A.A. Balkema. photolitho reprint Cape Town 1970.. No inscriptions. VG+ condition in VG protected dustwrapper (sello offset inside, protected, no chips, tears, or loss). a super clean copy.. Gilt device on green cloth gilt boards, 526pp, illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, indexed. 4to. 2.4kg. A re-issue of the first 1963 edition with addendum on name changes and new species. 636 illustrations including 31 in colour. The definitive work on South African aloes.

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Bookseller: Fables Bookshop (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25199
Title: THE ALOES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Author: Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott
Book Condition: Used - No inscriptions. VG+ condition in VG protected dustwrapper (sello offset inside, protected, no chips, tears, or loss). a super c
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.A. Balkema. photolitho reprint Cape Town 1970.
Keywords: african south african southern eastern cape aloes botany

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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