Trees of Central Africa

The Subscriber's Edition is limited to five hundred copies, signed by the artist Olive H. Coates palgrave. This is copy 356. The previous owner of this copy was Jo Onderstall, the well-known botanist. Her name in koki in front and on bottom of the book pages.

Large book with 466 pages. The just jacket is in poor consition. Frontispiece of Spring Foliage in the Matapos, southern Rhodesia.

The Trees of Central Africa are among the outstanding glories of its Territories, and represents a lifetime of work, and a labour of love of nature by Mrs. Olive H. Coates Palgrave. This is the first publication by the National Publications Trust, a body formed in 1954, for the purpose of presenting, from time to time, books such as this. The Trust has received gratifying support and subscriptions from many individuals and organisations. In order to bring the work within the limit of one volume, a selection has been made of 110 indigenous trees of Central Africa, each of which is illustrated in colour. Half- Title, Colour Frontispiece, Title, Dedication, Foreword, Preface, Artist's Appreciation, Contents, Introduction, National Publications Trust. xxvii. Map. 466 pages text with illustrations.