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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Van Jaarsveld (Ernst J.) and Ward-Hilhorst (Ellaphie)

GASTERIAS OF SOUTH AFRICA(The Publisher's Copy)

A new revision of a major succulent group

Published: Fernwood Press, Cape Town, 1994

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 Illustrations Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst

First Edition. 96 pages, colour frontispiece and 21 colour plates, 2 colour distribution maps, numerous colour illustrations and line drawings, half red leather with grey cloth boards, gilt vignette on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine which is now faded, housed in a matching cloth slipcase with leather lips and decorated with a plate sunk illustration, a fine copy.

On a front free end paper is a colour plate of a Gasteria Battesiana Penge laid down and numbered 1/100 singed by Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst and dated 1993.

The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume 1 is presented to Ferwood Press (Pty) Ltd signed by the author and the artist.

  • Overall Condition: A Fine Copy
  • Size: 4to (310 x 240 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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