Frontispiece, 119 pages of letterpress, 60 colour plates and 18 figures – 2 double-page, full brown leather gilt, edges uncut, light foxing throughout – heaviest on the preliminary and final pages, contained in a grey buckram slip case with a leather lip.
The first edition of SOUTHERN RHODESIA consists of 420 copies, 388 numbered copies.
5 copies numbered I to V, printed on pure rag paper made by hand at the Moulin de Val de Laga, Auvergne.
This is copy: No. III
The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus, and produced in France for the Singer-Polignac, Foundation, Paris by the Trianon Press, Château de Boissea, Clairvaux, Jura and 125 Avenue du Maine, Paris.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: Folio (390 x 290 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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