The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXX, January to June 1937
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
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The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXIX, July to December 1936
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXVIII, January to June 1936
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXVII, July to December 1935
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXVI, January to June 1935
Title page for volume has Vol. LXXV; cover has Vol. LXXIV. Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXV, July to December 1934
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Railway Magazine. Vol. LXXIV, January to June 1934
Six issues firmly bound in publisher’s covers. Covers of issues removed before binding. Boards show some edge wear and spine is slightly faded and chipped.
The Lying Days: a Novel
On dw: Second edition; on verso of title page: Second impression.Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Past owner’s neat stamp on both front endpapes. Small nick at bottom of front board and prelims. DW has browned spine and tears top and bottom with pieces missing at edges of spine.
The City Club Cape Town: a Supplementary History to 1955
Covers period 1938-1955.Text clean and binding firm. A plate and pages 47-50 are creased at fore edge. Boards frayed at corners and ends of spine. Lettering on spine faded.
Gedenkalbum van die Oranje-Vrystaat = Souvenir Album of the Orange Free State
Compiled at the request of the Free State Centenary Central Committee. Parallel Afrikaans and English text. Chiefly illustrated. Boards slightly buckled.
The South African Saturday Book: a Treasury of Writing and Pictures of South Africa, Old and New, Homely and Extraordinary
No date of publication, circa 1948. Clean text and firm binding, ink inscription on half-title page. Corners of boards and edges of spine frayed. DW badly torn with piece of upper back panel missing.
Amateur Boatbuilding
No date of publication, probably 1970s. Book clean and whole, some moisture marking to back cover and small chips to front.
Never a Dull Life
Clean whole condition except for small stain on front cover and address label fixed to front fep with adhesive tape.
Souvenir of Scotland: Its Cities, Lakes and Mountains : One Hundred and Twenty Chromo Views
Black leather spine with gilt title. Covers of red and green tartan design with scene on front cover. Pages clean and whole. Covers slightly scuffed. Small crack at top of front hinge of spine.
The Ridge of the White Waters (Witwatersrand and the Low Country)
Impressions of a Visit to Johannesburg with Some Notes of Durban
Stories of the Early American Missionaries in South Africa
No date of publication, probably about 1934. Some pencil writing on back cover and half-title page. Small marks on covers and corners a little bent but overall a neat clean copy.
Deutsche Kultur am Kap = German Culture at the Cape = Duitse Kultuur aan die Kaap
Signed by Alice Mertens (photographer) on title page. Lower edges of spine and lower corners slightly rounded. DW slightly scuffed, and soiled on back.
Robert Semple’s Walks & Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope: a Facsimile Edition with New Introduction By Frank R Bradlow
Scratched out stamp on front fep. Handwritten letters on title page above title, in black ink. Cracks to top of spine. Very faded letters at base of spine. Overall, a clean whole copy.
James Ewart’s Journal: Covering His Stay at the Cape of Good Hope (1811-1814) & His Part in the Expedition to Florida and New Orleans (1814-1815) / with an Introduction By A Gordon-Brown
No. 910 in a limited edition of 1500 copies. Past owner’s name in ink on front endpaper. Mild foxing to fore edges of pages and small stain on edges of last few pages. DW is chipped at top of spine and worn along hinges.
Valley of Gold
Text clean and binding tight. Covers a trifle edge worn. DW chipped at top and bottom with small tears and a tiny piece missing at lower edge of back panel.