Lawns and How to Make Them Together With the Poper Keeping of Putting Greens

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Illustrated. 174 pages. Very uncommon first edition with an interesting history. The former first owner has written his name and address on the upper ffep: "F. W. DOUBLEDAY EFFENDI FARMS OCTOBER 1906." Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934), known to his friends and family as 'Effendi', founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, later Doubleday, Page, the publisher of this book. Below is a bi-color bookplate: "Ex Libris The North Country Garden Club of Long Island." Below that and opposite is a small rubber stamped "Oyster Bay Free Public Library. Offset from plates, no notations, writing, tears, soiling, etc. Very nice collector copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de ref. del artículo 201909

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