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Lot 416: Eight books, Southern horticulture: 19th and 20th

Est: $400 USD - $800 USDSold:
Brunk AuctionsAsheville, NC, USMay 30, 2009

Item Overview

Description

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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Auction Details

The Best of Georgia - Griffin Collection

by
Brunk Auctions
May 30, 2009, 09:00 AM EST

117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC, NC 28805, US