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

• 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