THERE WAS A MAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR ARNOLD THEILER K....

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THERE WAS A MAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR ARNOLD THEILER K.C.M.G. (LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

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Thelma Gutsche

Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1979

4to (27 x 21 x 4cm) 487pp. Deluxe full-leather hardcover binding, with 6 raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, gilt inlays to boards, and Arnold Theiler’s signature inlaid on front board. With various fine monochrome plates and maps.

Limited deluxe edition of 50 copies, of which this is no. 22. Signed by author. With inscriptions by Margaret and Gertrud Theiler, daughters of Arnold Theiler.

Condition: Very good. Light rubbing and small scratches to the boards and spine. Some foxing to the first and last few pages, and to edges of textblock. Minor stains to fore edge of textblock, and very small indentation to top edge of textblock. Text and plates are generally clean and clear, and copy is well bound.