Lefroy richard (9 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Softcover. Condizione: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cream paper covers are darkened, spine is flaking, text block binding is sound, clean pages. Includes: The Great Cannon of Muhammad II AD 1464 by Maj-Gen J. H. Lefroy; Remarks on a Gem of the Laocoon by Edward Smirke; Sepulchral Barrows at Broad Down near Honiton and an Unique Cup of Bituminous Shale by Richard Kirwan; Notarial Instrument, dated 1322, relating to Saint Nectan's Church in Cornwall by John Maclean. Contains black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119071013. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. x, 310. Ted Lefroy managed and developed Cranmore Park, a newly acquired block of virgin land near Moora that he took over in 1909. He transformed it into a successful farming property while building a major Merino stud. He kept carbon copies of thousands of typed letters over roughly 40 years, creating an unusually detailed contemporary record of his work, ideas, and interactions. The selected letters describe the practical challenges of developing the property from bush, including land clearing, pasture improvement, rabbit control, sheep diseases, and the scientific improvement of Merino sheep through progeny testing and genetics. Lefroy collaborated with scientists and institutions; although not a professional scientist himself, he served on the CSIR (later CSIRO) Council and the Senate of the University of Western Australia. He strongly advocated applying scientific methods to farming and published articles on the subject.…

Condizione: New. Examines the idea that sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in natural ecosystems. This book presents comparative studies of multi-species farming systems, natural ecosystems and conventional agriculture. It discusses issues which include the role of biodiversity in agriculture. Editor(s): Lefroy, E.C.; Hobbs, Richard J.; Pate, J.S. Series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture. Num Pages: 495 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. . 2000. Reprinted from AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS, 1999. Hardback. . . . .…

Condizione: New. Examines the idea that sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in natural ecosystems. This book presents comparative studies of multi-species farming systems, natural ecosystems and conventional agriculture. It discusses issues which include the role of biodiversity in agriculture. Editor(s): Lefroy, E.C.; Hobbs, Richard J.; Pate, J.S. Series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture. Num Pages: 495 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. . 2000. Reprinted from AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS, 1999. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. The Letters of Edward Henry Bruce Lefroy (1887-1966). Selected by his son Richard Lefroy. This copy is SIGNED & briefly inscribed by Richard Lefroy in black ink on title page: "With best wishes, Rick Lefroy". Foreword by Alan Robson. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Includes notes, references, timeline, plus index. With Erratum sticker to inside front cover. Scarce title, with Trove showing only 1 library in Australia holding a copy (State Library of WA). Book summary from Trove: "A biography with embedded selections from the letters written by E.H.B. Lefroy, known as Ted Lefroy. Ted was an excellent farmer with diverse property interests mainly around the Moora area in the Midlands, and in the Murchison pastoral area. Some of E.H.B. Lefroy's letters have been selected by one of his sons, Dr Richard Lefroy, and compiled into quite an amazing collection of letters from a very astute farmer who was highly regarded by scientific institutions". Heavy volume. Printed in Australia. A very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 310pp. Uncommon title, scarce signed copy. RARE. SB-3.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 218.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 218.

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 218.