Sterling Silver, Antique Flintlock Shotgun, Collectibles Estate Sale Auction
Lot 206:
Description
A collection of hardcover and softcover books primarily focused on gardening, cookery, and theological subjects, accompanied by a vintage periodical. Horticulture titles include Baylor Chapman, Plant Recipe Book (Artisan, 2014); William Cullina, Understanding Orchids (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004); and Tovah Martin, The Garden in Every Sense and Season (Timber Press, 2018), The Indestructible Houseplant (Timber Press, 2015), and The Unexpected Houseplant (Timber Press, 2012). Culinary reference works include Joy of Cooking by Rombauer and Becker (Scribner, 2006), The Complete Cook’s Country TV Show Cookbook (America’s Test Kitchen, 2021), Jenny Rosenstrach, The Weekday Vegetarians (Clarkson Potter, 2021), and a Betty Crocker Cookbook. Other volumes include Peggy Noonan, What I Saw at the Revolution (Random House, 1990), The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics), and Catechism of the Catholic Church (Image, 1995). The books are bound in publisher’s cloth with dust jackets or original pictorial wrappers.
Included is a single issue of LIFE magazine dated February 23, 1942. The front cover features a black and white photograph of anti-aircraft weaponry with the headline GUNS FOR MERCHANTMEN. The magazine displays the original cover price of 10 CENTS and is housed in a clear protective plastic sleeve.
Condition report:
The collection is in good overall condition with typical signs of shelf wear. Several hardcover volumes show minor bumping to the spine ends and corners (photo 1). Dust jackets exhibit light edge wear, occasional surface rubbing, and minor creasing (photo 1). Softcover volumes show light creasing to the spines and edges consistent with handling (photo 1). The LIFE magazine shows expected age-related toning to the paper and minor creasing to the cover edges but appears well-preserved within its sleeve (photo 2).
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