Georgia Scenes

Lot 167
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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$ 9 450
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ID 753097
Lot 167 | Georgia Scenes
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$ 3 000 – 5 000
Georgia ScenesAugustus B. Longstreet, 1835[LONGSTREET, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1870).] Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c. in the First Half Century of the Republic. By a Native Georgian. Augusta: Printed at the Press of the S.R. Sentinel Office, 1835. The Schiff copy of the rare first edition of a classic of southern literature and manners. Harwell writes "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." BAL 12946; Harwell, Georgiana 28; Howes L-448 ("b"); Sabin 41936. Octavo (186 x 115mm). (Minor tear to a single page that does not affect text, light foxing to fore edges.) Half cloth with gray boards (slightly cracked at hinge, minor soiling to boards) and paper label on spine (slightly chipped at margins). Custom brown cloth chemise and slipcase. Provenance: John M. Schiff (bookplate).
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