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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Craib (Charles)

GRASS ALOES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN VELD

Illustrations by Gillian Condy and Murray Ralfe

Published: Umdaus Press, Pretoria, 2005

Edition: Collectors’ Edition

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Collectors Edition limited to 50 copies. This one is numbered 16 to Gordon Radcliffe. Signed by the author and illustrators. In near fine condition.

156 pages, numerous black and white sketches, 30 colour plates, maps, gren cloth gilt, a very good copy in the dust jacket, housed in a green cloth slipcase.

From the preface: 'This book consists of a detailed account of the grass aloe species in habitat and in cultivation and represents the culmination of some 20 years of active research on this group. All the watercolour paintings of the different grass aloes and pencil drawings of their habitats have been prepared in situ, which has entailed much travelling throughout eastern South Africa where the different species grow'

  • Binding Condition: Near Fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 325mm x 238mm
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833219905
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