Folio; original coarse, flecked cloth, with lettering to spine and rock painting device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xiii + (i) + 375, incl. index; sumptuously illustrated with photographs of the paintings, including four-page, folding colour spreads, plus line drawings, diagrams, tables, graphs, photographs of the surrounding landscape. Dustwrapper a touch rippled, with skillful tissue repairs to slightly worn top and bottom edges; earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A beautiful copy of this work, surely the most celebrated monograph on a single locality in the entire catalogue of Rock Art literature.
Raymond A. Dart states: "Pager's patient discovering, exact photographing, scrupulous copying and precise reproduction of every recognisable detail in Ndedema's treasure trove of seventeen rock shelters has already broken all records in the recovery of Africa's prehistoric art and set new standards by wedding the totality of its collection with a critical exactitude of analysis. He has thus also succeeded in combining the aesthetic beauty and multitudinous bounty of Africa's faunal past as found on these rocks with his policy of preserving it in its entirety. His competence in focusing such maximal illumination upon this single but central valley ... will enthrall scientist, connoisseur and collector of Africana alike ... "
- Jacket Condition: Very good
- Binding Condition: Near-fine
- Overall Condition: Near-fine
- Size: Folio
- Sold By: Christison Rare Books
- Contact Person: Lindsay Christison
- Country: South Africa
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- Telephone: 073 290 2830 / 041 371 4844
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