THE MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Edited by Dr.R. Bigalke, Dr.V. Fitzsimons & Pro.D.E. Malan. Colour plates by Rev.P.J. Smit. Foreword by J. Stevenson-Hamilton.

xlviii, 700pp. Green cloth with gilt spine and vignette of zebra head cover decoration. Illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, 54 photographic plates; 24 in colour (including frontispiece),138 tables, folding tables, bibliography, indices, map.

The spine and part of front cover is faded with wear to spine. Dustjacket with a small closed tear and wear to edges. Contents and end-papers are in clean condition save for small insect damage to end paper.

The Mammals of South Africa is a foundational 1951 natural history reference book written by South African zoologist Austin Roberts.