Archive for August, 2008

Both Watches: Naval College “General Botha” Magazine 1965 = Altwee Wagte : Vlootkollege “General Botha” Tydskrif 1965

Center pages and front fep foxed and insect damaged. Gilt titles on front cover dulled. Otherwise clean and firm.

Pilot

Neat clean copy.

The Flowering Plants of Africa. No. 185 and 186, Vol. 47, Parts 1 and 2, June 1982

A magazine containing coloured figures with descriptions of the indigenous flowering plants of Africa. Text is clean.

The Flowering Plants of Africa. No. 159 and 160, Vol. 40, Parts 3 and 4 for March 1970

A magazine containing coloured figures with descriptions of the indigenous flowering plants of Africa. Text is clean

The Flowering Plants of Africa. No. 153 and 154, Vol. 39, Parts 1 and 2 for March 1968

A magazine containing coloured figures with descriptions of the indigenous flowering plants of Africa. Text in clean.

The Flowering Plants of Africa. No. 123, Vol. 31, Part 3 for September 1956

A magazine containing coloured figures with descriptions of the indigenous flowering plants of Africa. Clean

The Flowering Plants of Africa. No. 112, Vol. 28, Part 4 for December 1951

A magazine containing coloured figures with descriptions of the indigenous flowering plants of Africa. Clean

Die Eerste Europeane in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin 1725 = The First Europeans in the Kruger National Park

Signed by author on title page. Minor marking on front endpapers and edge of front cover.

Dictionnaire Historique et Critique. Sixieme Edition, Revue, Corrigee et Augmentee avec la Vie de l’Auteur par Mr. Des Maizeaux

Four-volume set. Text in each vol. clean and whole. Ex-library copies but with stamps and bookplates only on front endpapers. All boards severely scuffed, some with tears to paper, also edge worn with corners bumped. Front board of vol 1 is almost completely loose. All spines torn top and bottom with title and vol labels damaged or missing. Shelf mark in white ink at base of spines. Heavy set will incur extra postage. Please contact seller with any questions and a quote for postal insurance.

The Penguin Book of South African Verse

Includes English translations from Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa poets. Pages slightly browned at edges. Covers slightly chipped at edges.

The Hunter and the Whale

Previous owners’ names and label in ink on front endpaper. DW unclipped. DW has small chips top and bottom and slightly browned spine.

Kontakion for You Departed

Past owner’s name and address in ink on front fep. Corners of boards stressed. DW price clipped and spine sunned, minor chipping to top and bottom edges.

Footprints: An Anthology of Modern South African English Prose. With an Introduction By Professor R M Titlestad

Text clean and binding tight. DW has faded spine and large piece torn off at top.

Adamastor: Poems

Spine faded and marked, corners bumped, front board is marked and front edge has dent. Text clean and binding tight. Endpapers foxed.

Turbott Wolfe. With Background Pieces By Roy Campbell, William Plomer, Laurens Van Der Post, Nadine Gordimer, Michael Herbert, Peter Wilhelm, David Brown and Stephen Gray. Edted By Stephen Gray.

Slight edge wear to boards and mild foxing on top fore edges of pages. DW has two small closed tears at top edge.