Dixie Ethel (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition . signed by all seven of the Contributor's on the limitation page. Limited to 750 copies this is number 167. Frontispiece in color. Publication of 80 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, closed tears and chipped pieces. The boards are a touch edge worn and minor marks on the back cover, remain in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. R*2026/04/26 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is limited edition number 582 of 1000 made and consists of 4 beautiful prints. From the Bradlow collection, with a book plate under the front board. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, with some light discolouration along the edges, but they remain strong and sturdy despite this. Internally, there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages are clean and neat. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Oblong folio (266 x 365mm). 29 Original brilliantly colored botanical drawings in watercolour and gouache by Ethel Dixie., on thick card, mounted on guards, each specimen identified by its Linnean name (two detached from linen guards, a third slightly smaller and inserted). Each flower is labeled. Some protected by worn tissue guards. Brown morocco gilt (slightly scuffed, light shelfwear). Fine brilliantly coloured drawings: the species represented are Disa (5 drawings); Protea (2); Gladiolus (5); Erica (5); and one each of the Crassula; Ixia: Moroea; Anemone; Lachenalia; Babiana; Oxalis; Sparaxis; Amaryllis; Agapanthus; Nerine and Watsonia. Published examples of the artist's work are included in R. Marloth's "Flowers of South Africa (1913-1932) and her work is also reproduced in Kennedy's "Catalogue of Pictures in the African Museum". Dixie was a self-taught South African botanical artist. She worked as a lecturer at the Cape Town School of Art and today her work can be found in the Brenthurst Library in Johannesburg, the Carnegie Library archives at the University of Stellenbosch, Museum Africa in Johannesburg, National Botanical Institutes in Cape Town and Pretoria.