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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Roberts (A.)

ROBERTS BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Subscribers' Edition signed by the authors)

Published: Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, 1957

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Revised by G.R. Mclachlan and R Liversidge. Plates in colour by Norman C.K. Lighton . Black and white illustrations by J. Perry and K Hooper

Revised edition first impression. 501 pages, colour frontispiece,56 colour plates, distribution maps, numerous black and white illustrations, maps on end papers, brown half with textured cream cloth boards titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy.

The limitations page is tipped in and reads; Subscribers' edition limited to 300 copies. Copy number 210 presented to R.G. Jeffery signed by McLachlan and Liversidge and the chairman of the SA Bird Book Fund.

There is a presentation inscription on the half title page which reads; To my good friend Roger signed by McLachlin and mine too signed by Liversidge

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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