Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, NY
Printing Year: 1919, signed by Ethel Zoe Bailey
Condition/Details: Bound in its original olive cloth boards with gilt embossing, this antique text is a scarce title from "The Background Books" series by this celebrated horticulturist who spent much of his career working with Cornell University. Ethel, his daughter, worked and published with him and has written an inscription on the endpaper of this book, addressed to John G. Seeley. The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with bright pages. The book measures approximately 4.75" x 7.25" and contains 165 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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Rare Signed AA, Poetry, Civil War, etc.
9:00 AM PT - Nov 19th, 2006
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CNY Book Auctions
Ithaca, NY 14850-6071



