Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa (Subscriber's Edition)

Description:

Subscriber's Edition bound in quarter leather and limited to 250 copies (copies numbered 51-300, 1-50 being the collector's edition)

Condition

Quarter leather, raised bands, leather title-piece. Lightly rubbed to bottom edges and corners of boards. No dust-jacket. Subscriber's edition, No. 290. From the library of T. G. Howarth with his book-plate. Presentation copy from the Board of Trustees of Ken Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa Trust. Loosely inserted are a prospectus for this book; a presentation slip to Howarth, stating this copy is a gift from the editor, C.G.C. Dickson; an autograph letter, signed, from Dickson, together with a copy of Howarth's typed reply. Also present is a typed letter, signed, from Ken Pennington to Howarth, dated 1964, concerning specimens of Antanartia (Nymphalidae) collected in Southern Rhodesia and Tanganyika.