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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Van der Spuy, (Una) [Signed]

SOUTH AFRICAN SHRUBS AND TREES FOR THE GARDEN

Published: Hugh Keartland, Johannesburg, 1971

Edition: De Luxe first edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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215 pages: colour illustrations, colour frontispiece. Quarto. Full leather with gilding. Name on front endpaper. Number 62 of an edition limited to 100 copies.

Signed by Van der Spuy on a presentation label laid down on front endpaper.


Van der Spuy (1912-2012) lived four days short of a century. She wrote 14 books on gardens and gardening in South Africa. She led garden tours all over the world and ran Old Nectar Nurseries from her home near Stellenbosch- the only private garden to be declared a national monument.

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 28 x 22 cm


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