Pigs
1. Berkshire Pigs. Framed Black and White Print. The Property of Mr J M Allender of Hastwell, Aylesbury. 1866. Black frame 1/2 inch wide with a gold slip, 10 x 7 inches. Published by Rogerson & Co 248 Strand. 1866. £35
Attractive clean print, 3 pigs in a straw bedded sty.
Attractive clean print, 3 pigs in a straw bedded sty.
2. Berkshire Pigs. Framed Black and White Print. The Property of Mr Henry humphrey of Kingstone Farm, Shrivenham. 1872. Black frame 1/2 inch wide with a gold slip, 10 x 7 inches. Published by Rogerson & Co 248 Strand. 1872. £35
Boar standing in a light straw bed with a brick wall behind.
Boar standing in a light straw bed with a brick wall behind.
3. Boyden E A. Laboratory Atlas Of The 13 MM Pig Embryo. (Prefaced by younger stages of the chick embryo). 2nd edition Philadelphia. 1933. 4to. Pps iv, 91. Original cloth lightly grubby. £14
Detailed drawings and extended captions.
Detailed drawings and extended captions.
4. Carroll W.E. & Krider J.L. Swine Production. 2nd ed NY 1956 Pps viii, 496, illus. Cloth. £9
5. Chivers John. Catalogue of over 100 Middle White Pigs. London. 1917. Pps 20, 3 full page illustrations. Printed paper covers. £10
The Histon herd, famous in the breed at the time.
The Histon herd, famous in the breed at the time.
6. Dawson C. Success With Hogs. Chicago. 1919. Pps 268, a few drawings as illustrations. Decorative black printed fawn covers. £24
7. Dominion Of Canada. Swine Husbandry In The United Kingdom and Denmark. Ottawa. 1909. Roy 8vo. Pps 61, well illustrated. Pictorial card covers. £24
8. Eastern Yorkshires. Summer 1948. Agawam MA. 1948 4to. Pps 22, well illustrated. Pictorial paper covers. £18
9. Guilford W S. California Hog Book.... San Francisco. 1915. Roy 8vo. Pps 252, 31 illustrations, 22 line drawings. Original fawn cloth, light damp mark down right hand margin of some pages not affecting text. £28
10. Hampshire Advocate. Hampshire Advocate And Livestock And Poultry Record. 2 copies February and June 1911. Peoria. Folio. Pps 14 & 16, many illus. £6
Hampshire pigs.
Hampshire pigs.
11. Harpending H C & H B. Highwood. Breeders Of Large Berkshire Swine. NY Nd c1915. Roy 8vo. Pps 20, illustrated. Printed card covers, fine copy. A promotional brochure for the herd, not a sale catalogue. £18
12. HMSO Final Report....Swine Fever. Part IV Minutes of Evidence, And Appendix. London. 1915. Folio. Pps xvi, 63, blue printed paper covers, disbound from a larger volume. £28
13. HMSO Report on the Pork and Bacon Trades in England and Wales. 1928 Roy 8vo. Pps 202, illus, folding tables, xiv pps ads. Ex ref lib in quarter cloth, printed paper covered boards. £10
14. ICS Staff. International Correspondence Schools. 4 pamphlets on Pigs. Scranton. 1922 to 27. Types & Breeds of Swine, pps 37, illus; Swine Breeding, pps 40, illus; Swine Feeding & Judging, pps 26; Swine Houses & Equipment, pps 45, illus. Brown printed paper covers, ring binder holes. £15
15. Laird W. Catalogue of Sale of Wessex Saddleback Pigs from The Glenview Herd. Together with the Show and Sale Catalogue for Wessex Saddleback Pigs, Reading, 1952. Lanark. 1952. 73 lots. Printed paper covers, hinges rusted.
115 lots. Printed paper covers as sown.
2 catalogues: £16
115 lots. Printed paper covers as sown.
2 catalogues: £16
16. Large White Pigs. 8 sale catalogues. Halesfarm, Gruntyfen, Harlaston (5), NPBA. 1955, 6772, 73, 74, About half with buyers and prices marked.
17. Large White Pigs. Major Mr Jack R. Catalogue of a sale at Dawson's Farm Ramsey. London. 15/5/1924. The owner's catalogue with on the first page with the compliments of Hammond Crawfrd & Brown the auctioneers. Catalogue interleaved with lined pages giving the buyer and price for each lot in manuscript with a summary at the end. Bound into black cloth with cut-outs from another catalogue on the front board. Pps 26 plus interleaves, 56 lots. £18
18. MacKenzie K J J & Marshall F H A. Physiology & Bacon Curing. 13 pp article in the Journal of the RASE. 1915 (Pps 364, cxlviii, 40, illus.) Blue printed paper covers, a bit faded. £6
19. Major J R. Catalogue of the 10th Sale of Large white Pigs from the Ramsey herd. Whyte House, Ramsey, Hunts. London. Pps 31 inter-leaved with lined paper giving the price of each animal and the name & address of the purchaser, plus a summary of the sale. 65 lots. Bound in black cloth with the printed paper front from one of the catalogues pasted to the front board. Either the auctioneers or owners copy. £14
20. Malcolmson R & Mastoris S. The English Pig. A History. London. 1998. Pps xvi, 160, illustrated. Pictorial card covers. £12
21. Min Of Ag & The Small Pig Keepers Council. Home Curing Of Bacon and Hams. London. 1949. Roy 8vo. Pps 62, illustrated. Brown printed paper covers, small piece missing from the back cover. £20
22. Min Of Ag & The Small Pig Keepers Council. Home Curing Of Bacon and Hams. London. 1948. Roy 8vo. Pps 60, illustrated. Brown printed paper covers. £24
23. Muskett A E (Ed). A A McGuckian. A Memorial Volume. Belfast. 1956 4to. Pps 191, illustrated, folding plan, frontispiece of McGuckian. Original white quarter cloth, grey cloth covered boards, painting on front board, slightly grubby, pictorial endpapers. £28
The great Irish pig man! Selections from his writings and articles by other prominent pig people of the time.
The great Irish pig man! Selections from his writings and articles by other prominent pig people of the time.
24. National Poland China Record Company. The National Poland China Record. Vol XXXVI 1915 Pps 567. Blue cloth, fine copy. £8
25. National Pig Breeders Association. Pig Breeders' Annual and Year Book..... London. 1923. Roy 8vo. Pps 67 plus lx pps of ads, mostly illus and of herds of pigs. Original dark green cloth. £24
Besides the herd adverts there are 6 illustrations each of Mddle and Large whites and 4 of Tamworths.
Besides the herd adverts there are 6 illustrations each of Mddle and Large whites and 4 of Tamworths.
26. Nordby J.E. & Lattig H.E. Selecting, Fitting and Showing Swine. 4th ed. Danville. 1948. Cr 8vo. Pps 101, 60 illustrations. Printed green card covers, spiral back, fine copy. £16
Everything you wanted to know about getting pigs up for show and sale.
Everything you wanted to know about getting pigs up for show and sale.
27. Norrish J.G. & Ingram R.H. Judging Swine And Pork Carcasses. Nd c1964 Pps 28, illus. Printed paper covers. £4
28. Plager W L. History Of Yorkshires And American Yorkshire Club. Lafayette IN. 1975 Roy 8vo. Pps 333, illus. Fine copy in green cloth. £36
29. Rommel G M. The Hog Industry. Selection, Feeding, And Management. Recent American Experimental Work.... Washington. 1904 Roy 8vo. Pps 296. Printed paper covers. In 3 parts, paginated as one, each part with its own printed paper covers (the rear covers for parts II and III missing.) The whole in new paper covers. £32
30. Russell E Z. Fitting, Showing and Judging Hogs. Washington. 1940. Pps 22, illustrated. Pictorial paper covers. £8
31. Smith W.W. Pork Production. Rev edition NY 1920 Pps xx, 492, illus. Ex lib, green cloth, little rubbed, 2 small holes back board.. £14
32. Spencer Sanders. Pigs. Breeds and Management. 6th ed, London. 1919. Pps 180, illustrated with 24 full page illustrations 23 of them of breeds of pigs. Green cloth, nice copy. £26
33. Spencer S. The Pig. Breeding, Rearing & Marketing. London. 1921. Cr 8vo. Pps 184, 15 illustrations, 13 of breeds. Black printed brown cloth quite clean, a few thumb prints internally. £12
34. Spencer Sanders. Pigs.... 2nd ed, London. 1898. Pps 180, 19 of 20 full page plates, 18 of breeds. Green cloth, not very good covers, internally clean. Reading copy. £8
The early editions had engravings rather than photographs.
The early editions had engravings rather than photographs.
35. Stephens A J & G J. Landrace Pig Sale Catalogues for the Heathfield herd. 5 vols.1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 & 1975 . The first 4 are John Thorntons own copies with a lot of extra detail. Interleaved with lined pages giving buyers and prices, summaries of the sale, auctioneers comments and a cutting from a farming papaer giving details of the sale. These 4 bound in white cloth which is a little grubby. The 5th sale is by a different auctioner and is a standard catalogue.
All 5 catalogues for £38
Heathfield was one of the leading herds in the Landrace breed.
All 5 catalogues for £38
Heathfield was one of the leading herds in the Landrace breed.
36. Suffolk Pigs. Framed Black and White Print. The Property of Mr G Sexton of Wherstead Hall, Ipswich. 1873. Black frame 1/2 inch wide with a gold slip, 10 x 7 inches. Published by Rogerson & Co 248 Strand. 1873. £35
Two pigs standing in a straw bed.
Two pigs standing in a straw bed.
37. Swine Breeders' Journal. The Score Card. Indianapolis. Nd c1900. 6 1/4" x 3 1/2". Pps 16. Printed paper covers. £15
Describes Score Cards for pigs and gives descriptions in detail (very small print) for Poland Chinas, Berkshires, Duroc Jerseys, Chester Whites and Victorias (new breed to me).
Describes Score Cards for pigs and gives descriptions in detail (very small print) for Poland Chinas, Berkshires, Duroc Jerseys, Chester Whites and Victorias (new breed to me).
38. Towne C.W. & Wentworth E.N. Pigs From Cave To Corn Belt. University of Oklahoma 1950 Pps xiii, 305, illustrated. Green cloth. £34
Pig history with an American slant.
Inscribed to "A S Litterle with greetings from the "lard type" author Edward N Wentworth".
Pig history with an American slant.
39. "Westerner". Handling The Hog From Start To Finish. NY. 1910 Cr 8vo. Pps 150 olus 8 pps related ads. Original red cloth, fine copy. £15
Handling the pig after its demise.
Handling the pig after its demise.
40. Wilkin S. Encyclopaedia of Modern Pig Farming. Tiptree Herd of Pedigree Large Blacks.... Colchester. 1921 7 1/2" x 4 3/4". Pps 32, illus. Printed card covers. £12
A mixture of management and an advert for the Tiptree herd of Large Blacks.
A mixture of management and an advert for the Tiptree herd of Large Blacks.
41. Wiseman J. A History of the British Pig. London. 1986. Pps 118, illustrated. Black cloth in a dust wrapper, fine copy. £15