FIGS OF SOUTHERN & SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA (Collectors' Edition)

Burrows (John & Sandra)

Description:

With contributions by Duncan Buchart (Figs, Birds and other Wildlife), Simon van Noort (Fig Wasps and the Pollination of Figs) & Geoff Nichols (Growing Figs).

Collectors’ Edition: 379 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photographs by John Burrows, line drawings by Sandra Burrows and distribution maps, bound by Peter Carstens in half brown morocco with marbled paper sides, contained in a matching cloth and marbled paper slip case, a fine copy.

Number 4 of the Collectors’ Edition limited to 50 copies signed by the authors.

Details:

  • Publisher: Umdaus Press
  • Publisher Place: Hatfield, Pretoria
  • Date of Publication: 2003
  • Edition: Collectors’ Edition
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 4to (320 x 235 mm)
  • Lot No: 123
  • Hammer Price: $1119
  • Bids: 30
  • Visits: 145
  • Estimate: $250/350
  • Reserve: $150

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  • Name: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Address: P.O. Box 186, Constantia, (Cape Town), 7848, South Africa
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: africana@clarkes.co.za
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