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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Harris (C.J.H.) & Ingpen (Brian)

MAILSHIPS OF THE UNION-CASTLE LINE

Collectors' Edition No.1. With an original painting by Peter Bilas

Published: Fernwood Press, Cape Town, 1994

Edition: Fine

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180 pages, profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bound by Peter Carstens in half black morocco with cloth sides with a gilt vignette on the upper cover, contained in a matching slip case. A fine copy.

Collectors' Edition (the publisher's copy)

A Special Edition Limited to 100 copies

This volume number 1

Is presented to Fernwood Press (Pty) Ltd.

Signed by the author and artist

With a painting in oils by Peter Bilas of the Kildonan Castle approaching Durban specially commissioned for this work and reproduced on page 44. The painted area measures 900 x 500 mm and is in an attractive gilded frame (1050 x740 mm).

Peter Bilas was born in Austria but has spent much of his life in South Africa. His interest in the sea and his consummate talent as a marine artist encouraged him to abandon a successful career in computers to concentrate on painting. He exhibits regularly and has won considerable acclaim at the renowned Mystic Gallery in the United States of America as well as elswhere. Among his best known works are four scences on large canvas, of the Battle of Trafalgar.

NB. The painting will incur additional packing and shipping costs.

  • Size: 4to (310 x 275 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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