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Gardening For the South, Or How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits: With Additions by Mr. J. Van Buren, and Dr. Jas. Camak. Revised and Newly Stereotyped.
by White, William N. (late of Athens, GA.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orange Judd and Company, 1868. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [2], 444 pages, [2]. Frontispiece portrait of the late author. Illustrations. Restored. Half leather and green cloth binding. Four raised bands, gilt decorated lines and gilt title on spine. White, light blue, and gold embossed front and rear end sheets (wallpaper style). Front hinge is cracked open. Tissue protecting the frontispiece portrait is foxed. Title page foxed and toned. Inscription on front blank end sheet reads - "James R Dubose Washington Geo 1873." James R. Dubose name is stamped on the title page.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27861
- Title
- Gardening For the South, Or How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits
- Author
- White, William N. (late of Athens, GA.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Orange Judd and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Gardens
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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