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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Breuil (Abbé Henri)

THE SPHINX AND THE WHITE GHOST SHELTERS AND OTHER SPIZKOPJE SITES

With the collaboration of Mary E.Boyle & Dr.E.R, Scherz & R.G.Strey. The Rock Paintings of Southern Africa: Volume Six

Published: Trianon Press, Paris, 1960

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $150/200

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First Edition: 106 pages, frontispiece, 64 plates with accompanying text, map, brick red cloth, very good copy.

The colophon reads: The first edition of THE SPHINX AND THE WHITE GHOST SHELTERS AND OTHER SPIZKOPJE SITES consists of 341 copies.

The text was printed by the Imprimerie Darantiere, Dijon. The photographs were reproduced by collotype, and the plates by the collotype and hand-stencil process, by Trianon Press (France).

The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus, and produced by The Trianon Press, Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France, and 125 Avenue du Maine, Paris 75014.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (385 x 300 mm)


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