1976 Garden History of Georgia GA 1733-1933 Large book Horticulture Architecture

by Florence Marye

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This listing is for the oversized hardcover book titled The Garden History Georgia GA 1733-1933. This is the 1976 edition reprinted as the Bicentennial project of the garden club of Georgia. Originally published by Peachtree garden club of Atlanta in 1933. This hard cover has a dust jacket that is covered in mylar and was originally part of the library of the winder garden club. Members of this garden club current and founding have been written in beautiful calligraphy within the cover. There are a few library related stickers and the cover has been taped as shown in the pictures. The book itself is in excellent condition. Pages are of a very heavy stock. Pages are unmarked other than markings from the library club. Pages are very crisp and clean and full of diagrams and many many black and white photographs. This is a very heavy book and will weigh over 5 lbs once safely packaged for shipping. By Florence Marye University of Georgia Press, 2018 - Architecture - 480 pages With the growth of the garden club movement in the South during the early years of the twentieth century, interest also developed in identifying and recording the region's important gardens and landscapes. In 1933 Atlanta's Peachtree Garden Club produced Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933 in recognition of the state's bicentennial. Part 1 of the book, "Georgia's Early Gardens," by Florence Marye, gives "a comprehensive record of gardening in Georgia from Oglethorpe's day, 1733, to the most modern garden of

• Publisher: Brown publishing company
• Year: 1976
• Condition: Very Good

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