This was the famous and massive three-volume handbook offered to farmers 53 years ago from the relevant government department - at a price including postage of three guineas a set! The agriculture minister of the time, S P le Roux, was said to have driven the project personally. It runs to almost 2500 pages and includes a score of fold-out maps and diagrams. This was a once-off benefit for the farmers agricultural colleges and libraries of the day as, perhaps for cost reasons, the volumes were neither revised nor reprinted.
Vol 1 covers Agriculture and Related Services; Vol 2 Agronomy and Horticulture; and Vol 3 Stock Farming and Pastures.
The brown leathercloth boards are lightly rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine interface with the cover. Except for two small between-section gaps in Vol III, binding is firm and clean. There is a dedication sticker on the front free endpaper. There are no other marks and there are no pages or inserts missing or loose.
This is a set for a serious Southern African farmer who is not fortunate enough to already own one.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 250 x 165 x 150 (weight: 4.7 kg)
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
