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Lot 126
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
500
Price Realized
$896
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - POMOLOGY]. A group of 7 works, including:
BEACH, Spencer Ambrose (1860-1923). The Apples of New York. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905. 2 volumes. -- HEDRICK, Ulysses Prentiss (1870-1951). The Plums of New York. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1911. -- HEDRICK. The Cherries of New York. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1915. -- HEDRICK. The Peaches of New York. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1917. -- HOVEY, Charles Mason (1810-1887). The Fruits of America. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1853. -- THOMSON, David. Handy Book of Fruit Culture Under Glass. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1881. -- WRIGHT, John (1836-1916). The Fruit Grower's Guide. London: J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, [n.d.]. 3 volumes.
And 3 others. Together, 10 works in 13 volumes, 8vo and 4to sizes and all in original bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.