Archive for March, 2009

Fibre Ropes for Fishing Gear

Fishing News Books 1983. No dust jacket. Cover very slightly worn. Excellent condition

The Old Houses of the Cape

Dust jacket is well worn with some creasing , and foxing , and chipping to edges and spine . Bookplate and foxing to endpapers. Slight foxing to fore-edge, text and illustration are clear and unmarked.

Management of Crown Forests at the Cape Of Good Hope

Cover is well worn , with scuff marks . Foxing to endpapers. Addendum at back - forests in Germany .

Blackwater Fever

Green cloth cover with university logo in gilt. Cover is worn, and has been damged by insects . Firm copy. Some damage to fore-edge.

The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages

An account of the development and progress of the art of illumination, as a distinct branch of pictorial ornamentation, from the fourth to the seventh centuries. Illustrations executed on stone and printed in colours. Two pages have tears. The spine is quite loose. Some foxing. Front free endpaper is loose.

Transhimalaja. Entdeckungen Und Abenteuer in Tibet VOLUME ONE ONLY

With 397 photographs and 10 charts. Previous owner’s name and date on half-title page. Some minor and sporadic browning. In german

Lithops

No date supplied, but preface is dated 1946. Dust jacket is in very good condition, very slight discolouration to endpapers, from newsclipping

Die Reitkunst Im Bilde Text Und Illustrationen Von Maler Ludwig Koch

c. 1928. Minor foxing throughout, also affecting cover. Tan cloth cover has picture in brown of man on horse on front.

Gabbeh

Text in German and English. Previous owners inscription to paste down endpaper. Good firm copy.Well illustrated guide to Turkish style independent rugs.

South African Poisonous Plants

Card covered booklet. Previous owners inscription to cover.

The Greatest Plague of Life

Binding is loose and cover is well worn on edges. Slight foxing throughout, with some staining to advetorial pages. Illustrated by George Cruikshank

Die Lewe Van Die Boesmans

In Afrikaans. Card covered booklet.

Souvenir of Scotland : Its Cities, Lakes and Mountains : One Hundred and Twenty Chromo Views

Red leather spine with gilt title. Covers of green and blue tartan design with scene on front cover. Pages clean and whole. Covers slightly scuffed

Hunting in Africa

Name of previous owner on fep. Fading to spine of dust jacket, with a small tear on the top back .

Model Soldiers