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 .

When Men and Mountains Meet

Dust jacket is worn on edges, with chipping to the spine and discolouration. With photographs and maps . Mountaneering

The Best of African Folklore

Paperback copy, with slight wear on the edges. Previous owners stamp on inside cover.

Biographies of the Twelve Chinese Great Scholars

Dark maroon embossed cloth covered boards.Text in english and Chinese . Plates are handcoloured, with a silk border.

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.

African Heritage

Dust jacket in very good condition. End papers have some tape marks and foxing. Black and white and colour illustrations through out this guide to some Southern African customs, and beliefs

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