Previous owner’s name and date (1946) on paste down fep. Shelf wear damage to top and bottom of spine with usual age toning to boards and spine. Binding slightly shaken with foxing to pages.

Inscription on fep reads, ‘James Good Gardener Mount Nelson Hotel Cape Town’. A new, updated edition with 1270 pages, numerous illustrations. Beautifully rebound with marbled boards and leather spine.

Slight tear to top of jacket cover.