“hey! Van Der Merwe”
Paperback collection of cartoons by South African, David Marais.
Miscellaneous
‘n Gids Tot Kaaps- Hollandse Huise
Struik 1987. No dust jacket. Cover slightly worn. Text pages in good condition.
A Bibliography of the Rhinoceros: An Analysis of the Literature on the Recent Rhinoceroses in Culture, History and Biology
DW has two small closed tears at top and bottom edges; slight marking.
A Century of South African Short Stories / Introduced and Edited By Jean Marquard
Text clean and binding tight. Some scuff marks on covers. Spine faded and with sharp crease.
A Compleat History of the Late Rebellion.
A contemporary account of the Jacobite rebellion and probably the first book ever written on the subject. With a 6 page dedication to the Duke of Argyle and 173 pp text.Pages 161 - 166 omitted in the pagination but text and register are continuous. Armorial bookplate of the noted British politician and ex- Governor of New South Wales, Sir Robert William Duff on the paste down fep.
A Critical Study of the Various Dates Assigned to the Birth of Christopher Columbus the Real Date 1451, with a Bibliography of the Question
Green cloth boards with guilt to the spine and front board. Presentation plate of Henry Vignaud tipped into fep. Dec. 8 1903 Jas. Filzmausier-Kelly with the compliments of . JFK’s bookplate on paste down fep.. Newspaper article fron 1955 about Columbus tipped in. Previous owner’s ex-libris stamp on the half title and the last pg. Pages have been unevenly cut. Contact bookseller for photographs.
A Dictionary of Sailor’s Slang
Dust jacket price clipped and with two scratches to the spine.
A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (South African Words and Their origins)
A near fine copy in a price clipped dust jacket.
A Far Bell
Previous owner’s name in ink on front free endpaper. Bookseller’s stamp on front pastedown. Text clean, binding tight; minor shelfwear to edges of boards and corners, spine slightly faded.
A Fundamental Art, The Rug
Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Will incur extra postage. Text in French and English.
A Glossary of the Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex
Fishmothing to cover. Sunned spine. Some foxing.
A Guide to Zanzibar : a Detailed Account of Zanzibar Town and Island, Including General Information About the Protectorate, and a Description of Itineraries for the Use of Visitors
Past owner’s name in ink on front endpapers. Slight marking on boards, corners frayed and bumped.
A Handbook of Hardwoods
Clean copy; a little edge wear to boards and binding mildly skewed. Slight foxing to endpapers and top fore edges of pages. DW chipped at top, spine browned with shelf number in black ink on white paint at lower edge.
A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art
Spine missing, covers are unattached.
A History of Dancing from the Earliest Ages to Our Own Times
Recased. Faded cover. Plenty of beautiful illustrations throughout. Large water (?) stain at tail of half-title page through to frontispiece