Trees of Southern Africa, by Keith Coates Palgrave. Published by C. Struik Publishers, 1977.

Trees of Southern Africa, by Keith Coates Palgrave. Published by C. Struik Publishers, 1977.

In association with R.B. Drummond, Keeper of the National Herbarium Salisbury. Edited by Dr. E.J. Moll. Photography by Paul and Meg Coates Palgrave. Tree drawings by Terry Duggan.

First Edition. Hardcover in clear plastic jacket. 960pp. With Key to Groups, Colour Plates, black&white photographs, Illustrations and maps, Glossary, Selected Bibliography, and Index.

Light shelf- and edge-rubbing to boards. Three shallow indentations to the edges, but not scuffed. Endpapers foxed. Small, 4mm closed tears to lower page edges pp. 49-52. The occasional small brown stain or smudge, but otherwise the book is clean: no foxing, no inscriptions, no highlighting or underlining, no annotations or marginalia. Colour plates clean, bright and complete. Tightly bound, no loose or missing pages, Dust Jacket condition: Small closed tear to clear plastic jacket at top of front hinge and another on rear hinge; shelf-rubbed with superficial scratches, otherwise intact.