Introduction by Francois Pienaar. Biography of Hansie Cronje.

Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding slightly loose. Tape marks to the end papers, feps and DW flaps. Covered in thick plastic, fixed to the DW.

With shelf wear to top and bottom of spine and corners bumped. Previous owners name on fep and on paste down fep. Binding slightly shaken.

Ex library copy with stamp to free end paper.

Top of boards sunned, dw chipped top and bottom with fading to spine. DW price clipped. Otherwise a very clean copy with firm binding.

Previous owner’s name on fep, and small newspaper article about the sale of undersized fish.

Previous owners name and date 1949, on fep.

The bottom pages are untrimmed. and jacket cover is bumped on top and bottom of spine. Previous owner’s name on fep.

Text is clean and clear. Pages are age toned. Contains numerous black and white photographs. Boards show little wear. DW shows general wear, scuffing and closed tears along the edges. Significant closed tear to the back of DW.

Spine of dw faded, chipped at top and with insect damage at bottom.

Laminated boards in very good condition.

Dust jacket has slight wear to edges. Photographic map at back.

“Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. With an Introduction by Eric Shipton”. Previous owner’s name in ink to the front fep. Light foxing noted throughout. Contains black-and-white and colour photographs. Boards show some wear, especially along the edges. DW shows losses to the top and bottom of spine and various closed tears with general wear.

Clean text, tight binding. Light marking to top fore edges of pages. DW has chipping to top and bottom edges of spine. Spine of dw slightly faded.

Dust jacket has minor wear and chipping to edges. Previous owner’s inscription in pencil. Minor foxing to fore-edge and end papers. Bowers was part of the team that went to the Antartic with Scott.

Clean whole copy with Miles-Bourke bookplate pasted to front endpaper.

A collection of hints for the guidance of the amateur,and particularly applicable to Hermanus. Blue cloth cover.

Text is clean and clear. Black and white photographs throughout. Boards show slight wear. DW shows significant wear and some damage.

‘With 8 plates in colour and 22 illustrations in black & white’. DW shows some wear, chipping and small tears to the edges and minor losses to bottom spine area of both the DW and the boards.