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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Hilliard (O.M.) and Burtt (B.L.)

DIERAMA, THE HAIRBELLS OF AFRICA (Collectors’ Edition)

Illustrations by Auriol Batten

Published: Acorn Books, Johannesburg, 1993

Edition: Collectors’ Edition

Reserve: $200

Approximately:

Estimate: $250/300

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Collectors’ Edition: 152 pages, frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout, quarter maroon morocco, marbled paper sides, contained in a cloth and marbled paper slip case - binding and case by Peter Carstens, a fine copy.

The Collectors’ Edition: 90 copies, numbered 11 to 100. This is number 22, signed by the authors and artist.

From the introduction: ‘Dierama most commonly known as Hairbells in Africa is a genus of the Iris family and is notable for its tall graceful flowering stems that divide at the top into a number of usually pendulous flowering branchlets. The name Dierama gives continued currency to an ancient Greek word meaning a funnel.

  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 4to (320 x 145 mm)


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