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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Barclay, D (paintings), H M L Bolus (text), E J Steer (photographs)

A Book of South African Flowers, 1925. A First Book of South African Flowers, 1928. A Second Book of South African Flowers, 1936

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  • A heavy lot of three books (total 2.8 kg)
  • Rare, but this is not a perfect set; hence the conservative reserve: see the detail below

No dustjackets as published, blue cloth-boards with black (1) and gilt (2 nd 3) design and lettering to the upper boards and spine; plain endpapers

  1. A Book of South African Flowers. Speciality Press, Cape Town, 1925, first edition; corners bumped, endpapers sunned, 178 pp of text on gloss paper, profusely illustrated in b/w; ownership on front free endpaper; light spine crack at the front; condition: Good +
  2. A First Book of South African Flowers. Juta and Co, Cape Town, 1928, second edition; boards stained; binding crack at the front; front free endpaper missing; 213 pp of text on gloss paper, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w; ownership on title-page; condition: Good
  3. A Second Book of South African Flowers. Speciality Press, Cape Town, 1936, first edition; boards unrubbed and unbumped, endpapers unsunned, 214 pp of text on gloss paper, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w; binding crack at frontispiece; no ownership; condition: Very Good
  • Size: 250 x 195 x 70; 2.8 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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