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Auction #131 begins on 21 May 2026

Oatley (Terry)

ROBINS OF AFRICA (Collectors' Edition signed by the author and the illustrator)

Text by Terry Oatley. Illustrations by Graeme Arnott

Published: Acorn Books, Randburg, 1998

Edition: Collectors' Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $125/150

Bidding opens: 21 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 28 May 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First edition: 288 pages, coloured frontispiece, 22 full colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations, maps, quarter red morocco with marbled boards, titled gilt on the spine, light foxing on the fore-edge, several pages unopened, housed in a grey cloth slipcase with matching marbled paper edges and an illustration of a robin inlaid on the cover, a very good copy.

The limitations page reads: The Collectors' Edition is limited to 100 copies. Volume 69 signed by the author and the illustrator.

A loosely inserted black and white sketch of the Cape Robin Chat 69/100 signed by Graeme Arnott accompanies this volume.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (310 x 230 mm)


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