George b pyle (15 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. In Raising Less Corn, More Hell George B. Pyle shows us how the famous breadbasket of America is being bought up by large corporations, who produce less food per acre than the small farmer, push those farmers further into debt, pollute the earth and wear out the soil, and even license the very stuff of life: grain and seed. Meanwhile those farmers are promised a better future if they play ball with the corporations, but caught between the brutal new market and antiquated government support systems, they are forced to grow too much of the wrong cropscrops that will be fed to animals who cannot tolerate them, shipped as dubious aid to struggling countries, drive the farmers take-home pay ever downward, and make us all fatter. Pyle, native Kansan and editorialist for the Salt Lake Tribune, delivers a powerful, learned and lively attack on the status quo and shows us how unless we take a close look at our larderright nowwe risk turning much of rural America into a permanent environmental and economic wasteland. We are feeding ourselves and the rest of the world too much trash, he says, at environmental, ecological, and even security costs that are too high to pay. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardback. Condición: Very Good. In Raising Less Corn, More Hell George B. Pyle shows us how the famous breadbasket of America is being bought up by large corporations, who produce less food per acre than the small farmer, push those farmers further into debt, pollute the earth and wear out the soil, and even license the very stuff of life: grain and seed. Meanwhile those farmers are promised a better future if they play ball with the corporations, but caught between the brutal new market and antiquated government support systems, they are forced to grow too much of the wrong cropscrops that will be fed to animals who cannot tolerate them, shipped as dubious aid to struggling countries, drive the farmers take-home pay ever downward, and make us all fatter. Pyle, native Kansan and editorialist for the Salt Lake Tribune, delivers a powerful, learned and lively attack on the status quo and shows us how unless we take a close look at our larderright nowwe risk turning much of rural America into a permanent environmental and economic wasteland. We are feeding ourselves and the rest of the world too much trash, he says, at environmental, ecological, and even security costs that are too high to pay. …

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. First Edition. Pages clean and binding sound. Dust jacket crisp and intact.

Condición: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Public Affairs hardcover in dust jacket, first edition/1st printing; jacket price $25.00; unread and carefully stored; No marks/tears or other defects; (Fine/Fine). We will add a custom fitted archival quality mylar cover, bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated February 26, 1881 -- Vol. 25, No. 1261 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Light moisture stain around edges, otherwise very nice condition -- The Front Cover has a full page engraving by Thomas Nast titled "An Interior Investigation" (political cartoon) -- Page 132 has a full page engraving titled "The Streets Of New York" (Undertaker, Commissioner of Health, political cartoon) -- Page 133 has three engravings, titled as follows: "A Perilous Escape" by T. De Thulstrup (burning building), "The Late Rev. E. A. Washburn", and "A Race On The Ice--Bicycles V. Skates" by J. Pennell -- Page 136 has a full page engraving by Howard Pyle titled "St. Valentine's Day In The Morning" -- Page 137 has two engravings by A. B. Frost titled "Winter Amusements", subtitled "A Straw Ride--Stuck Fast In A Snow-Drift" and "An Old-Time Sleigh-Ride In New York" -- Page 140 has a full page engraving by Henry Muhrman titled "A Night Scene In The Bowery, New York" -- Page 141 has a large engraving titled "Voluntary Female Prisoners In The Central Dismissal Prison At Moscow" (exiled to Siberia) -- This issue contains a portion of the following serials: "Christowell" by R. D. Blackmore, Chapter XII and "Asphodel" by Miss M. E. Braddon, Chapter XXVI -- Many articles related to these engravings and other events occurring at the time, as well as very interesting advertising -- We store and ship each Harper's Weekly issue in a large zip lock plastic sleeve with a board insert for stiffness. They are shipped flat and never folded or rolled up. Thomas Nast - T. De Thulstrup - J. Pennell - Howard Pyle - A. B. Frost - Henry Muhrman - (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 344 Pp + 8 Pp Ads At Rear. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1901 Date On Title And Copyright Pages. A Bright, Clean, Tight Example, With Very Faint Dampstaining On Left-Most Inch Of Rear Cover, Beginning To Fray Just Along Top Of Spine, Small Area Of Light Dampstaining In Bottom Corner Of Ads At Rear, No Dampstaining To Text. With Saunders' Flyer For Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Printed In Red And Black. Illustrations Throughout (ilustrador).…

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 24 pages (includes Supplement) dated December 12, 1885 -- Vol. 29, No. 1512 -- Profusely illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very nice condition -- The Front Cover has a full page engraving by W. T. Smedley, one of four illustrations accompanying the short story contained in this issue titled "Dolly Vansittert's Other Lover. A Ghost Story" by Julian Hawthorne -- Pages 816 & 817 have a double page centerfold engraving by F. S. Church titled "A Christmas Fantasy" (girl with dancing bears) -- Pages 828 & 829 have a double page engraving by A. B. Frost titled "Christmas In Camp--Tying Up The Pudding" -- Page 832 has a full page engraving by W. L. Sheppard titled "Christmas In The South--A Suggestive Visit To The Old Family" -- This issue contains a portion of the serial "Half-Way. An Anglo-French Romance", Chapters XXXII & XXXIII -- There are two other short stories in this issue, one written and illustrated by Howard Pyle titled "Squire Tripp's Old Arm-Chair", with four large engravings, and "The Nice Little Man" by Fanny Foster Clark" -- Many articles related to these engravings and other events occurring at the time, as well as very interesting advertising -- We store and ship each Harper's Weekly issue in a large zip lock plastic sleeve with a board insert for stiffness. They are shipped flat and never folded or rolled up. **** NOTE: This issue has been stored in, and will be shipped in, an ACID FREE ARCHIVAL FOLDER with a Mylar Overlay. The Paper may be removed for viewing and reading. W. T. Smedley - F. S. Church - A. B. Frost - W. L. Sheppard - Howard Pyle - (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 232, xxv pp. ; illustrated, 19 photographic plates, 3 in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. Contents : Why do you like roses? / B Y Morisson -- Favorite moss roses / Jesse A Currey -- Tea roses for southern climates / George C Thomas, Jr -- The land of enchantment / Edmund M Mills -- Interesting boys and girls in roses / J Horace McFarland -- A beginner's experiences / Dwight L Armstrong -- East and West beginnings and experiences / John F Mahneke -- Own-root roses again / G A Stevens -- Buying roses from traveling agents -- Why we stopped selling roses in Sping / George H Petereson -- Rose understocks at Arlington Farm / Guy E Yerkes -- Rose-breeding in theory and practice -- Chromosomes and their relation to rose problems / Kathleen B Blackburn -- Mendelian principles and rose hybridization / J H Nicolas -- Artificial fertilization / J Pernet-Ducher -- Parents and offspring / Capt. George C THomas, Jr -- Handling seeds and seedlings / Allan C Fraser -- Roses and their hybridization in Spain / Pedro Dot -- Hybridization from a woman's viewpoint / Rena E Wilbur -- A poor start makes poor roses / W L Bredero -- The Northeast corner, a double symposium -- Roses in New England -- Roses in Maine / Dr. George T Elliot -- New Hampshire roses / Dr. Joseph Boylston -- Green Mountain roses / Edna V Highley -- Roses in Vermont / R R Campbell -- Practical methods / Mrs. A H Parker -- Along the New England seaboard / John Barrow -- Rhode Island roses / R Marion Hatton -- Roses and heresies in Connecticut / Alexander Cummings, Jr -- Roses in New York and Ontario -- Simplified rose culture on Long Island / Mrs Tracy H Lewis -- Planting and feeding roses / A Schierenberg -- Roses in Central New York / Dr. G Griffin Lewis -- Amateur rose-growing in Rochester / Paul Seel, Elsie Seel - A home rose-garden in Ithaca / E A White -- A Buffalo backyard rose-garden / Oscar S Witte -- Roswe varieties in Ontario / Paul B Sanders -- Thomas, Pemberton, and Lambert roses / Whitman Cross -- Color standardization for roses / H S Tillotson -- Considering new varieties / Capt. George C Thomas, Jr -- Patience for the new roses / G F Middleton -- The proof ofthe pudding, again -- A gentleman discusses blondes / Geoffrey G Whitney -- Roses in China / M Leslie Hancock -- Five years of rose progress in Australia / H H Hazlewood -- Roses at a naval base / G Prideaux -- Brown canker of the rose / Anna E Jenkins -- As the retail florist sees roses / Max Schling -- The cut-rose situation in New York / E L D Seymour, Frank H Traendly -- Conversation with a rose beginner -- A rose school in Texas -- The favored roses of America / Robert Pyle -- Royal doings in Tacoma / James A Hays -- What about the new European roses? -- Two new van Fleet hybrids -- New roses of the world -- Roses registered -- Rose notes. ; green patterned cloth ; with return card for ARS laid-in ; slight edge wear, else VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 161, xxv pp. ; green and red cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The progress of the American Rose Society / S S Pennock -- The use of the rose in the landscape / Wilhelm Miller -- The literature of the rose -- The rose in the "Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture" / L H Bailey -- Francis Parkman on roses / M N Baker -- The practical book of outdoor rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States -- The American rose advance / J Horace McFarland -- Roses worth while for everybody / George C Thomas, Jr -- Selections from recent garden roses / Aaron Ward -- Rose bloom records at Egandale / W C Egan -- E G Hill's forthcoming roses / Sarah A Hill -- The new American roses of 1917 / J Horace McFarland -- The basis of merit in roses / Jesse A Currey -- Methods of rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- Propagation by budding / Robert Huey -- The trenching method of rose propagation / C D Beadle -- Springfield roses / John M Good -- Rose importations / j Horace McFarland -- How to conduct an amateur rose show / J Horace McFarland -- Details and classification for amateur shows / Jesse A Currey --The rose all over America / J Horace McFarland -- A great rose-garden and its message / G A Parker -- The garden clubs and the rose / Mrs. Francis King -- Work and play in a Texas rose-garden / WIlliam A Anderson -- The Minneapolis Municipal Rose Garden at Lyndale Park / Theodore Wirth -- In my rose-garden / E M Mills -- The national rose test-garden / F L Mulford -- The Cornell Rose Test-Garden / A C Beal -- The Portland National Rose Test Garden / J Horace McFarland -- Roses in the Arnold Arboretum / J Horace McFarland -- Rose-growing in a Northern Latitude / W B Burgoyne -- The enemies of the rose / J Horace McFarland -- Rose diseases / L M Massey -- An entomologist and his rose-garden / A D Hopkins -- Greeting from abroad / J Horace McFarland -- Cut-flower rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The cut-rose production of America / J Horace McFarland --Cut-flower rose-growing in America in 1916 / Wallace R Pierson -- Cut-flower rose-growing in Canada / John R. Dunlop -- In Memoriam -- A partial list of roses introduced in America / Charles E F Gersdorff, J Horace McFarland -- The work of the American Rose Society : Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, with Presiden't Address and reports of the Secretary and Treasurer -- The Washington and Cornell Meetings -- Meetings of the Executive Committee -- Awards at Philadelphia Show of 1916 -- The story of rose black-spot -- new roses registered in 1916 -- Rules for registration of new roses -- Regulations for judging and scale of points -- American Rose Society medals for novelties -- Committees governing rose test-gardens -- At the Hartford Test Gardens --Local societies affiliated -- The eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Rose Society -- Medals awarded in 1916 -- Lest of members -- Index -- Index to advertisers -- List of Plates -- John Cook's unnamed American seeding (colored plate) -- Benjamin Hammond, Secretary American Rose Society -- New hybrid tea rose, Mrs. Henry Winnett -- Fred H Howard's new American rose, Los Angeles (colored plate) -- New hybrid Wichuriana rose, Alida Lovett -- New Hardy Climbing rose, Seedling No. 48 -- Acres of American-grown roses -- The important rose test-gardens -- Native roses for roadside adornment in the Arnold Arboretum -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States [Van Courtlandt Manor, Croton, NY] ; stamp of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on front endpaper ; with 25 pages of illustrated adverisments ; ; slight foxing, else FINE ; extremely scarce 2nd year of the series which began in 1916. Book.…

Paperback. Condición: Near Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1888. Photograph available upon request. First Edition. A single issue of this monthly magazine. NOT print on demand or a modern reprint. NOT a library discard. Near Very Good condition. Cover is intact with only light wear and minimal chips. Minor waviness to the margin of some pages [in the margin only, no text or illustrations are affected]. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original decorated wraps. Complete with all ads. Questions on content? Please inquire. This issue includes MERE POCHETTE, A STORY by Sarah Orne Jewett; CHESS IN AMERICA by Henry Sedley (with an engraved portrait of chessmaster Paul Morphy). Also in this issue: MODERN SPANISH ART by Prescott; CANADIAN VOYAGEURS ON THE SAGUENAY by Farnham, with illustration by Howard Pyle and A. B. Frost; A LITTLE SWISS SOJOURN by William Dean Howells; etc. Also a full page illustration by George du Maurier. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by Pyle, Howard; & A. B. Frost; George du Maurier. 6.75" wide by 9.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Pyle, Howard; & A. B. Frost; George du Maurier (ilustrador).…