Hello, We have the following items on auction this week.
The time limit is short, the auction closes tomorrow Wednesday 23rd June at 18.30 local time. This is a different auction site to our normal practice. Therefore we ask you to contact us if you want to make a bid and we will give you further details. Either telephone 043-625-0202 or email ae...@fables.co.za These are the items on auction: Lot 320. Cythna Letty, R.A. Dyer, Inez C. Verdoorn, & L.E. Codd WILD FLOWERS OF THE TRANSVAAL Our Ref. #27996. Signed by Author on title page. Cythna Letty's botanical drawings are among the best available. Most of the more attractive species of the Transvaal flora are illustrated in colour - 82 families, 282 genera, & 425 species, and others as pencil sketches. A standard reference work. Includes newspaper cutting from The Star July 29 1971 featuring the Author at the first major gallery showing of her work. Green buckram boards. 362pp illustrated 174 coloured plates. 4to. Neat ownership signature to front pastedown. a little dusty else a VG copy in lesser dustwrapper (spine tanned with damp marking, chipped at spine ends and along top edges). Standard 1st edition Reserve $50.00 Lot 169. C.G. Finch-Davies, C.G. (Intro. Dr Alan Kemp). THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C.G. FINCH-DAVIES Our Ref. #27876. The Introduction by Kemp is a biography of Finch-Davies and is expanded beyond that originally published by the Transvaal Museum in 1976. There are 99 full page colour plates in addition to the frontis. Orange cloth boards with colour print set to front. 311pp illustrated large format in matching slipcase. Bookplate to front pastedown. 4 square corners, spine fading, contents unmarked in matching slipcase (sound, dusty top edge, handled). An excellent copy that presents well. Subscriber's Edition. Copy No.502 of 5000 Reserve $45.00 Lot 167. Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (Illus). & Dr Alan Kemp (Text) THE BIRDS OF PREY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Our Ref. #27874. Contains a total of 140 full-page coloured plates with extensive text. 'The Birds of Prey of Southern Africa is the showcase for the wonderful paintings of birds of prey by the late Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. It is sixty years since this talented artist, of world standard, died tragically. His life and the circumstances surrounding his death are described in a brief biography contained in the book. He illustrated all the birds of prey, including the owls, known in Southern Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century - and only eight other species have been discovered since that time. He depicted the various plumages as they occur with great accuracy and detail so that this collection provides a fine reference source'. Gilt on brown cloth boards. 339pp illustrated, in original plain card slipcase. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. a Fine copy in matching VG+ protected dustwrapper (marked and tanned to spine, no chips, tears, or loss) and housed within a Good but worn tanned brown card slipcase with a break along top front edge needing minor repair. Subscriber's Edition. Copy No.1683 of 1700. Reserve $65.00 Lot 84. Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (Illus). & Dr Alan Kemp (Text) THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Our Ref. #27873. With 176 of Finch-Davies paintings this is an exploration of the wonderful diversity of form, colour and habits shown by the avifauna of the subcontinent of Southern Africa. The excellence of these illustrations supported by the detailed text of Dr Alan Kemp provide an authoritative introduction to their origins and variety. Chocolate cloth boards. 488pp illustrated full page coloured illustrations. In brown paper-covered slipcase. large 4to. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Fine condition in protected VG dustwrapper (foxed internally also with some lesser external marking, spine handled, no chips, tears, or loss). lesser slipcase marked, handled, but sound with no corner bumps. Subscribers Edition. Copy 502 of 3000. Reserve $45.00 Lot 83. Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (Illus). & Dr Alan Kemp (Text) THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Our Ref. #27872. This is an undeclared Proof Copy, No.13 of 25, bound for the Fitzsimons Snake Park (in Durban) and calligraphically inscribed thus. Binding is similar to the Collector's Edition. With a limitation of only 25 copies this is an exceptional and unusual copy of this title. Three quarter green leather over marbled paper on boards with 5 raised bands and maroon title label. 488pp illustrated full page coloured illustrations. In matching slipcase with grey sides and matching marbled paper edges (top, bottom, rear). large 4to. No inscriptions, spine fading and gilt on title label wearing else a conservatively Fine copy in Fine slipcase (slight shelfwear to bottom only). To all appearances as new and contents absolutely unmarked. Reserve $100.00 Lot 82. Vivian F. Fitzsimons THE LIZARDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 1 July 1943. Our Ref. #27869. Same text as the Transvaal Museum 1943 edition. Printed pale green wraps. 528pp illustrated line drawings, 24 plates, fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Wraps heavily insect-spotted, however a sound copy with clean contents. map in excellent condition, no tears. Reserve $30.00 Lot 77. E.C.G. Pinhey MOTHS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Descriptions And Colour Illustrations Of 1183 Species Our Ref: #27864. The standard work on the subject. A wide ranging reference both for classification and identification, this also covers derivative pests such as armyworm, codlin, bollworm, &c. as well as host plants and other relevant matters such as systematics, distribution, synonymy &c. Of interest to farmer, gardener, and collector alike. Buff buckram boards. 273pp illustrated with 63 full-page coloured plates. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Offset to eps else a VG+ copy in lesser protected dustwrapper (rear soiled, tanned internally and to spine, dib to rear and one 25mm closed tear to lower front, but no major tears, or loss). Reserve $60.00 Lot 68. C.G.C. Dickson & Dr D.M. Kroon. (Eds) PENNINGTON'S BUTTERFLIES Of Southern Africa Our Ref. #27863 The standard work on the subject. 198 coloured plates covering 780 species. Blue cloth boards. 670pp illustrated colour and b/w plates, drawings. Bookplate to front pastedown. shelfwear. dustwrapper tanned internally, creased, soiled & worn, no loss or tears. Excellent contents, a sound usable copy with less than pristine appearance. Reserve $60.00 Lot 67. Graham A. and Stephen F. Henning, John G. Joannou, & Stephen E. Woodhall. LIVING BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Biology, Ecology, Conservation. Volume 1. Hesperiidae, Papilionidae And Pieridae Of South Africa. Our Ref. #27861. 156 species of Hesperiidae (skippers), Papilionidae (swallowtails and swordtails) And Pieridae (yellows, whites, vagrants, tips, & borders) are covered in this first volume. Lavish illustrations of all stages (eggs, larva, pupa) as well as the upper side and lower side of both males and females with detailed descriptions including taxonomic information, identification of adults and early stages, habitat and ecology, larval food plants, as well as distribution maps and conservation notes. Dark green cloth boards. 397pp. No inscriptions. A Fine unused copy in matching protected dustwrapper. Reserve $30.00 Lot 61. Gordon Lindsay Maclean (Text) & Gail Darroll (Illus) DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Our Ref. #27860. Covers all thirty of the waterfowl species, both breeding and non-breeding, found in Africa south of the Sahara. Drawings of other waterside birds, mammals, insects, and plants embellish the main texts. Green cloth boards. 150pp illustrated frontis and 36 full page colour plates supported by many in-text line drawings. Dustwrapper with French folds. No inscriptions. lower corners bumped. contents unmarked. Dustwrapper has storage fades, rubbed, soiled, worn, especially at spine ends, but no chips, tears, or loss). Presents well. Subscribers Edition. Copy 2129 of 2700. Reserve $25.00 Any additional information, images, assistance, as required in connection with the above items and the bidding process can be provided on request. IMPORTANT: The items are on the auction. Items will, if unsold, revert to our previous listed price and no post-auction offers will be considered. If you wish to purchase an item at auction-level prices, please bid for it. Note: 'Buyers Premium' is not charged on this auction, which means that the purchaser is paying the hammer price clear of the surcharge levied by most other auction houses. Buyers Premium adversely affects the prices bid to the detriment of the seller. Reminder: Bidding closes Wednesday 23rd June 2021 16.30 GMT (6.30 pm local SA time). Successful bidding! We are available to list and auction collections of suitable material on your behalf. Fables Bookshop has over 30 years of experience and will ensure that your collection is handled to best advantage. Descriptions and pricing on the auction take precedence over the above. e&oe. Regards Ian Balchin --- Fables Bookshop (Proprietor: Ian Balchin) Est. 1990 258 Kowie Road, Bathurst, 6166, South Africa. 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