WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN THE MOTHER LODE.
Anaheim, CA: P.J. Press, 1982. Revised. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 129 pgs, b&w photos and maps. Excellent county-by-county overview of golden information for gold bugs. More
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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO TEXAS LAWN CARE.
Waco, TX: TG Press, 1986. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 10, 136 pgs, index, color photos, charts. Helps you establish a new lawn, renovate an existing one, or maintain one already in its prime, in the hot Texas summers and year around. More
HISTORIC GENERAL DODGE HOUSE RECEIPTS.
Iowa: The General's Ladies Board of Directors, 1976. Paperback Spiral Bound. 6 x 8 1/2, 184 pgs, b&w and color historical photos and illustrations. Wonderful oldtime recipes for soups, vegetable, desserts and specialities. More
KOVELS' KNOW YOUR ANTIQUES.
New York: Crown, 1981. Revised. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 364 pgs, index, b&w photos. The best-selling guide to evaluating, buying, and caring for any antique. With more than 300 photographs and line drawings, a clear, concise text, and extensive up-to-date bibliographies, this book will help you determine if there's anything..... More
THE WORLD OF ANTIQUES.
London: Hamlyn, 1971. Second edition. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 141 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. A useful introduction to collecting a wide range of antiques including furniture, glass, china, clocks and many others. More
RODALE'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 545 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. Lots of useful information and herbal know-how presented in an A to Z format supplemented with charts and lists and beautifully illustrated with drawings and photos. Hard. VG+. More
A PRICE GUIDE TO ROOKWOOD; Revised Prices
Gas City, IN: L-W Book Sales, 1999. Third edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 262 pgs, color and b&w photos. Teaches you how to identify, value and affordably collect this exquisite style of pottery, while deepening your passion for it. With insight into the history of Rookwood Pottery, including..... More
GREEN WOODWORKING; A Hands-On Approach
Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1995. First printing. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 10, 176 pgs, index, b&w photos. Learn to make furniture, bowls, tools and more using the timeless techniques of working green wood with hand tools. More
CHICKEN TRACTOR; The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy soil
Good Earth Publications, 2006. Straw Bale Edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 318 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Reasons and how-to adding chickens to your garden! More
AMERICANA AS TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A HICKORY STICK.
New York: Women's National Book Association, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 92 pgs, b&w illustrations, introduction by Mary Ellen Chase. Material from popular elementary textbooks, beginning with The New England Primer of 1643. More
SALTWATER FISH COOKBOOK.
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 273 pgs. Identifies the saltwater fish that are make good eating and provided over 150 delicious ways to bake, fry, broil, grill, steam, or smoke them into mouth-watering dishes. More
LA CASA ADOBE.
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1961. Paperback. 11 x 14, 76 pgs, b&w illustrations. Drawings, plans for building the Adobe. Plastic spiral bound. More
DISCOVER AMERICA!; A Scenic Tour of the Fifty States
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 9 x 11, 336 pgs, color photos throughout. This book captures this scenic heritage in a region-by-region ramble through the fifty states. The camera focuses on places well known and long loved as well as other images reveal landscapes that surprise..... More
THE EGG AND I.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1945. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 287 pgs. Life on a wilderness chicken ranch told with wit and high humor. More
FENCES, GATES & BRIDGES AND HOW TO BUILD THEM.
New York: Lyons Press, 1999. Second edition. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 192 pgs, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1887, it tells you how to build all sorts of fences, gates and fastenings, wickets & stiles, country bridges, culverts and it even addresses fence law. More
IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER; Eighteenth Year
Des Moines, IA: The General Assembly, 1903. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 594 pgs, charts, index, b&w portrait of the governor on frontispiece. Includes 1900 census returns, statistics and more. More
TRADITIONAL QUILTS AND BED COVERINGS.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 240 pgs, index, notes, b&w and color photos. Looks at the total range of bedding materials, from those used on the earliest crude bedsteads in one room shanties to those laid on the elaborate four-posters of the Victorian era. More
FORD PICKUP TRUCKS.
Osceola, WI: MBI Publications, 1999. Second edition. Paperback. 7 1/2 x 9, 192 pgs, index, b&w photos throughout. Pickups ranging from Model Ts and delivery trucks to today's sport utility vehicles and F Series trucks are examined in detail to provide an excellent reference for anyone looking to purchase a...... More
WOODEN HOUSES; Wood's natural beauty in architecture and interiors
London: Ryland, Peters & Small, 2001. Second edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2, 192 pgs, index, color photos throughout. From log cabins to Victorian mansions, from rough-hewn planks to painted and polished floorboards, from the simplest Shaker chair to the most luxurious mahogany firescreen, this book explores the vast..... More
GEM TRAILS OF OREGON.
Baldwin Park, CA: Gem Guides, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 120 pgs, b&w maps, photos and illustrations. More than 80 of the best sites for finding gems, minerals and fossils in Oregon. A few places with highlighting. More
KONING EIZENBERG.
New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 224 pgs, color and b&w photos throughout. Monograph on Californian architecture firm founded by Australian architects Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg; best known for innovative, eye-catching, low-cost housing of all types in Los Angeles and its beach communities of Venice and..... More
COUNTRY WAYS.; A Celebration of Rural Life.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Assn. 1988. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 11, 304 pgs, color photos and illustrations throughout. A pretty coffee-table style book with essays, stories, cooking and songs that bring to life all things rural. More
LANDSCAPING YOUR HOME.
Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 112 pgs, b&w photos and diagrams. All sorts of planning and planting tips from a veteran Landscape Architect. Slight damp wrinkling. More
THE COMPLETE TRAILER HANDBOOK.
Minneapolis: Motorbooks, 2008. Paperback. 8 x 11, 160 pgs, index, color photos. Virtually everyone needs to move something--a car, a lawnmower, straw bales, or boxes--and a trailer is generally the preferred method. This book gives homeowners and mechanics, farmers and modern-day nomads all the information they need to get moving..... More