A very scarce 19th-century study of American agriculture, with commentary on its land laws, meat supplies and cattle trades.
The first edition of this very scarce agricultural work.
Rebound in later cloth.
A well-versed treatise on American farming, with chapters covering the cheap movement of grain, New York meat supplies, agriculture in Ohio, lumbering, the Red River and Chicago cattle trade.
Written by Finlay Dun, who also wrote 'Landlords and Tenants in Ireland' and 'Veterinary Medicines, Their Actions and Uses'.
This work was written as a result of a visit to the United States in the autumn of 1879.
Twelve pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Newspaper clipping of the author's obituary loosely inserted.
Rebound in later cloth.
Externally, fine.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages are bright and generally clean, with light spotting to the first and last pages.
Very Good Indeed