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Farmer's assistant, or, Ready-reckoner, and land, hay, and cattle measurer [115632445]

Author: Merivale, Samuel, 1715-1771

Date published: 1830

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Farmer's daughter [130393022]

Author: Cameron, Alex., Rev.

Printer: Tait, G. (Gavin), active 1849-1852

Probable date published: 1860-1869

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Farmer's guide [119583054]

Author: Webb, James (Writer on veterinary medicine)

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Date published: 1839

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Farmer's lawyer [130067940]

Printer: Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company

Printer: Edinburgh Printing Company

Author: Writer to the Signet

Date printed: 1841

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First printer's early days [130751138]

Printer: Murray and Gibb

Publisher: William Oliphant & Co.

Probable date published: 1877

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Fishing incidents and adventures [110412589]

Publisher: John Leng & Co.

Author: Ferguson, Malcolm, -1912

Date published: 1893

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Forester [110412591]

Printer: Ballantyne & Hughes

Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons

Author: Brown, James, of Arniston

Date published: 1847

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Frugal housewife [120443461]

Author: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

Printer: Bradbury & Evans

Date printed: 1839

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Garden vade mecum, or compendium of general gardening; and descriptive display of the plants, flowers, shrubs, trees and fruits, and general culture: comprising a systematic display and description of the several districts of gardening and plantations, under separate heads; giving intimations of the utility, general or particular plans, dimensions, soil and situation, &c. and of the various respective plants, flowers, shrubs, trees and fruits, proper for, and arranged in each district; with general descriptions of their nature of growth, temperature, principal and particular uses, methods of propagation and general culture, in their respective garden departments: consisting of the flower garden, pleasure ground, shrubbery and plantations, fruit-garden and kitchen-garden, green-house and hot-house [135681578]

Author: Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

Printer: Jones, John, active 1786-1827

Date printed: 1790

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Gardeners kalendar [135632711]

Author: Miller, Philip, 1691-1771

Date printed: 1752

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Gardener's new kalendar [128693886]

Author: Justice, James, Sir

Printer: Exshaw, J. (John), 1750 or 1751-1827

Date printed: 1767

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Gardeners pocket journal [128077081]

Author: Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

Probable date printed: 1789

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Glasgow commercial memorandum-book, or Pocket journal [117917431]

Publisher: James Lumsden & Son

Probable date published: 1817-1826

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Hay & cattle measurer [126416673]

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Printer: W.G. Blackie and Co.

Date published: 1876

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Henwife [107702510]

Author: Arbuthnott, Barbara Elrington, 1822-1904

Date published: 1861

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Henwife [125337194]

Illustrator: Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906

Author: Arbuthnott, Barbara Elrington, 1822-1904

Publisher: Jack, Thomas C.

Printer: Jack, Andrew

Date published: 1862

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Henwife [135632720]

Printer: Jack, Andrew

Publisher: Jack, Thomas C.

Author: Arbuthnott, Barbara Elrington, 1822-1904

Illustrator: Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906

Date published: 1861

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Historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India; and the progress of trade with that country [125165622]

Author: Robertson, William, 1721-1793

Publisher: Jones, John, active 1815-1829

Date published: 1827

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Hoppus's measurer for timber, stone, &c [127528615]

Author: Hoppus, E. (Edward), -1739

Publisher: Gall & Inglis

Date published: 1900

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Hoppus's practical measurer, or, Measuring made easy to the meanest capacity, by a new set of tables [107730061]

Author: Hoppus, E. (Edward), -1739

Probable date printed: 1850

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Hotel, inn-keeper, vintner, and spirit dealer's assistant, containing a great variety of the most approved recipes, for making, mixing, managing, flavouring, colouring, and bottling, of wines, foreign and British spirits, porter, and ales, adapted to every branch of the wine, porter, ale, and spirit trade [115109615]

Publisher: Khull, Blackie, & Co.

Author: Peddie, Alexander

Date published: 1825

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Improved system of practical book-keeping [120764214]

Author: Maclaren, James (Schoolmaster : Edinburgh)

Printer: Marshall, R., printer in Edinburgh

Date printed: 1845

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Instructions for an officer of the fishery [120443289]

Printer: Hunter Blair, David, 1777-1857

Printer: Bruce, John, active 1798-1839

Date printed: 1820

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Instructions for an officer of the fishery, under the Act 48 Geo.III. Cap.110. intituled "An act for the further encouragement and better regulation of the British white herring fishery [120443285]

Printer: Hunter Blair, David, 1777-1857

Printer: Bruce, John, active 1798-1839

Date printed: 1809

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Instructions in gardening for ladies [133482865]

Printer: George Woodfall and Son

Publisher: John Murray (Firm)

Author: Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858

Date published: 1851

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Introduction to the knowledge of the stile of writs, simple and compound, made use of in Scotland [109005476]

Author: Spotiswood, John, 1667-1728

Date printed: 1765

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James Watt and the steam engine [132296645]

Publisher: Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)

Probable date published: 1852

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Volumes 1-2 - John Sinclair's Agerdhrkningslaera med bemoerkninger om havedhrkning og skovanlaeg ; udgiven paa dansk under det Kgl.Landhuusholdningsselskabs Beschreise [188437576]

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Jute mills in Bengal [125155457]

Printer: John Leng & Co.

Date printed: 1880

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Key to the elements of book-keeping [120369339]

Publisher: William Collins Sons and Co.

Date published: 1867

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Volumes 1-3 - Lady's assistant for executing useful and fancy designs in knitting, netting, and crochet work [188113181]

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Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician [117718901]

Author: Gregory, John, 1724-1773

Date printed: 1788

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Life of Thomas Cranmer [109887517]

Publisher: J. & M. Porteous

Date published: 1824

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Linen manufacturer, weaver, and warper's assistant [106678723]

Author: Peddie, Alexander

Printer: Khull, Blackie, & Co.

Date printed: 1822

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Lists of fruits grown in the gardens of Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield, Bart., at Duffus House, near Elgin [132527047]

Author: Dunbar, Archibald H. (Archibald Hamilton), 1828-1910

Date published: 1893

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Volumes 1-2 - Little botanist, or, Steps to the attainment of botanical knowledge [188265041]

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Main cookery book [115109648]

Author: Senn, Charles Herman, 1862-1934

Publisher: R. & A. Main Ltd.

Date published: 1900

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Manual of dyeing receipts for general use [132202522]

Publisher: R. Griffin and Co.

Printer: S. and T. Dunn and Co. (Printers : Glasgow, Scotland)

Author: Napier, James, 1810-1884

Date published: 1858

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Manual of electro-metallurgy [120443271]

Author: Napier, James, 1810-1884

Publisher: R. Griffin and Co.

Printer: S. and T. Dunn and Co. (Printers : Glasgow, Scotland)

Date published: 1860

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Manual of metallurgy, or, A practical treatise on the chemistry of the metals [120443351]

Author: Phillips, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1822-1887

Publisher: R. Griffin and Co.

Date published: 1854

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Manual of the kitchen, fruit & flower garden [115338284]

Author: Fleming, John, active 1854-1874

Printer: W.F. Buckie and Co.

Date printed: 1854

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Manufacturer, weaver and warper's assistant [120323703]

Author: Peddie, Alexander

Printer: Khull, Edward

Date printed: 1810

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Margaret Sim's cookery [128077097]

Author: Sim, Margaret (Writer on cookery)

Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons

Date published: 1883

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Mechanic's calculator [129791361]

Author: Grier, William

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Date published: 1838

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Mechanic's calculator; comprehending principles, rules, and tables in the various departments of mathematics and mechanics; useful to millwrights, engineers, and artisans in general [130074082]

Printer: Brookman, George

Author: Grier, William

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Date published: 1836

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Mechanic's pocket dictionary [130074090]

Author: Grier, William

Publisher: Blackie & Son

Printer: Brookman, George

Date published: 1837

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Memoirs of the late Mr. James Neil, shipmaster, Irvine, who died there on the 15th November, 1820, in the 95th year of his age [107730086]

Author: Barclay, George, of Irvine

Date published: 1822

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Merchant's and banker's commercial pocket guide [125334541]

Publisher: M'Phun (William Rae), active 19th century

Printer: Khull, Edward

Date published: 1840

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Merchant's companion [132202545]

Author: Newall, W.

Printer: Govan, Donald (Printer in Glasgow)

Date printed: 1715

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Merchant's companion: or, trader's sure guide [125337180]

Printer: J. & M. Robertson

Date printed: 1801