GLADIOLUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (Collectors' Edition )

Goldblatt (P.) & Manning (J.)

Description:

Watercolours by Fay Anderson & Auriol Batten, Line drawings by John Manning.

De Luxe Edition: 320 pages, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 144 colour plates, many line drawings and distribution maps, an additional plate by Fay Anderson is tipped onto the second front free endpaper, signed by the artist and numbered 6/100, bound by Peter Carstens in half green morocco with mauve cloth sides gilt, contained in a matching cloth slip case, a fine copy.

Number 6 of the Collectors' Edition limited to 100 copies. Signed by the authors.

Details:

  • Publisher: Fernwood Press
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1998
  • Edition: Collectors' Edition
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 4to (310 x 235 mm)
  • Lot No: 131
  • Hammer Price: $867
  • Bids: 17
  • Visits: 117
  • Estimate: $400/500
  • Reserve: $350

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