Slight lean to the spine. and bumps to the corners. some edge wear and age toning to the dust jacket. One small patch of insect damage. Jacket is price clipped.

Text in Dutch , Afrikaans and English. A well illustrated, thorough monograph. Light foxing to the end papers and a closed tear to the rear panel of the dust jacket.

Gift inscription to the fep. Light stain to the bottom edge of the pages and the front board. In a price clipped dust jacket with some loss to the top and bottom edge of the spine, a closed tear to the rear and general edge wear.

No date, printed in 1923. Grey paper covered boards with a vellum spine. The corners of the boards are bumped and there is some light staining. The vellum is marked on the sides, but actual spine is nice and bright. Internally the book is very good. One plate has been tipped in upside down.

General edge wear to the boards and a little insect damage. Gilt titles to the spine and front board are nice and bright. Photographic image to back and front board. Inscribed and dated 30/5/22 by the author, on the fep. The prelims show some foxing and there is offsetting on the half title from the author’s inscription. The binding is a little loose, but all pages firmly attached. One of the scarcest African big game titles. (Czech)

Clean copy. Slight wear to corners of boards. Black and white and colour photographs throughout. Boards show very little wear, except for slightly bumped corners.

Some light age toning to the fep’s from a clear plastic cover that has been removed

Full colour illustrations throughout. Text is clean and clear. Boards show some shelf wear and bumped corners. DW is in good condition showing only minor wear. Large item, will incur extra postage.

Contains several black and white illustrations and a fold-out map of Southern Africa at the back. Text is clear but shows moderate foxing throughout. Leaves are also age toned. Front fep. shows chipping along the edges. Significant repairs were necessary as boards had come loose and needed to be re-hinged, spine piece was replaced and original spine label reattached. Boards also show some shelf wear with corners bumped and covering material slightly chipped.

A reproduction of the 1840/41 edition. All fold-out plates and pages in very good condition. This is a large item that may incur extra postage.

Tape repairs to the dust jacket

An excellent copy of this standard monograph.

Front endpapers show a ‘Map of the Pretoria and Heidelberg Goldfields’. Back endpapers show plans of Johannesburg and suburbs. Previous book dealer’s label to the bottom corner of the half title page. Black and white photographs throughout. Very little wear to the boards. Only slight edge wear to the DW. Large item. May incur extra postage.

Black and white and colour plates throughout. Text is clean and clear. Foxing only to the edges of book. Boards show very slight wear. DW shows significant wear, chipping to the edges, losses to the top and bottom of spine area and various closed tears.

Black and white photographs throughout. Signed and dated by Charles Ballard on title page. Text is clean and clear. Boards show slight wear. DW with general wear, various small tears and scuffing.

All maps present and intact, text all clean and clear. Leaves show some age toning. Binding is shaken with endpapers cracked at the hinges. Boards show wear and soiling, bumped corners and a sunned spine.

Three volume set : Volume I published 1952, Vol. II 1955, Vol. III 1957. Original Dutch text. Text of all three volumes is clean and clear. Boards show slight wear.

The true first edition, without the Times review on the front flap of the dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red lettering to the spine and heart to the front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, but price of 10s. 6d. net appears on the back flap, along with the book title and author’s name. There is some minor chipping and loss to the head and foot of the dust jacket at the spine. The dj spine is lightly sunned. The back panel has the sketch of Fleming and the blurb about his life. There is some even age toning to the back panel. Some very minor chipping to the foredges of the jacket. Black boards are clean and sharp, There is a 0.5cm closed tear to the top of the spine. Bookseller’s sticker to the bottom of the pastedown fep. A very good copy of this scarce title. Please contact seller for more images and for courier options.

The true first edition, with the Golden Gun embossed on the front board.Bookseller’s sticker and previous owners inscription to the fep. The dust jacket is worn on the front fore edge. With a small tear to the top and a small amount of loss to the bottom. There is some light insect damage to the back of the dw. Slight lean to the spine, boards clean with gilt titles to spine and front board bright. There are some light pen marks to the bottom of the text block and a bump to the boards on the top edge.

The scarce Afrikaans translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, in one volume. Translation by Andre Brink.