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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Limited Edition . Edited by J.E.P. Levyns. Foreword by Dr. John Rourke. Limited edition of 750 copies this is No. 266. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 207 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, marks, chipped pieces and a piece missing on the top edge of the front panel. There is a mark on the top edge of the front board and are a touch edge worn, remain in good condition. There is foxing on the first and last few pages. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. S.A.1st.edition.1st.impression.LIMITED TO 750 copies this is no.506.VG+ in a VG slightly rubbed dustwrapper.68/G 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair - Shelf Bumped. First Edition. Limited edition No. 155 of 750 copies signed by the author. Dr Levyns's contribution to the knowledge of the distinctive flora of the south-western Cape Province is well known to botanists throughout the world. In 1968 her recollections of the early days of the Botany Department of the University of Cape Town were privately published by the University for a few subscribers in a small book entitled A Botanist's Memories. It was dedicated to a colleague, Mrs Enid du Plessis, who recognized the historical value of her reminiscences and urged her to record them. It was only after her death in 1975 that it was discovered Dr Levyns had recorded events covering a wider field of her long life, and it was realized that, with a minimum of editing, these memories could be amalgamated with her earlier publication to produce a book of much more general interest - Insnar'd with Flow'rs is the result. The book has an interesting account of Sea Point in the Nineties and Dr Levyns's education both at school and at the South African College. Her experiences as a research student at the Cambridge University School of Botany just before and after the outbreak of the First World War, at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, and finally as a supervisor in an inefficiently managed government munitions factory are of particular importance at this distance of time. Dr Levyns's account of the growth of the University of Cape Town's Botany Department is significant in the history of the University, now nearing its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary, and is frequently enlivened by her gentle sense of humour - she was on the Department's staff, or closely associated with it, for fifty-four years. Also included are stories of her botanical travels in many parts of southern Africa and a description of her last long botanical journey across Australia. Her memoirs end with a short chapter on her strange psychic powers. She was a uniquely gifted woman. -------------------------------------- 207 pages including map, photographs and index ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½" Wide - 8½" Tall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Limited. 207 pages (complete). Numbered 2 of a limited edition of 750 copies. An amiable copy. Calf leather spine, green cloth covered boards. The spine is smart, healthy. The boards have light scuffing and wear. They are placid. The contents are pleasingly comfortable. They are gently flushed with age-related foxing. Nonetheless, the pages are firm, hale, energetic, clean, clear, confident, sound. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…