The Aloes of South Africa
by Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Trustees of The Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg, 1950. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. 520 pages (complete). Numbered 44 of a limited subscribers' edition of 500 copies. Signed by Reynolds on the limitation certificate. Inscribed to Paul Davis, whose ex-libris plate is attached to the front paste-down. Full leather. The leathered boards are a little scuffed and worn by shelving. Gilt decoration and titling (kindly). The boards are also a little dulled but they retain their vigour and vibrancy. The page edges have some shelving marks. There a blotches of foxing fore and aft. The contents are overwhelming most agreeably healthy and smart. They are fresh faced, neat, very clean and clear, the illustrations are vivid and bright, the pages are tight, certain, generous, diligent, gratifying. Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91la
- Title
- The Aloes of South Africa
- Author
- Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Trustees of The Aloes of South Africa Book Fund, Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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