Georgie

1931 · 32998 — Wormsloe Georgia: Privately Printed 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large quartos. 3 volumes: xxxiii 1 448 pages 1; x 1 449-896 pages 1; x 1 897-1396 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings each volume including Wymberly Jones De Renne photograph portrait the library at Wormsloe and the interior view of the library. This set has been rebound by the National Library Bindery Company the original covers suffered serious silverfish and insect damage but not the interiors which are in very good condition. Green buckram bindings with gilt lettered titles stamped on the spines. New end sheets added in front and in the rear of all volumes. The old front and rear end sheets were removed but the half title pages were preserved. Gilt top edges for all three volumes. Untrimmed text with several unopened pages. Some of the opened pages suffered small edge tears when opened. <br /> <br /> Volume I covers 1700-1836. Volume II covers 1836-1891. Volume III covers 1891-1929 and includes newspapers maps engravings bibliography addenda and index. A massive collection of Georgia titles that eventually was placed with the University of Georgia. A great reference set for the Georgia researcher or collector. This set was limited to 300 copies and numbered. This set is numbered 87. Privately Printed hardcover