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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Rourke (J.P.)

THE PROTEAS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Presentation Copy)

Published: Purnell, Cape Town & Johannesburg, 1980

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Illustrated by Fay Anderson, Lura Ripley and others.

Special presentation copy, 236 pages, colour frontispiece, 82 colour plates, 5 colour illustrations, other illustrations in the text, map and distribution maps, full crimson leather gilt, all edges gilt, contained in a crimson leather slip case, signed by the author and Fay Anderson.

This copy is one of only three presentation copies specially bound in full crimson leather with a full leather slipcase for the author, principle artist and the retiring chairman of Purnell & Sons the publishers Gerald Gordon.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 4to (340 x 250 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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