Category: Homesteading

Welding Helps for Farmers

Price: $13.26

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation : 1948

Seller ID: 135073

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 431 pages. Many b&w photos.
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Metis outpost: Memoirs of the first schoolmaster at the Metis settlement of Kelly Lake, B.C., 1923-1925

By: Andrews, G. S

Price: $13.12

Publisher: U.S.A., By Author : 1985

Seller ID: 137025

ISBN-13: 9780969216902

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book shows very light shelf wear only to cover corners. Creaseless covers and spine, square, solid binding, text/interior is clean, neat and free of marking of any kind. 340 pages in oversize format with maps, b&w photos, drawings, ; Gerry Andrews, former Surveyor General and Boundaries Commissioner for British Columbia, writes of his time as a young schoolmaster to the Metis people at Kelly Lake, the way they lived, a Kelly Lake Metis genealogy, and the changes he witnessed on numerous travels through the area in later years. Subjects include the John Bennett tragedy, Archival material, Cr...
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At Home in the Wilderness

By: Bear, Sun

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Naturegraph Publishers : 1971

Seller ID: 151300

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 90 pages with a great many illustrations, chapters include: The root cellar, Preservation of food, Good outdoor recipes, Useful Edible wild plants and herbs, Hunting and stalking, Trail wise trail ways, permanent shelters, fire and firemaking, how to make soap, Equipment for living in bush country or isolated territory
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The New Pioneers Handbook: Getting Back to the Land in an Energy-Scarce World

By: Bohlen, James

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N Y, Schocken Books : 1975

Seller ID: 149304

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. Edge wear to dust jacket. 276 pages. Detailed practical information on all aspects of setting up a homestead.
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Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them

By: Cobleigh, Rolfe

Price: $25.95

Publisher: Algrove Publishing : 2000

Seller ID: 153079

ISBN-13: 9780953045815

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with a few small stains on cover only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Reprinted from 1909, heavily illustrated, 288 pages. Contents include: Barns and stock, Poultry and bees, Garden and orchars, Field and wood, Gates and doors, Handy pig catcher, Carcass derrick, Transfer cart for small animals, Management of kicking cows, Make the horse eat slowly, Homemade refrigerator, etc.
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Backyard Meat Production: How To Grow All The Meat You Need In Your Own Backyard

By: Evangelista, Anita

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Breakout Productions Inc : 1997

Seller ID: 145503

ISBN-13: 9781559501682

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages with b&w photos, mechanical drawings.
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Drinking Water: Refreshing Answers to All Your Questions (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series)

By: James Symons

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press : 1995

Seller ID: 143714

ISBN-13: 9780890966594

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Sections on Germs, chemicals, lead, flouride, chlorine, aluminum, radon, taste and odor, appearance, treatment, hard and soft, bottled, cost, quality, regulaiton and testing.
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Basic Essentials Edible Wild Plants & Useful Herbs, 2nd (Basic Essentials Series)

By: Jim Meuninck

Price: $12.95

Publisher: FalconGuides : 1999

Seller ID: 145374

ISBN-13: 9780762704798

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Color photos throughout, 71 pages, lists 100 of the most nutritious wild plants and useful herbs in the contiguous U.S.
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The Ex-urbanite's Complete & Illustrated Easy-does-it First-time Farmer's Guide: A Useful Book

By: Kaysing, Bill

Price: $45.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books : 1973

Seller ID: 153993

ISBN-13: 9780879320478

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

A clean, unmarked book. Spine is cracked and pages coming loose in center. Light wear to cover and creases on spine. 8 1/2"w x 5 7/8"h. 320 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations. Contents: Land, water, soil, seeds and stock, tools and equipment, tilling the soil, starting to grow, vegetables and herbs; small fruits, big fruits, nuts and seeds; grasses and grains, livestock, fish farming free foods, how to grow money, power for your first-time farm, pest control, farm lore, publications and sources of supply.
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Fireplaces - Owner Builders Guide

By: Kern, Ken and Steve Magers

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N Y, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1978

Seller ID: 143603

ISBN-13: 9780684158853

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations. Contents: Fireplace Development, The Chimney Effect, Building Materials, Preparation, Radiant Fireplaces, Air Circulating Fireplaces, Heat Recovery, Water Circulating Fireplaes, Multi-opening Fireplaces, Compound Fireplaces, Firespaces.
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Fireplaces Spaces: An Owner Builders Guide

By: Kern, Ken, Magers, Steve

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co : 1978

Seller ID: 148974

ISBN-13: 9780684158853

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows light wear to covers with a small tear at top of spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 192 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations of hippies in overalls getting into the mud, using masonry tools, etc. Contents: Fireplace Development, The Chimney Effect, Building Materials, Preparation, Radiant Fireplaces, Air Circulating Fireplaces, Heat Recovery, Water Circulating Fireplaes, Multi-opening Fireplaces, Compound Fireplaces, Firespaces
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The Tribal Living Book

By: Levinson, David;Sherwood, David

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Johnson Books : 1984

Seller ID: 112542

ISBN-13: 9780933472846

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Slight water damage and staining to first few pages. 222 pages. Many illustrations.
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Log House Plans

By: MacKie, B. Allan

Price: $11.86

Publisher: Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada, Log House Pub Co Ltd : 1979

Seller ID: 132128

ISBN-13: 9780920270301

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. . Large, oblong format with a great many architectural drawings, mechanical drawings. Approx. 45 plans with elevations, cross sections etc. 195 pages with sections on sill logs, wall logs, partitions, door & window openings, 2nd floor joists, etc.
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Saving the Soil: The New American Farmer

By: Mader, Jerry

Price: $17.95

Publisher: Tolt River Press : 2009

Seller ID: 139220

ISBN-13: 9780982024614

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with very minor shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers and spine are creaseless, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 351 pages, b&w photos. Inscribed on title page by author.
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Cloudburst: Handbook of Rural Skills and Technology

By: Marks, Vic (ed.)

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Cloudburst Press : 1974

Seller ID: 144837

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Good

Book shows light wear to covers only, back cover has stains, a little edge wear. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Fragile binding. Packed with homesteading info of all kinds with lavish how-to illustrations and mechanical drawings on subjects such as building a 16 ft. personal dome, splitting shakes, pit privies, poultry housing, sauna, harnessing the small stream, water wheel design, Michell turbine, wooden undershot wheel, overshot wheel, frost damage prevention, gravity feed water supply, beehive defense, Indian berry picker, solar dryer, juice press, preserving ...
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Fences, Gates and Bridges: A Practical Manual

By: Martin, George A.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Stephen Greene Press : 1974

Seller ID: 149088

ISBN-13: 9780828902403

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light wear, some edge wear, no tears. 191 pages with sections on Rail frnces, Primitive fences, Stone, sod fences, board tences, picket, barb-wire, fence, hedges, streams and fullies, making and setting posts, gates, fastenings, wickets, stiles, fence law, country bridges, culverts.
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The homesteader's son: The Indians, the cowboys, the homesteaders & me

By: McClure, Don

Price: $42.50

Publisher: U.S.A., Self-published : 2002

Seller ID: 136742

ISBN-13: 9780972701600

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book shows very light scuffing to covers with slight curl to front corners. No other flaws: square, solid, straight, well bound. No marking of any kind to text/interior save inscription inside front cover by author.
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Anarchism & Environmental Survival

By: Purchase, Graham

Price: $22.40

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., See Sharp Press : 1994

Seller ID: 101767

ISBN-13: 9780961328986

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Some ink marking. 156 pages.
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A Long, Deep Furrow: Three Centuries of Farming in New England

By: Russell, Howard S.

Price: $19.50

Publisher: University Press of New England : 1982

Seller ID: 149176

ISBN-13: 9780874512144

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with minor shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. 380 pages with maps, photos, b&w illus.
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Wilderness Cabin, The

By: Rutstrum, Calvin

Price: $65.95

Publisher: Old Tappan, NJ, U.S.A., Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated : 1961

Seller ID: 151339

ISBN-13: 9780020985006

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book's covers have a coffee cup stain, other small stains, wear to corners. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, heavily illustrated with line drawings, mechanical drawings, architectural drawings, floorplans, elevations. Contents include: Cabin in the wilderness, The auxiliary cabin, oen-room unimproved cabin, Modern frame and log cabins, chain saw and other tools, building the log cabin, Building the frame cabin, Fireplaces, Some points on living in a cabin. 169 pages, glossy paper.
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