Archive for October, 2008

The Story of William Threlfall: Missionary Martyr of Namaqualand, with Some Account of Jacob Links and Johannes Jager Who Fell with Him

Text clean and unmarked. Library label pasted on front endpaper. Boards loose at hinges, spine damaged with piece missing at top. Severe edge wear and marks on back board.

The Low - Veld: Its Wild Life and Its People - First Edition

Slight spotting and wear to olive cloth boards. Maps to feps. Previous owner’s stamp on fep and half title. A good copy with 17 half-tone plates.

With ‘Plane, Boat, & Camera in Greenland : An Account of the Universal Dr Fanck Greenland Expedition

With over 200 illustrations. Folding photographic frontis. 16 pgs of ads at the back. Tear to one page of photographs. Binding quite loose and boards worn. All text clean. Remains of sticker to front board

Village of the Sea : The Story of Hermanus - First Edition

Adhesive tape marks on front and back endpapers. Minor marking to top fore edges of pages. DW price clipped, minor chipping to top and bottom edges.

Recollections of Bush Life in Australia, During a Residence of Eight Years in the Interior

Beautifully rebound with green leather spine and foredges, and marbled boards.

The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa - First Edition

Book is whole and unmarked. DW has tears to top and bottom with piece missing at top of spine and spine is faded.

Eenbedrywe : Fuente Sagrada. Die Grootkanonne. Alle Paaie Gaan na Rome

Covers chipped and folded over but text is clean and bright.

Etosha

Clean neat copy, light general wear. Ends of spine frayed, lower corners of boards bumped and split.

Die Palmboom: Verhale

Ex-library copy: stamps on p 9. Past owner’s name deleted in black ink on front endpaper. Text clean and binding tight, pages slightly browned at edges. Boards minimally scuffed and marked, corners a little worn.

Discovering Southern Africa

Neat clean copy. Ink inscription on verso of front endpaper. Small crack in binding at base of title page. LIght general wear and soiling to covers, spine sunned.