SOUTH AFRICAN ALOES (De Luxe Edition)

Jeppe (B.)

Description:

144 pages, illustrated throughout in colour from water colour paintings by the author, line drawings in the text, full green leather with a red title label on the spine – the leather is slightly rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners, a very good copy.

Number 211 of the De Luxe Collector’s Edition limited to 250 copies, signed by the author.

'This book is the complete guide to the 139 know varieties, each of which is individually illustrated with a full-page four-colour plate (with the exception of a few small varieties which are two to a plate). Each plate is immediately accompanied by a full description of the Aloe which gives all the necessary details concerning distribution, flowering time, height, etc.' Editor's note.

Details:

  • Publisher: Purnell
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1969
  • Edition: De Luxe Collector’s Edition
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 4to (245 x 190 mm)
  • Lot No: 95
  • Hammer Price: $100
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 74
  • Estimate: $125/150
  • Reserve: $100

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