First edition. 260 pages, colour frontispiece of the artist, 7 colour plates, 2 maps, 21 of wash drawings and all the 'marginal' drawings from Jock of the Bushveld including the corrected versions of the dung beetle and the 'bank exploit'. bound in quarter red leather titled gilt with decoration on the spines, oatmeal buckram sides with a decorative gilt device of Caldwell's initials on the upper covers and the publisher's device stamped in blind on the back covers, patterned endpapers, all edges dyed red, a fine copy.
The limitations page reads: This art folio, Jock, the art of Edmund Caldwell is printed in a numbered limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies. Number one to two hundred and forty are subscribers copies. Number two hundred and forty one to two hundred and fifty are presentation copies. The number of this folio is 214. This is a handmade book.
- Overall Condition: A Fine Copy
- Size: Folio (450 x 320 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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