A Practical Treatise on Agriculture. To Which is Added The Author's Published Letters.
Macon: J. W. Burke and Company, 1870.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], 304 pages, [1]. Frontispiece steel engraving of the author. Green cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers with gilt lettered title on the spine. Front hinge starting to pull. The title page has tears in the left margin and is repaired with clear tap on the copyright page. Binding slightly shaken with a few cracks in the gutter and a few loose signatures in the back of the book. Light edge wear to the cloth corners and head and base of the spine. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Former owner of this copy was Kenneth Coleman. His name is written on the front brown end sheet and the blank verso of the right front flyleaf. Coleman was a former Georgia author and historian. 18 copies of this work located in OCLC. Scarce in the trade. Book published during the reconstruction period in Georgia. Good. Item #17489
From Encyclopedia Britannica: David Dickson, (born July 6, 1809, Hancock county, Georgia, U.S.—died February 18, 1885, Hancock county), American farmer and writer on agriculture. A prosperous and respected cotton farmer both before and after the American Civil War, he became known throughout his home state for his progressive farming methods and for his enlightened use of slave and (after Emancipation) tenant labour. Upon his death he shocked plantation society by leaving most of his estate to his daughter, born to him before the Civil War by a slave girl.
Price: $300.00