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Sydney: Ure Smith, 1947. 1st ed.. Hardback folio, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), tipped in plates (colour & monochrome), edgewear jacket (chipped, rear cover little rubbed & marked, few tiny dents front cover, lightly foxed & faded, small piece missing bottom corner front flap), few light creases along spine, bottom edge untrimmed, endpapers lightly toned, few foxed spots throughout, autograph (written names author & artists). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 30 pp. No 132 of a limited to 550 copies, of which 500 are for sale, each autographed by the author and artists. Written after many years of research, much after long and patient delving into old records at the Mitchell Library. The exquisite illustrations will delight not only camellia growers, who will value them for their accuracy of detail, but also all lovers of this wonderful flower. Waterhouse was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Sydney. He has… Read More

First Limited Edition; Super Royal 4to; pp. 30, 10 pages of plates; bound in original green cloth, title lettered in dark green on spine, decoration to front board, illustrated dustjacket, with the clear glassine jacket, very good copy. Limited numbered edition of 550 copies of which 500 are for sale, signed by illustrators and author, this copy being number 416. The exquisite illustrations will delight not only camellia growers, who will value them for their accuracy of detail, but also all lovers of the beauty of this aristocratic flower, which has cast its enchantment over mankind from the ancient days when the Chinese first began to propagate it. Each picture by Paul Jones and Adrian feint is a little masterpiece of flower painting, worthy of the delicate and shapely blooms.