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    • Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton
      Feb. 10, 2023

      Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton published Charleston 1802, by John Drayton (1766-1822) "A View of South-Carolina, as Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns" printed by W.P. Young; first edition 252-pages plus postscript leaf, with 3 fold-out maps, 2 fold-out tables, 2 fold-out plates; Hiram Harris binding with marble boards and printed spine, inscribed Frank E. Taylor, Charleston, SC (1846-1913) Provenance: Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection

      Charlton Hall
    • Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton
      Feb. 10, 2023

      Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      Rare Book: View of South Carolina, Drayton published Charleston 1802, by John Drayton (1766-1822) "A View of South-Carolina, as Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns" printed by W.P. Young; first edition 252-pages plus postscript leaf, with 3 fold-out map, 2 fold-out tables, 2 fold-out plates; contemporary gilded full-calf binding Provenance: Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection

      Charlton Hall
    • Early Governors of South Carolina, State Documents Signed (8dcs)
      Feb. 10, 2023

      Early Governors of South Carolina, State Documents Signed (8dcs)

      Est: $1,200 - $1,800

      Early Governors of South Carolina, State Documents Signed each partial-printed Official State documents signed as Governor by the following gentlemen: 1788 Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) 1793 William Moultrie (1730-1805) 1805 Paul Hamilton (1762-1816) 1807 Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) 1809 John Drayton (1766-1822) 1835 George McDuffie (1790-1851) 1848 David Johnson (1782-1855) 1853 John Lawrence Manning (1816-1889) each on period paper, most with seals and ribbons, each approx. W14" L11" (8dcs) Provenance: Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection

      Charlton Hall
    • DRAYTON, JOHN. 1766-1822. A View of South-Carolina, as respects her Natural and Civil Concerns. Charleston: W.P. Young, 1802.
      Dec. 02, 2010

      DRAYTON, JOHN. 1766-1822. A View of South-Carolina, as respects her Natural and Civil Concerns. Charleston: W.P. Young, 1802.

      Est: $8,000 - $12,000

      A View of South-Carolina, as respects her Natural and Civil Concerns. Charleston: W.P. Young, 1802. [4], 252 + [1 inserted] pp. With 3 folding engraved maps including general map hand-colored in outline; 3 engraved plates, 2 of which are folding; 2 folding letterpress tables. Inserted postscript and folding map describing Winyah Bay. 8vo (214 x 131 mm). Period tree calf, spine gilt. Occasional toning, 2 letters rubbed from C3v (fortuitously humorous), front free endpaper lacking, spine label worn and binding rubbed at extremities. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, ONE OF ONLY 500 PRINTED, inscribed on the copyright leaf: "Presented to Sir John Sinclair, Baronet by / The Author." Drayton was Governor of South Carolina and wrote this work shortly after he left office. In addition to the general map, the engravings include a fine view of the State House at Columbia by James Akin, a large folding plate depicting a rice winnowing machine, and a folding plan showing Winyah Bay and Georgetown that was added as a postscript as it did not appear in time for the regular print run. Streeter considers this work authoritative and it is certainly a fine early Charleston imprint. Howes D492; Sabin 20915; Streeter sale 1137; Turnbull I, p 391. Provenance: presented by the author to Sir John Sinclair [1754-1835], the Scottish agricultural reformer and statistician. Acquisition: Sotheby's, Dec 14, 2000, lot 153, via Maggs Bros., $10,160.

      Bonhams
    • Eight books, Southern horticulture: 19th and 20th
      May. 30, 2009

      Eight books, Southern horticulture: 19th and 20th

      Est: $400 - $800

      Eight books, Southern horticulture: 19th and 20th century works by Willliam White, Mary Edgeworth, Floyd Bralliar, James Fitz; A.W. Chapman, Flora of the Southern United States, signed "Sidney Lanier"; detailed listing available. - The Carolinian Florist Of Governor John Drayton Of South Carolina 1766-1822, edited by Margaret Meriwether, University of South Carolina, 1943, green cloth, 133 pp., 10-1/4 x 7-3/4 in.; - William White, Gardening for the South, third edition, edited by P.H. Mell, B.F. Johnson Publishing, Richmond, Virginia, 1901, signed by George A. Mell, 1930, green cloth, 683 pp., 8-3/4 x 5-3/4 in., frontispiece with repaired corner, scattered light toning and foxing at edges; - William White, Gardening for the South, Orange, Judd & Company, New York, 1868, blue cloth, 444 pp., 7-3/4 x 5 in., hinges loose, several binding breaks, scattered light foxing and browning throughout; - Mary Edgeworth (Houston County, Georgia), The Southern Gardener and Receipt-Book, third editio , J.P. Lippincott, 1860, purple cloth, 478 pp., 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in., spine with severe fading, interior clean and generally bright, end papers with light foxing; - Floyd Bralliar, The Southern Gardener, Rich Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee, 1946, black cloth, 227 pp., 9-1/4 x 6-1/4 in., scattered light browning; - A.W. Chapman, Flora of the Southern United States, Ivison, Phinney & Company, New York, 1865, dark blue cloth, 621 pp., 8-3/4 x 6 in., neatly signed on front end papers "Sidney Lanier", clean interior with very slight edge browning, binding with small spine chips and bent corners; - A.W. Chapman, Flora of the Southern United States, American Book Company, 1897, third edition, 655 pp., 8-1/2 x 6 in., slight browning throughout, corners and spine with chips and wear, abrasions; - James Fitz, The Southern Apple and Peach Culturist, J.W. Randolph & English, Richmond, Virginia, 1872, red cloth, 336 pp., 8-3/4 x 5-3/4 in., interior clean, title browned, spine and corners bumped and worn.

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