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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Cole (Desmond T.)

LITHOPS. Flowering Stones (Collectors'Edition)

Foreword by Gordon D. Rowley. Artwork by Gerhard Marx

Published: Acorn Books and Russel Friedman Books, Johannesburg, 1988

Edition: Collectors’ Edition

Reserve: $200

Approximately:

Estimate: $250/300

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Collectors' Edition: 254 pages, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, line drawings, 6 maps, quarter brown leather with marbled paper sides by Peter Carstens, contained in a matching marbled paper and cloth slip case, a fine copy.

90 Collectors' Copies bound in quarter leather signed by the authors.

Volume 35

Editor's note: This first edition was Cole's first definitive work on this unique group of succulent plants which are entirely confined to the southern part of the African continent.

  • Overall Condition: Fine copy
  • Size: Small 4to (252 x 197 mm)


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