The American Home and Farm Cyclopedia

The American Home and Farm Cyclopedia

Allen, Horace R. Port Hope, Ontario: E.E. Dodds & Bro., 1884.

4o., 1033 including prelims. and index, (4) pp. reviews and publisher's ads. Bound in medium yellow-green cloth with beveled boards. Front cover and spine stamped with elaborate illustration and titles in black and gold. Back cover stamped with illustration and titles in black. Decorative illustrated endpapers in black and brown. Copiously illustrated throughout in text and plate, including colour plates.

With tissue guards to frontis and colour plates. Light scratches to boards. Some rub and wear to covers, more so at joints and outer corners. Minor dampstains to edges of back endpapers. Repairs to both upper and lower hinges. A thick, heavy book, internally clean and tight.

Much information on the home, architecture, agriculture, farm and garden, horticulture, live stock, home medication and more.

1st Canadian edition. Rare.

$400.00 CDN