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Auction #132 begins on 09 Jul 2026

Cole (Desmond)

ARTICLES ON LITHOPS, ETC.

Including: LITHOPS NATURALLY, Three sets of Postcard-sized colour prints of Lithops in natural setting, with names, C numbers and brief descriptive notes. Sets 1 and 2 each include a habitat scene

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $75/100

Bidding opens: 9 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Jul 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Mounted in an album made of fine paper, most likely by the master binder Peter Carstens and bound in quarter green morocco with marbled paper sides. All in fine condition.

Also loosely inserted are the following articles by Cole:

Two White-Flowering Forms of Lithops Leslei (N.E.BR.) N.E.BR., 4 pages. Cactus & Succulent Journal of America, Volume 40, No. 3, 1968

Soil pH values in south Lithop habitats. 8 pages. Nat. Cact. & Succ. Journal, June, 1969

Lithops Hallii de Boer - A Review. 5 pages. Nat. Cact. & Succ. Journal, September, 1969

Four New Varieties of Lithops. 6 pages. Nat. Cact. & Succ. Journal, March, 1970

Old Tswana and New Latin, 15 pages, Botswana Notes and Records, Volum3 23.

Privately published, Parkview, Transvaal, June 1, 1979

  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: Folio (335 x 240 mm)


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