Miscellaneous

Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom & the Water Closet and of Sundry Habits, Fashions & Accessories of the Toilet, Principally in Great Britain, France & America.

Previous book dealer’s label to the bottom, inner corner of front paste-down. Price clipped from bottom of front DW flap. Text is clean and clear with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding still tight. Boards show slight shelf wear. DW shows minor age toning, wear and chipping along the edges.

Closer Union

Originally published 1908. Endpapers discoloured, otherwise a neat clean copy.

Coastal Memories, Muizenberg- St James- Kalk Bay 1870-1920

Laminated paperboards in excellent condition. Memoir of False Bay.

Cookery in Southern Africa, Traditional and Today

Title page has been removed. Many recipes and some cultural history relating to food.

Crin-Blanc

Black and White stills of mostly horses, from the film.

Curiosities of Clocks and Watches from the Earliest Times

Previous owner’s name on free endpaper. Original cover (pasted on new casing) is marked and worn.

De Mensch Zoo Als Hij Voorkomt Op Den Bekenden Aardbol (6 VOLUMES OF 6).

6 volumes.Fairly worn with damaged spines, and some loose boards. bright colour illustrations.

De Roomsche Katechism

Published in two parts and bound together. Leatherbound with wear to edges and spine cracked.

De Verborum Quae Ad Jus Pertinent Significatione Libri XIX Jam Ita Aucti Ut Absolutissimum in Corpus Juris Civilis Indicem Praestare Queant Ex Analectis Jo. Ottonis Taboris JCti.

Vellum binding with raised bands to the spine. Book condition was very good until fairly recent water damage (last 50 years). This has lead to the textblock becoming swollen at the outer edges and to discolouration of all the pages. All pages intact and readable and binding remarkably firm. Contact dealer for photos and any questions.

Designs for Lace Making

Decorative cloth cover with gilt title. Some wear and discolouration to cover. Waterstain to right hand corner.

Dictionary of Metals and Alloys: Their Compostion and Characteristics, with Special Sections on Plating, Polishing, Heat Treatment, Metal Spraying, Rustproofing, Chemical Colouring, and Useful Tables

Past owner’s name on fron endpaper. Text clean and tightly bound; slight wear to sides of spine and back board.

Dictionary of the Holy Bible Containing an Historical, Geographical, Critical and Systematical description of Every Subject mentioned In the Old and New Testement.

Leather bound. Cover detached. Bookplate to end papers. Foxing throughout.

Dictionnaire Historique et Critique. Sixieme Edition, Revue, Corrigee et Augmentee avec la Vie de l’Auteur par Mr. Des Maizeaux

Four-volume set. Text in each vol. clean and whole. Ex-library copies but with stamps and bookplates only on front endpapers. All boards severely scuffed, some with tears to paper, also edge worn with corners bumped. Front board of vol 1 is almost completely loose. All spines torn top and bottom with title and vol labels damaged or missing. Shelf mark in white ink at base of spines. Heavy set will incur extra postage. Please contact seller with any questions and a quote for postal insurance.

Die Boer Se Roer Die Groot Geweerboek Van Suid-Afrika

Number 1148 of 2000 copies. Edge wear to the dw and a small piece missing from the rear panel.

Die Houtsnyer se ABC


Die Krag Van Die Bloed Van Jesus

Text is clean. Cover shows wear and scuffing.

Die Nasionale Boek: ‘n Geskiedenis van die Ontstaan en Groei van die Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika

Staining to covers, corners bumped and small piece out of top edge of back cover. Some staining to early pages otherwise text clean and binding sound. This is a large item that will incur extra postage.

Discover Namibia

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine of dw with small chip in front cover.

Dizionarii

6 vol. brown leather bound set in three sided leather case on stand. Italiano Inglese, English Italian / Jane Pulford;  Italiano Tedesco, Deutsch Italienisch / Emil Plaafnet; Italiano Francese, Francais Italien / Cesar Begoglio. Text clean and binding tight. Volume English Italian has ink inscription on prelim. page. Slight marking and discolouration of top edges of books. Spot marks on back of stand.

Dolls’ Houses: a Personal Choice By Jean Latham

Black-and-white and colour plates throughout. Text clean and clear. DW shows wear an various tears and chips.