with a diverse picture of the industry through ads and information of the time
How to Grow an Acre of Corn
some darkening to covers
else good (internally very good)
Hand-printed portfolio comprised of 8 leaves of variously colored heavy deckle-edged paper
(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Spoons) [Ewbank, Thomas] Hab'k. O. Westman. Transactions of the Society of Literary & Scientific Chiffonniers; being essays on Primitive Arts in Domestic Life. Literature with a diverse picture ofThe Spoon, with upwards of one hundred illustrations, Primitive, Egyptian, Roman, Medieval, and Modern. 288 pp. Illus. with 8 stipple engraved plates of a variety of spoons, more than a hundred in all. Calf backed pebbled cloth, gilt lettered spine. First Edition. NY: Harper, 1844. A deep dive into the world of spoons, from ancient history to the present, with fabulous engraved plates of spoons in the shape of seashells, horns, flowers, vines, etc.