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THE SPHINX AND THE WHITE GHOST SHELTERS AND OTHER SPIZKOPJE SITES

With the collaboration of Mary E.Boyle & Dr.E.R, Scherz & R.G.Strey. The Rock Paintings of Southern Africa: Volume Six

Published: Trianon Press, Paris, 1960

Edition: First Edition

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First Edition: 106 pages, frontispiece, 64 plates with accompanying text, map, brick red cloth, very good copy.

The colophon reads: The first edition of THE SPHINX AND THE WHITE GHOST SHELTERS AND OTHER SPIZKOPJE SITES consists of 341 copies.

The text was printed by the Imprimerie Darantiere, Dijon. The photographs were reproduced by collotype, and the plates by the collotype and hand-stencil process, by Trianon Press (France).

The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus, and produced by The Trianon Press, Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France, and 125 Avenue du Maine, Paris 75014.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (385 x 300 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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