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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 318 pp., statistics. Report of Agricultural and General Statistics by Counties with the percentage of injury to crops by drouth which explains low yield per acre in Counties of the western part of the state. Shows an average crop in West Texas, and an index to the productive capacity per acre of the arable lands of West Texas. Includes a table showing average, greatest, and least know rainfall at 120 stations in Texas for a nineteen year period. Ike Moore bookplate on front endpaper.…

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Thus. Some mild bumping to bottom edge of front panel of dj. Dj now protected in mylar.

Unbound. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. Paper mounted on natural linen, folding, with all seams in linen. Approx. 45" x 29". Townships outlined in various colors. Light wear, linen lightly foxed on exposed panels, slight scattered foxing to paper, but overall, well preserved, with all seams fully intact. Book.…

Full title: "THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INSURANCE, STATISTICS, AND HISTORY. 1889-90." i-xxiv, 1-404 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Original dark pebbled cloth rubbed with strong staining; three small chips along front joint; spine ends frayed with board corners worn; gilt spine lettering barely legible. Missing front free endpaper and front flyleaf; first leaf present is the book's title page. Book concludes with page 404 (last page called for in Index) and lacks rear free endpaper and perhaps a rear flyleaf; some splitting evident to rear hinge. Occasional light foxing upon interior leaves; strong brown stains at top right corner of rear pastedown. Features county-by-county statistics for 1889 with a particular emphasis upon county products and value of food crops. Intriguing later sections offer tables of agricultural statistics (pages 279-306), economic statistics (pages 307-313), social statistics of marriages and divorces for 1889 followed by election and state office-holder information (pages 315-321), criminal statistics (pages 323-330), etc. Among a section of rear text regarding Texas public education are several full page b/w illustrations showing Texas A&M, the University of Texas, the blind asylum, the deaf and dumb asylum, as well as an image of the state capitol. Only a fair copy but apparently scarce if not rare for OCLC does not cite any copies among member libraries (certainly unusual for a state government publication) although the University of Texas online library catalogue does cite a complete run of early volumes. OCLC cites the series title as "Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Texas Agricultural Bureau.".…