Item #20503 Todd's Country Homes; or winning solid wealth. A practical book by a practical man. Containing full and reliable directions for choosing a home, erecting every description of houses and out-buildings, painting, glazing, &c.; together with invaluable suggestions and information on domestic economy, general farming, fancy gardening, fruit raising, breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry; the whole embracing the results of a life-long experience. profusely illustrated with plans and perspectives of buildings, besides thirteen full-page engravings. Farms, Sereno Edwards Todd.

Todd's Country Homes; or winning solid wealth. A practical book by a practical man. Containing full and reliable directions for choosing a home, erecting every description of houses and out-buildings, painting, glazing, &c.; together with invaluable suggestions and information on domestic economy, general farming, fancy gardening, fruit raising, breeding and management of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry; the whole embracing the results of a life-long experience. profusely illustrated with plans and perspectives of buildings, besides thirteen full-page engravings.

New York: Union Publishing Co., nd c. 1870. First edition. Embossed cloth with gilt illustration. Octavo, pp. 728, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. The 13 full-page engravings mentioned in the subtitle are not present; it doesn't appear that they were ever bound in with the text. Signed by a previous owner on the title page in 1899. Very Good. Item #20503

The subtitle says it all! Also includes "The Lawyer at Home: A Book of Law Forms and Principles Needed Every Day" by James P. Boyd, bound in. Very scarce.

Price: $225.00

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