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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Barclay, Bolus and Steer

A BOOK OF SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERS

Published: Juta & Company, Cape Town, 1925

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No dust jacket. Blue cloth-covered boards, black title on front with bright gilt protea design, gilt title on spine. Previous owner's neat signature on ffe and date: 1926. Front and back endpapers browned, page edges show some spots, but pages themselves clean and bright.

Pages [i-ix]x-xvii pp[1]2-174.

Sixty-six protected and endangered species are illustrated in the book with the purpose of spreading a wider knowledge of South African flowers among the general population. Colour plates illustrated by Miss D. Barclay and b/w photographic plates taken by Mr. E. J. Steer. Text by Mrs Bolus, Hon. Sec. of the Wild Flower Protection Society at the time.

  • Size: 250 x 195 x 20 mm
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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