Noroton, CT: The Macmillan Co., 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo with grey boards in green and black pictorial jacket; ix, 138 pages; illustrations; index; 22 cm. A very good (+) copy, clean and tight; owner signature on front flyleaf; in good (-) jacket; some dampstaining and smuding throughout; unfortunately taped with non-archival materials to boards, with large chip along bottom edge of spine and yellowing tape. Jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover.
Includes original sales receipt and Purina goat raising pamphlet. "For most twenty years Miss Helen Walsh, the author of this book, has been a leading breeder of milk goats. Probably she's helped as many beginners start in with goats as anyone else in this country. [...] Because of the dearth of material in book for on goat keeping - and a greatly increased interest in this subject -- I asked Miss Walsh if she'd write a complete manual for the beginner. She did, and here -- after nearly three years' work -- is the book. You'll find "Starting Right with Milk Goats" complete, interestingly written, and wonderfully illustrated." --Preface.
