Leaflets (nos. 1 To 100)..
In original stiff card boards, with cloth binding. Extremities worn but a clean interior.
£12.00
Publisher
Printed for H.M.S.O. by Darling and Son Ltd., 34-40 Bacon Street, E.,
Place
London
Date
1905
Synopsis
Fourth edition.
Item Description
8vo. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 8 pp. Leaflets Nos. 1 to 100, pagination varies, typically 4 per leaflet but some reach 12-22 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated throughout by engravings and photographs. Decorated with royal arms on title page.
Notes
First published in 1903, these advisory leaflets for farmers, were in the first in a long series published by the Board of Agriculture and its successors. This collected edition appeared until the seventeenth of 1919. Ten of the leaflets deal with wild birds, most of which were considered to be beneficial to agriculture, several being already protected by legislation. The house sparrow, with its cereal grain eating habits, remained an exception and the Board recommended the formation of Sparrow Clubs to keep the numbers down.
[Stock No. 24895]
