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Auction #123 begins on 15 May 2025

Bowler (Thomas W.)

PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN

Views of Simon’s Town, Port Elizabeth and Graham’s Town from original drawings With Historical and Descriptive Sketches by W. R. Thomson

Published: C. Struik, Cape Town, 1966

Edition: Facsimile reprint

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $60/70

Bidding opens: 15 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 May 16:30 GMT

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Limited edition: 44 pages of letterpress and 12 coloured plates, patterned end papers with cloth reinforced hinges, green cloth boards with slight stain on the cloth at the bottom of the upper cover, titled gilt on the upper cover, a very good copy.

The limitation reads: This edition of this album is limited to 750 numbered copies. Nos. 1 -100 are bound in full leather. This is no.217

Loosely inserted is a booklet: Bradlow (Frank) A commentary on Thomas Bowler’s pictorial album of Cape Town. 13 pages. Cape Town Struik, 1966.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Oblong 4to ( 290 x 380 mm)


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