Flour Man's Bread (18 results)

Condition: New. Rydell, Harold (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Jacket has several missing pieces along the edges. Backside has several large missing pieces at the top.It has been price clipped. It is in a new mylar protective cover and the front looks good. Spine is crushed at the bottom. Name in ink inside front cover. Contents are like new. Books are normally mailed within twenty-four hours.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper; not price-clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 382 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 27 cm. Notes; The book and dust jacket designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-372). Contents; Foreword / by James F. Bell -- The line we shall follow -- Diet makes the man -- The grinding of wild grains begins -- Gain cultivation begins -- Farming and milling tools appear-and bread -- The grain empires -- Milling becomes a business -- Water turns the millstones -- Man masters the winds for milling -- Man's new power resources -- Milling comes to America -- Oliver Evans invents the automatic mill -- Westward ho! -- Automatic miling and the purifier start a revolution in American milling -- Rollers and gradual reduction advance the milling revolution -- The automatic all-roller gradual-reduction mill completes the revolution -- The business side of milling gains importance -- The modern mill and its flour -- The new era of organization and research -- Looking forward.Subjects; Flour mills History. Food-Processing Industry history. Grain Milling History. Milling machinery. Mills and mill-work History. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Ex college library - stamps, remains of labels, etc.; Page fore-edge lightly foxed; wear to cloth at head & foot of spine. Dust jacket tatty & discoloured Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in dust jacket.

1st edition orig. dec. cloth Very Good large octavo 382pp., b/w frontis., ills., maps, bibliog., index, Illustrations by Harold Rydell. Rear board slightly soiled and corners bumped. Ownership stamp. Small number of annotations in blue pen o/w VG.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper; not price-clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 382 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 27 cm. Notes; The book and dust jacket designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-372). Contents; Foreword / by James F. Bell -- The line we shall follow -- Diet makes the man -- The grinding of wild grains begins -- Gain cultivation begins -- Farming and milling tools appear-and bread -- The grain empires -- Milling becomes a business -- Water turns the millstones -- Man masters the winds for milling -- Man's new power resources -- Milling comes to America -- Oliver Evans invents the automatic mill -- Westward ho! -- Automatic miling and the purifier start a revolution in American milling -- Rollers and gradual reduction advance the milling revolution -- The automatic all-roller gradual-reduction mill completes the revolution -- The business side of milling gains importance -- The modern mill and its flour -- The new era of organization and research -- Looking forward.Subjects; Flour mills History. Food-Processing Industry history. Grain Milling History. Milling machinery. Mills and mill-work History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. none. vi, 382p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. none. vi, 382p., Illustrated by Harold Rydell.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ] Hardback, small quarto, appx 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches, [xii] + 382 pages, VG+ in Good only dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book itself quite nice with only previous owner name/addres stamp mostly hidden beneath front flap of dj and light paper clip impression at top edge of ffep. DJ clean with good color (dark olive, light olive & white), but moderately tattered with edge chips and tears. Numerous b&w line drawings, including maps. Quality paper used. Printed throughout on coated stock. Extensive References. Index. RWR5 Food Processing Industry Agriculture Grain Wheat Flour Mills History Science Technology.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harold Rydell (illustrator). 1st Edition. This work is a complete study of the history of milling and its profound significance in the record of human progress, from earliest times to the present. Beginning with a detailed description of the use of grain by primitive man, the discussion then proceeds to the early refinement of tools, the accumulation of enormous grain empires in ancient times, the gradual development of the centralized mill and modern milling techniques, and the large-scale production and distribution methods of today. The book contains illustrations, figures, maps, a vocabulary of milling terms, references and notes, and an index. Jacket is chipped, some wear, now in mylar; otherwise, this HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, 1952. Quarto. 382 pages with 130 illustrations by Harold Rydell, prepared under the direction of the noted industrial designer, Walter Dorwin Teague. An exceptional copy. Near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket, lightly soiled with several closed tears and tiny chip at top of front wrap. Small personal sticker top inside corner of endpaper. Foxing to top edge. No former owner marks. The first complete study of the history of milling and its profound significance in the record of human Progress. From the birthplace of milling in the Midwest. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.