Past owner’s name on front endpaper. A neat copy of these fascinating interviews with people like Field-Marshall Montgomery, Pierre Balmain, Igor Stravinsky, Mimi Coertse, Gary Player, Phillip Tobias, John Creasey, Yousuf Karsh, etc.
Book has slight wear to edges and corners of boards. DW has small chips and creases to top and bottom edges, and scuffing to folds. Top edge of dw spine repaired on inside with pasted on paper.

Small closed tear to the front edge of the dw. Gift inscription on the fep.
Originally published 1861. Number 495 of a limited edition of 510 copies. One neat library stamp on verso of title page. Green on top fore edges slightly faded.
No date of publication. Book and dw in fine condition.
Biography of John Hammond, educator in early Rhodesia.
Descriptions of places such as Gordon’s Bay, Hermanus, Kenton on Sea, Port Alfred , Grahamstown and others in the 1920’s. Gift inscription on the fep.
Past owner’s name on front endpaper. A very clean copy in an adhesive tape stained dw.

Sunning to the dust jacket.

Slight tears to the edges of dust-jacket. Inscription by author on fep. Contains several black and white photographs and copies made from Leipoldt’s personal notebooks.
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.

Ink inscriptions to the front fep and to the endpapers. Personal notes made by previous owner in ink to the back fep. Fold-out map to the back titled ‘Kaart by die Dagboek van Louis Trichardt soos’t Ingelei en Aangeteken Werd vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Taal, Lettere en Kuns, deur Gustav S. Preller, waarop aangetoon word die Trichardt-Trek tesame met die latere grense van die Boere-Republieke in Suid-Afrika’. Some pencil marginalia to the text. Boards show slight wear, especially to the edges of spine and the corners.
Text clean, covers slightly curled.
This book has usual shelf wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. Binding strong with neat and clear text.
Text clean and binding tight; slight spotting to endpapers and fore edges of pages. Small ownership and other stamps on front fep. Some edge wear to boards especially corners, and mild scuffing to back board.
Text clean and binding tight; edges of pages browned.. Back endpapers marked by adhesive tape residue, front endpaper has tear where bookplate has been removed.