Archive for November, 2008

Mine Surveying

Past owner’s name on front endpaper. Fresh clean copy.

Bomber’s Moon: London in the Blitzkrieg

Clean firmly bound text, foxing to fore edges of pages and bumped corners. DW has insect damage to folds and discoloured spine.

Caldwell’s Animals: Colour Reproductions of Animals from the Original Paintings in the Fehr Collection of Africana

No date of publication; probably early 1960s. Coloured reproductions and boards clean and whole. DW has long closed tear on front panel.

The Super-Afrikaners

Gift inscription on front fep. Slight insect damage to lower edges of boards. Mild scuffing and chipping to dw. Overall, a clean firmly bound text.

Jopie Fourie

No date of publication: probably 1964. Text in Afrikaans. Clean tightly bound copy: only slight marking to front board. DW has small chips top and bottom.

Good-bye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer War

Series: Grand Strategy. Illustrated. Text unmarked; edges of pages browned and covers worn. A clean reading copy.

One Life: Christiaan Barnard

Past owner’s name and sddress on front fep. Foxing to fore edges of pages but otherwise a clean firmly bound copy.

Die Huis van die Vier Winde

Contains the other stories usually published with this title. Past owner’s name on front fep. Boards protected by adhesive plastic.

F W de Klerk: Die Man en sy Tyd

Neat presentation inscription on front fep.

Cecil Rhodes: His Private Life By His Private Secretary

Previous owner’s name on front fep. All plates present. Binding firm and text clean and whole. Shelfwear to corners of boards; spine faded and chipped. Gilding to top fore edge.

The Epic of Dunkirk

No dust jacket. Blue cloth covers in good condition displaying minor wear and cracked along inside front edge, with a sunned spine. No publication date indicated, generally believed 1940/41. This copy is described as the 10th Thousand.

The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa - First Edition, Second Impression

Text clean and binding tight; only a little foxing at front and back of book.Inscription on front fep. Some marking to front board and front endpaper. Large book, will incur extra postage.

The Epic of Dunkirk

Published jointly with Unie-Volkspers Beperk. No date of publication. Past owners’ names on front fep. Text clean and binding tight; general light wear to boards and corners.

The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa- First Edition, Second Impression

First edition, second impression. Spine of book faded, initials written on fore edge of pages. Frontispiece page has slight tear near binding (but not to illus. itself). Text clean and binding tight. Large book, will incur extra postage.

Gauguin in the South Seas

Very clean copy with only past owner’s name on front endpaper. Dw chipped and torn with small pieces missing top and bottom.