Archive for September, 2008

Birds of the Lowveld

The Bundu Series. Text clean and binding tight. Covers show light general wear with faded spine. Base of spine bumped.

Birds of the Kruger and Other National Parks = Voels van die Krugerwildtuin en Ander Nasionale Parke . Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Vol 1 is 1973 reprint, v 2 and 3 are Second Edition of 1973, v. 4 is 1965. Vol 2 has illustrations by R Findlay also. Parallel English and Afrikaans text.

Bird Atlas of Botswana

Summarizes records collected from 1980 to 1990. Corners of boards bumped, especially lower corners.

Best of Everything

Written by the Author of “Enquire Within”. Green cloth boards with red leather spine. Gilt titles to spine and decoration to front board. Small tear to top of spine. Marbled page edges.408 pages plus advertisments

All Things Considered: Poems

Inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf. DW price clipped. DW faded at spine and folds, chipped along top edge.

Al Skrywend

On front cover and title page: 1873-1973. Tape marks on front and back endpapers. DW has creases along sides of spine. Top and bottom edges of dw spine slightly trimmed.

A Twist of Sand

Novel set on the Skeleton Coast (South West Africa/Namibia) during the Second World War. Past owner’s name stamped on title page. Past owner’s name and date in ink on front fep. Top fore edges of pages browned. Spine sunned.

A Short Guide to the Cultivation of Non-Succulent South African Plants

No date. “Issued under the auspices of the Botanical Society of South Africa.” Stains on front and back covers, chips to top and bottom of spine, corners curled. Past owner’s signature in ink on title page.

A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom

Compiled for the Bechuanaland Protectorate Administration. Published for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. Folded map clean and whole. Ex library copy: front endpapers stamped, also title page and some other pages (vii, 117, 213, 257). Mark to spine from shelf mark. Otherwise a clean sturdy copy.

A First Guide to South African Birds

Includes common names in English and Afrikaans. Text clean and binding tight but fishmoth damage to spine and edges of boards.

A First Guide to South African Birds

Seventh edition first published 1971. Includes common names in English and Afrikaans. Text clean and binding tight. DW has faded spine and tears on front panel with pieces missing at lower edge.

A Cape Country Chronicle

Clean text and crisp binding. DW has light creasing on front panel.

Braai and Barbecue in Southern Africa

No recipe cards in pocket on back endpaper.

The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man

Clean sound copy with just a past owner’s name in ink on front fep and a slightly faded spine.

Reef Pilots: The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service

Text clean and bindng tight. Presentation inscription in ink on verso of front fep. Boards slightly edge worn and corners rounded. DW mildly scuffed.

Color in Townscapes : Handbook in Six Parts for Architects, Designers and Contractors, for City-Dwellers and Other Observant People

Translated from the German. Past owner’s name neatly in ink on fron fep. Small closed tear on spine of dw.

The Child World

A fine clean copy. Boards only slightly marked, top and bottom of spine chipped and corners of boards bumped.

Cary’s New Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland

Showing all the direct and principal cross roads, the course of the rivers and navigable canals, cities, market and borough towns, parishes, and most considerable hamlets, parks, forests etc. With a hand coloured key map and 81 leaves of maps printed on one side only, with all boders, towns, parks etc coloured by hand. Bound in brown cloth boards witrh black leather spine and foredges. With gilt titles to spine. Usual wear to spine and edges. Small ink stain to maps no 1-13 at bottom of page edge. Stain does not enter the print block on any of the maps. Cary’s Maps written on the 3 page edges in neat faded ink. Previous owner’s name on fep. Binding tight and very minor foxing throughout. Large vol.

Dizionarii

6 vol. brown leather bound set in three sided leather case on stand. Italiano Inglese, English Italian / Jane Pulford;  Italiano Tedesco, Deutsch Italienisch / Emil Plaafnet; Italiano Francese, Francais Italien / Cesar Begoglio. Text clean and binding tight. Volume English Italian has ink inscription on prelim. page. Slight marking and discolouration of top edges of books. Spot marks on back of stand.

Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China

Past owner’s name and date in ink on front fep. Top fore edges of pages slightly marked. Back panel of dw slightly scuffed, spine faded. DW now in plastic cover.