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Palmer, Eve (author and photographer), and Norah Pitman (artist)

Trees of South Africa

Published: A A Balkema, Amsterdam and Cape Town, 1961

Edition: First

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This was the first, one-volume, edition.

It is profusely illustrated with inserted colour and b/w photographs as well as figures in the text.

Light-green unclipped dustjacket with dark-green illustration to the upper panel and dark-green lettering and type to all 5 faces, green cloth-boards, gilt to upper panel and spine, top-edge tinted lime green, plain endpapers, 351 pp of prelims, text, references, 3-panel fold-out list and map of the 65 indigenous high forests of South Africa and 3 indexes + 28 inserted colour plates + 148 pp of inserted b/w photographs, all on art paper.

CONDITION. The dustjacket is lightly edge-chipped. The lower corners of the boards are lightly bumped. The endpapers are fine and unmarked. The contents, including all plates and other inserts, are complete, unmarked and undiscovered.

This is a collectible copy of the authors' first landmark work, published 57 years ago.

  • Jacket Condition: Fine
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 280 x 220 x 45; 2 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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