GLADIOLUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Signed

320pp. Fully illustrated with 145 full-page colour plates reproduced from the original watercolors by artists Fay Anderson and Auriol Batten, alongside line drawings. Publisher's original olive green cloth bindings with bright gilt titles to the spine, complete with the original illustrated glossy dust jacket. Both the original cloth binding and the dust jacket are free of scuffing, wear, or fading. Top edge of dustjacket slightly curled. The internal text block, watercolour plates, and drawings are completely unmarked.

Signed by both prominent expert authors, Peter Goldblatt and John Manning, in black ink on the central title page.

The definitive, monumental taxonomic and ecological monograph on the genus Gladiolus within the subcontinent.