Gardens of Colony and State. Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and the Republic before 1840 (TWO VOLUME SET). Vol 1: Introduction, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Fences and Enclosures; Vol. II: Virginia, the City of Washington, Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, California, Fences and Enclosures
by Lockwood, Alice G. B
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons for The Garden Club of America, 1934. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folios. xxii, 464; xxi, 433 pages. Hardcovers bound in green cloth and with green printed dust jackets. The jackets show heavy wear and have several large edge tears, chips and creases. Jackets soiled from handling. The bindings of the book show moderate rubbing and wear. The edges of the text blocks are foxed, and there is foxing to the half titles and title pages. The text itself is generally clean. There is a gift inscription on the half title to Volume II which reads, "Charles H. Merryman / with every good wish for Christmas & the New Year / Florence Bratenahl / Christmas, 1934." Charles Merryman was a landscape architect in Bethesda, Maryland who was the grounds superintendent of the Washington Cathedral. He also managed the "Weathered Oak Herb Farm" in Bethesda with Florence Hall Bratenahl (1884-1940).
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- Gardens of Colony and State. Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and the Republic before 1840 (TWO VOLUME SET). Vol 1: Introduction, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Fences and Enclosures; Vol. II: Virginia, the City of Washington, Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, California, Fences and Enclosures
- Author
- Lockwood, Alice G. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons for The Garden Club of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 15.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1934; Alice G. B. Lockwood; Gardens; Colony; State; Colonies; Gardening; Design; History; Botany; Botanical; Set; Charles Merryman; Florence Bratenahl; Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylv
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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