Buy this book on-line Rankin, George William : William Dempster HoardW. D. Hoard and Sons Company, Fort Ackinson, WI, 1925
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and a gilt illustrated portrait of William Dempster Hoard on the front cover. Former ownership inscription on front pastedown in black ink: "Property of Arnold Zaugg, Bonner, Montana." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers and spine have very slight rubbing to the surfaces and edge wear. Upper-right corner of front cover slightly bumped. A Near Fine copy. A biography of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918), Governor of Wisconsin and a key figure in Wisconsin's dairy industry. Hoard is often called "the father of the Wisconsin dairy industry" due to his call for high standards, safety for consumers, scientific approaches to dairying, and other reformations to the industry as a whole. Hoard also established the first national dairy magazine, Hoard's Dairyman, which is still published to this day. Excerpt from the Foreword: "This book is dedicated to every man who follows in the footsteps of the dairy cow. It is written in commemoration of a man who stands without a peer, past or present, as an agricultural leader.". Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rankin, George William : William Dempster Hoard. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres rares, incunabula, libri rari and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |