and vignettes. Compromising:1887 How Crops Grow: A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Structure and Life of the Plant for All Students of Agriculture by Samuel William Johnson. First edition. This work examines plant life through chemistry and physiology, soil, roots, nutrition, and growth.This copy has been signed and inscribed by J. Prince Sheldon to the preface. John Prince Sheldon (1841-1913) was a leading British agricultural writer, best known for his works on dairying and livestock health, widely used by farmers and agricultural students.1892 Agricultural Chemistry: A Familiar Explanation of the Chemical Principles Involved in the Operations of the Farm by Alfred Sibson, with a preface by Augustus Voelcker. This is a revised edition, extended and brought up to date. This work offers a guide to chemical principles into practical farming decisions on manures, soils, and crop management.This copy includes a bound in letter signed by the author, Alfred Sibson, on Analytical Laboratory letterhead, dated 22 St Mary Axe, London E.C., May 15, 1892. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Letter bound written and signed by the author, Alfred Sibson, to front free endpapers of "Agricultural", alongside newspaper ephemera tipped in to front free endpaper. Spotting to boards, more so to "Crops." Previous owner's ink inscription to title page of "Agriculture." Contemporary inscription to preface of "Crops", with a small inscription to title page. Portrait illustration of Samuel Johnson affixed to recto of front free endpaper of "Crops." Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to first and last few leaves. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.
