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Day 1: Fine Art & Decorative Works

Thu, Jul 16, 2015 05:00PM EDT - Fri, Jul 17, 2015 05:00PM EDT
Lot 181

<em>Georgia Scenes, Characters,

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Bid Increments

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Incidents, Etc., in the First Half Century of the Republic by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Augusta: Printed at the S. R. Sentinel Office, 1835, Howes L448, Sabin 41936, BAL 12946, Harwell, "Georgiana" 28: "the aim of the author was to supply a chasm of history which has always been overlooked -- the manners, customs, amusements, wit, dialect, as they appear in all grades of society," bound in contemporary leather-backed marbled boards, with matching marbled endpapers, marbled edges, 6-3/4 x 4-1/2 in., very good, boards somewhat rubbed, corners slightly bumped, wear at the extremities, evidence of bookplate removal on the front pastedown. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia Collection

Condition

very good, boards somewhat rubbed, corners slightly bumped, wear at the extremities, evidence of bookplate removal on the front pastedown