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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Finch-Davies (Claude Gibney)

THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Collectors' Edition)

Published: Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, 1982

Edition: De Luxe Edition

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Colour plates by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies, text by Dr. Alan Kemp

De Luxe edition: 488 pages, colour frontispiece of a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, portrait of Finch-Davies, 176 colour plates, half brown morocco with matching marbled boards, red title label gilt on the spine which is now slightly faded, a very good copy in the matching brown cloth slip case with marbled paper sides.

No 116 of the Collectors' Edition of 250 copies.

 

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: Large 4to (300 x230mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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