Text clean and binding tight. Fore edges of pages marked. DW stained and scuffed with chipping to top and bottom edges of spine.

Bookplate of Miles-Bourke on front endpaper. Slight spotting and wear to olive cloth boards. Maps to feps. A fair copy with 17 half-tone plates. Spine has torn loose.

Presentation inscription in ink on front fep. Boards lightly soiled, corners bumped and spine has splits top and bottom.

Die Van Schaik-toneelreeks. No date of publication. Past owner’s name in ink on title page; some underlining in ink in Introduction. Otherwise a clean copy in soiled edge worn covers

Text clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear and sunned spine, corners bumped. Slight insect damage to lower edge of spine.

Ink inscription on front endpaper. Foxing towards beginning and end of text. Back and front free endpapers browned. Binding a little shaky. Boards edge worn with bumped corners and extensive superficial insect damage.

Text mostly clean; odd spot here and there. Edges of boards worn, corners bumped and papers of boards lightly scratched. Leather spine mildly scuffed.

Les grands romanciers des XVIIIe et XIXe siecle. Two-volume set. Text clean and binding tight but covers and fore edges are a little soiled.

Front fep removed. Ink blot on top edge of front board. Spine lightly browned.

Clean bright copy; minimal wear and scuffing to boards.

Slight chipping to edges and corners of boards. Light general scuffing to boards. Overall a neat frim copy.

Lower edges of back board has minor dents. DW has small closed tear at upper edge near spine and very mild scuffing on spine.

Text clean and binding tight. Boards scuffed and stained, edges worn and mottled with insect damage. Spine faded with black ink mark near base.

Pages 129-144 duplicated but no pages missing. Text clean and binding tight, boards only slightly edge worn. DW creased at top and bottom edges with small pieces missing at ends of spine. Tear along front fold of spine. Spine of dw discoloured and heavily scuffed.

Edges and corners of boards minimally rubbed. DW chipped at top and bottom edges and at folds, small piece missing at top of spine.

Text by Compton Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. No date; probably 1970s. Full colour illustrations throughout accompanied by captions in English, Afrikaans, French and German. Odd spots and marks in text, slight rubbing and creasing to covers.

Botanical Survey Memoir; no. 26. Clean copy. covers show edge wear and corners are slightly curled.

Consultants: David Freeman and Robin. E Stobbs. Neat copy; endpapers slightly marked. Covers lightly scuffed and spine faded.

Text in English and Afrikaans. Illustrations by Mary Maytham Kidd. Light soiling to covers and a few loose threads.

Purnell pocket guides. Illustrated by colour drawings. Designed for practical use in the field by amateur ornithologists and nature enthusiasts. Text clean; five sheets of one gathering have not been stitched and are loose. Top corner of p 36 not cut properly in production. Remnants of label on front fep. Lamination on front hinge of spine lifting.