An exceptionally fine & complete set of 5 volumes of the Brenthurst Third Series DE LUXE EDITION.
Limited to 150 numbered copies (this being set #2), bound in quarter leather (navy Nigerian Sokoto tanned goatskin) with hand-marbled paper sides, top edges gilded, hand-sewn head-and-tail bands, rounded spines with five raised bands and tooled in gold, in lined slipcases covered in navy leather and hand-marbled paper.
Complete with maps, colour and other plates, and text illustrations.
Vol.I: THE JAMESON RAID - A Centennial Retrospective
Published in 1996. Edited by Jane Carruthers. 264pp.
Vol.II: FLORA HERSCHELIANA - Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838
Published in 1996. Written by Brian Warner and John Rourke. 295pp.
Vol.III: THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING / volume 1
Published in 2001. Edited by Iain Smith. 239pp.
Vol.IV: THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING / volume 2
Published in 2001. Edited by Iain Smith. Pages 240 to 529 (Pagination continued from end of vol.1).
Vol.V: FRANCOIS LEVAILLANT AND THE BIRDS OF AFRICA
Published in 2004. Written by L.C. Rookmaaker, P.J. Mundy, I.E. Glenn, E.C. Spary. 484pp.
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: Large 4to.
