Black and white illustrations throughout. Foxing to the endpapers, half title and last two leaves. Leaves show some darkening. The bottom, back corner of board shows significant damage (probably caused by a dog chewing on it) and affects the very last pages, though none of the text itself is affected. DW in very poor condition with parts of the spine area missing and the rest of the spine area split in two. Also significant open tears to the DW.
Price-clipped dj. Faded dj spine. Discoloured front and back fep
Some rubbing to the dust jacket.
In very good condition. Edited by E.L. Epstein
Previous owner’s name in ink to the back of front fep. Boards show very slight edge wear.DW shows some wear and chipping along the edges, to the spine and corners.
Novel set on the Skeleton Coast (South West Africa/Namibia) during the Second World War. Past owner’s name stamped on title page. Past owner’s name and date in ink on front fep. Top fore edges of pages browned. Spine sunned.
Inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf. DW price clipped. DW faded at spine and folds, chipped along top edge.
Tatty cover, but neat, clean insides.
Dust jacket in good condition with slight wear to edges.
Translated from Afrikaans by David Schalkwyk. Set in the 1870s in the then small town of Bloemfontein.
Tape repairs to the inside of dw. Hand coloured plates
Age toning to boards with page edges untrimmed.
Signed by the author on the front fep. Previous owner’s initials and surname in ink to the front paste-down. Leaves are slightly age-toned. Binding is shaken. Pencil underlining throughout. Endpapers show slight water damage. Boards show insect damage, soiling and wear, especially to the corners and edges.
Signed by the author on the front fep. Leaves are slightly age-toned. Small shape drawn on recto of first poem in yellow marker. Back endpapers show significant age toning. Text is clean and clear. Boards show very little wear other than slightly bumped corners.
Four volume set. Books contain numerous colour plates and line drawings throughout. Clean copies. Dust-jackets show minimal wear and scuffing.
Ink inscription by author on fep and signed on fep. Slight wear and tear to bottom of spine.
Good clean copy; some sunning to spine. DW has pieces missing from spine.
Light foxing to endpapers. Past owner’s name on front endpaper; address stamp on front and back endpapers. DW spine browned with shelf label.
Pages edges untrimmed.