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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

George William Stow and Joyce and Mollie van der Riet (Illus). & Dorothea F. Bleek

ROCK PAINTINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA with MORE ROCK PAINTINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA

From Parts of the Eastern Province and Orange Free State (Vol1) From the Coastal Belt Between Albany and Piquetberg (Vol2)

Published: Methuen, London, 1930 & 1940

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xxvii + 72 plates with opposite descriptive text +map
xx + 28 plates with opposite descriptive text + map

Vol 1: Paper titling labels to spine as issued, no DW. Bookplate of Maurice Green to front paste down. 72 plates reproduced from the original rock paintings, most with  issue guards, and a map showing locations of the paintings – accompanying descriptions and an introduction by Bleek. Scattered foxing throughout, plates mostly fine, some occasional spotting.

Vol 2: Foxing to prelim pages. Jacket unclipped. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to leaf edges. 28 plates with descriptive text by Bleek.

Replacement titling labels tipped in to rear of Vol 1 and pasted to blank page at rear of Vol 2, the latter presumably to be soaked off if needed.

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: Folios, 32cm x 26cm
  • Sold By: The Book Shoppe
  • Contact Person: Ray van Wyk
  • Country: South Africa
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