Maritime South Africa: a Pictorial History
Signed by Robert Pabst on title page.
Archive for October, 2008
The First Boer War - First Edition
Text clean and whole, binding tight. A few marks on fore edges of pages. DW chipped top and bottom of spine.
The Complete Gardening Book - Revised Seventh Edition
Text clean and binding tight. Fore edges of pages marked. DW stained and scuffed with chipping to top and bottom edges of spine.
The Low - Veld: Its Wild Life and Its People - Second Edition
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.
Great Days : The Autobiography of an Empire Founder
Presentation inscription in ink on front fep. Boards lightly soiled, corners bumped and spine has splits top and bottom.
Vier Eenbedrywe : Die Skaapwagters van Bethlehem. Die Arrestasie. Alle Paaie Gaan na Rome. Die Sluipskutter. / Gekeur en Ingelei deur J C Kannemeyer
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
Om te Vlieg : ‘n Opstel in Vyf Ledemate en ‘n Ode
Text clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear and sunned spine, corners bumped. Slight insect damage to lower edge of spine.
The Soul of the Ape
Introduction by Robert Ardrey. Slight foxing to fore edges of pages. Spine of dw browned.
The Birds of Zimbabwe
Text clean and binding tight. Spine sunned and stain at lower edges of boards. DW scuffed and chipped with small open tear at top end of spine. DW spine sunned.
Korte Levensschets en Nagelaten Geschriften van Servaas Hofmeyr, Leeraar Te Montagu, Kaap Kolonie
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.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Ou, Lettres Recueillies dans une Societe, et Publiees pour l’Instruction de Quelques Autres
Text mostly clean; odd spot here and there. Edges of boards worn, corners bumped and papers of boards lightly scratched. Leather spine mildly scuffed.
The Long Way Round
Text clean and binding firm but pages have browned. Very slight edge wear to boards. Chipping at top and bottom edges of dw with closed tears; small pieces missing at top and bottom edges of spine.
Le Rouge et Le Noir
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.
Veldkornet Salmon van As
Christiaan de Wet-annale; 6. Contents: Veldkornet Salmon van As. Andries Smorenburg : lewensherinneringe / versorg deur C de Jong. Clean text, slight rubbing to edges of spine
The Ageless Land : The Story of South West Africa
Front fep removed. Ink blot on top edge of front board. Spine lightly browned.