Meeker, Ezra (1830-1928). Hop Culture in the United States being a Practical treatise on Hop Growing in Washington Territory, from the Cutting to the Bale. Puyallup, Washington Territory: E. Meeker & Co., 1883.

8vo (203 x 127 mm). Engraved plates. (Some soiling and minor spotting throughout.) Original brown cloth stamped in black (rubbing, contents starting, slight lean to spine, wear to spine ends). Provenance: Marion Deatch (ownership signature on copyright page).

FIRST EDITION OF MEEKER'S FIRST AND RAREST BOOK. Once known as the "Hop King of the World," Ezra Meeker arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1852, accompanied by his wife, brother, and newborn son. Over the following decades, Meeker steadily built a business empire based on the production of hops for brewing beer. Following an infestation of hop aphids on his crops in 1891, Meeker lost most of his fortune, after which he devoted himself to the promotion of the Oregon Trail and its history, which Meeker feared was in danger of being forgotten.

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Meeker, Ezra (1830-1928). Hop Culture in the United States being a Practical treatise on Hop Growing in Washington Territory, from the Cutting to the Bale. Puyallup, Washington Territory: E. Meeker & Co., 1883.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Meeker, Ezra (1830-1928). Hop Culture in the United States being a Practical treatise on Hop Growing in Washington Territory, from the Cutting to the Bale. Puyallup, Washington Territory: E. Meeker & Co., 1883.

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