MODERN FARM BUILDINGS

Robert M. McBride, New York, August 1916, Revised Edition.  Former high school library book.  Hard cover, 206 pages.  Gilt lettering on front and spine, spine lettering a bit faded; library numbering on spine.  Corners and spine ends bumped and worn; boards show some soil, wear and rubs; small losses to cloth along upper and lower edges and spine ends; some fraying.  Binding cracked in areas with all pages secure although FEP a little loose.  Black & white frontis; small neat numbers on copyright page.  Stamp on FEP and top margin of p. 99; date slip on rear end paper; pocket and card on rear paste down plus some pencil notations.  Small loss to lower corner of FEP and two pages have upper fore-edge tears.  Pages are unmarked, lightly tanned with light age spotting and occasional thumb smudge; occasional short edge tear.  Illustrated with black & white photos and plans.  Laid in is publisher’s pamphlet for other building books available.  ‘Being Suggestions For The Most Approved Ways Of Designing The Cow Barn, Dairy, Horse Barn, Hay Barn, Sheepcote, Piggery, Manure Pit, Chicken House, Root Cellar, Ice House, And Other Buildings Of The Farm Group, On Practical, Sanitary And Artistic Lines’ (from title page)