DIERAMA, THE HAIRBELLS OF AFRICA (Collectors’ Edition)

Collectors’ Edition: 152 pages, frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout, quarter maroon morocco, marbled paper sides, contained in a cloth and marbled paper slip case - binding and case by Peter Carstens, a fine copy.

The Collectors’ Edition: 90 copies, numbered 11 to 100. This is number 22, signed by the authors and artist.

From the introduction: ‘Dierama most commonly known as Hairbells in Africa is a genus of the Iris family and is notable for its tall graceful flowering stems that divide at the top into a number of usually pendulous flowering branchlets. The name Dierama gives continued currency to an ancient Greek word meaning a funnel.