early-antebellum-guide-to-gardening-in-the-carolinas-and-georgia
Lot 260
Early Antebellum Guide to Gardening in the Carolinas and Georgia
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Squibb, Robert. The Gardener's Calendar for the States of North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia (Charleston: P. Hoff & E. Gibbs, 1827), 176 pages, 12mo, re-bound with green cloth and new endpapers in 1959. Owner-inscribed by John P. Thomas, who is identified in a 20th century hand as being from St. John's Parish, S.C. This rare tutorial explores the art of growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs for home consumption.

By descent from the library of the late John Earle Jones, Greenville, SC

Some archival tape reinforcement to the very front and back leaves; moderate foxing throughout; lacks engraved frontis; overall good condition with the binding as new.

$300 - 600