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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Hobson (N.K.)

VELD PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Assisted by J.P. Jessop. Illustrated by M.C. vd R. Ginn and Jane Kelly

Published: Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, 1975

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50/60

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First Edition: 310 pages, frontispiece, 30 colour plates, numerous line drawings, black cloth, previous owner’s stamp on the front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy.

Editor's note: 'Veld Plants of Southern Africa is the only book available which deals with both the identification and usefulness of a wide range of significant plants, trees, shrubs and succulents to be found in the veld.'

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (295 x 265 mm)


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