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The Southern Apple and Peach Culturist, Adapted to The Soil and Climate of maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Farther South, Including Portions of thee West and West Virginia, Containing Full and Practical Instructions in Successful Culture, Grafting, Budding, Training, Transplanting, Mulching, Pruning, Fruit-Gathering, &c., &c., Together With Descriptive Catalogues of The Most Esteemed Orchard Fruits, Suitable for the Table, the Kitchen, and For Market Purposes, With Illustrations. Also A Treatise on Insects and Their Extermination.

Fitz, James · Richmond, Va.

Author
Fitz, James
Date
1872
Place
Richmond, Va.
Publisher
J.W. Randolph & English
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.5" x 8.375") 336 pp. Full green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge darkened, peach endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine ruffled with tiny closed tears, foot starting to lightly fray. Fabric to boar4ds bubbling in places, appears to have water damage with pastedowns buckling at edges. Darker stains to spine and rear board edges, gilt to spine faded, covers soiled. Prior owner wrote in pencil in 1873 to first free endpaper. Colored frontispiece with darker transference to title page, foxing mostly to first and last few pages, internally , mostly clean. Illustrated with a color frontisp[iece and many in-text illustrations. Scarce title.
Category
Fine Bindings & Sets
Record
S.I.9884

The Southern Apple and Peach Culturist, Adapted to The Soil and Climate of Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Farther South, Including Portions of thee West and West Virginia, Containing Full and Practical Instructions in Successful Culture, Grafting, Budding, Training, Transplanting, Mulching, Pruning, Fruit-Gathering, &c., &c., Together With Descriptive Catalogues of The Most Esteemed Orchard Fruits, Suitable for the Table, the Kitchen, and For Market Purposes, With Illustrations. Also A Treatise on Insects and Their Extermination. Fitz James. 1872. Richmond: J.W. Randolph & English. 8vo.(5.5" x 8.375") 336 pp. Full green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge darkened, peach endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine ruffled with tiny closed tears, foot starting to lightly fray. Fabric to boards bubbling in places, appears to have water damage with paste-downs buckling at edges. Darker stains to spine and rear board edges, gilt to spine faded, covers soiled. Prior owner wrote in pencil in 1873 to first free endpaper. Colored frontispiece with darker transference to title page, foxing mostly to first and last few pages, internally, mostly clean. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and many in-text illustrations. Scarce title.

Condition

Good

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