Tretchikoff. Pigeon's Luck (signed "Tretchikoff 1976")

• Artist's signature on title-page

• Derided by many critics, Tretchikoff was one of South Africa's most famous modern painters, with prints of his works selling in the hundreds of thousands; this book, however, deals more with the artist's life than with his work

Dustjacket with Tretchikoff painting to the front and Tretchikoff portrait to the back, grey cloth-boards, gilt to spine, monochrome-illustrated endpapers, 282 pp of mainly colour-illustrated text and acknowledgments

Part 1. The Japanese Attack

Part 2. Java

Part 3. The West

• A near-fine copy overall - complete, unmarked except for signature and undiscoloured