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Decorative pastedowns are clean and well-preserved, though an ex-libris stamp is present to the rear. The title page is notably discoloured, and a previous owner’s signature appears to the endpapers. Otherwise, contents remain generally clean and tidy. A tipped-in period newspaper clipping is present and well-preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1567\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1021\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1567\"\u003eFirst edition; Simpkin, Marshall \u0026amp; Co., London, 1888; distribution also noted via W. Henry Robinson, Walsall. A late Victorian practical manual focused on the breeding, care, and management of ornamental waterfowl, issued in pictorial cloth with decorative stamping typical of specialist agricultural and avicultural handbooks of the period. 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Beginning with a childhood memory of highland cattle invading his grandmother’s garden, he sets out at age 61 with no farming experience to work on a beef cattle farm and discover “their side of the story.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"1246\"\u003ePart history, part adventure, and part unsentimental manifesto, this lyrical book traces ten thousand years of human‑cow relationships—showing how these animals have fed, shod, and supported us, yet often remain misunderstood. 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