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.
Archive for August, 2008
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.
A Century of South African Short Stories / Introduced and Edited By Jean Marquard
Text clean and binding tight. Some scuff marks on covers. Spine faded and with sharp crease.
The Life of Herman Charles Bosman
Originally published under title: Sunflower to the sun. Clean copy, covers show light scuffing.
Sunflower to the Sun
Biography of Herman Charles Bosman. Clean whole text, binding slightly skewed and boards mildly warped. DW chipped at top and bottom of spine and with small closed tears.
A Cask of Jerepigo: Sketches and Essays
Firm clean copy. Newspaper review of 1958 pasted onto back fep. DW has minimal wear to top and bottom edges.