Founded in 1990, family-owned Quagga Books has built a distinctive footprint in the antiquarian book trade with our eye for the unusual.
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The Voyage of the Beagle. The Illustrated edition of Charles Darwin’s Travel Memoir and Field Journal – Darwin, Charles
Condition:very good, no jacketBinding: hardcover Publisher: Zenith Press Date Published: 2015 Publication Place: USA Condition: very good Binding: hardcover Jacket Condition: no jacket
The Wonder Book of Nature for Boys and Girls – Golding, Harry (ed.)
With 8 colour plates and nearly 350 illustrations. sixth edition. Condition: good. Binding: hardcover Publisher: Ward. Lock & Co. Publication Place: London Condition: good Binding: hardcover
Western Provincial. An Album of Paintings & Drawings of the Western Cape. De Luxe signed edition – Picton-Seymour, Desiree & Webster, RIB (text)
Drawings and paintings of buildings of the Cape Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian era. Includes examples in Stellenbosch and Worcester. 36 Plates. Tipped-in line and wash drawings in colour. b&w drawings. Aspects include steeples, gables, mosques, stoeps, chimney-pieces, amongst others. This is the de luxe edition, bound in full black calf, numbered 54 of 250…
Gems, Minerals and Rocks in Southern Africa – McIver, J R
With 40 full colour plates and 80 b&w photographs, diagrams, maps and charts. Light foxing and edge-wear to rear fep. 268 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: very good. Edge-wear to extremities with some abrasions and rubbing. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with dust jacket Publisher: Purnell and Sons (SA) Ptd Ltd Date…
Little Ann and Other Poems – Taylor, Jane and Ann. Greenaway, Kate (illus.)
Front free end paper and half title torn out. Tidemark to the top edge. Covers grubby. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway and printed in colour by Edmund Evans. Condition: fair to poor. Binding: hardcover Publisher: Frederick Warne Publication Place: London Condition: fair to poor Binding: hardcover Dimensions: 8vo
The Big Oyster. New York in the World. A Molluscular History – Kurlansky, Mark
An historical exploration of oyster farming and consumption in New York. Condition:very good. Binding: softcover. Publisher: Jonathan Cape Date Published: 2006 Publication Place: London Condition: very good Binding: softcover Dimensions: 8vo
Cod. A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World – Kurlansky, Mark
A crisp, unread copy. Condition: very good. Binding: softcover Publisher: Vintage Date Published: 1999 Publication Place: London Condition: very good Binding: softcover Dimensions: 9v0
Zulu Battle Piece – Coupland, Reginald
An historical look at the British defeat at Isandhlwana. Scarce in the decorative dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Condition: very good. Dust jacket: good+, some loss to the top and bottom edges. Binding: hardcover. Publisher: Collins Date Published: 1948 Publication Place: London First Edition: Yes Condition: very good Binding: hardcover Jacket Condition: good+…
African Insect Life – Skaife, S H & Ledger, John (revised by)
Intended for the amateur student of natural history, for the farmer, gardener and householder to wish to know something about the numerous insects they see around them. Colour plates, b&w photographs and numerous line-drawings. Fourth impression, condition: very good. Ddust jacket: good, some loss to the top edge at the spine. Binding: hardcover Publisher: C…
Rhodesian Epic – Baxter, T W and Turner, R W
A pictorial history of Rhodesia from the earliest times down to the granting of self-government in 1923. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good. Edge-wear to extremities especially the spine and fold edges. 1.5cm open tear to the lower spine edge. 0.5mm open tear on lower front edge. Some light foxing on the verso. Binding:…
Port Natal. A Pioneer Story – Malherebe, Janie
A mostly colonial history of the Durban area. Well illustrated and researched. Condition: very good. Dust jacket: very good. Binding: hardcover. Publisher: Howard Timmins Date Published: 1965 Publication Place: Cape Town First Edition: Yes Condition: very good Binding: hardcover Jacket Condition: very good
Himba, Nomads of Namibia – Pickford, Peter and Beverly (photog.) and Jacobssohn, Margaret
Numerous colour photos and an essay on the Himba tribe of northern Namibia. Withdrawn from the Bishops library. Condition: good. Dust jacket: good. Binding: hardcover. Publisher: Struik Date Published: 1990 Publication Place: Cape Town First Edition: Yes Condition: good Binding: hardcover Jacket Condition: good
From Lucy to Language – Johnson, Donald and Edgar, Blake
Illustrated with vivid photographs of the humanoid fossils, this book traces the career of paleoanthropologist Donald Johnson. From his discovery of “Lucy”, the oldest and best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found, to his further discoveries in the Great Rift Valley and beyond. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good, with light wear….
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810. – Salt, Henry
In which are Included An Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix; and Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending from Mozambique to the Borders of Egypt; together with Vocabularies of their Respective Languages….
South African Forces World War II. 7 of 9 Volumes. Deluxe signed edition – Orpen, Neil, Ambrose-Brown, James and Martin, H.J.
5 of 9 volumes. Bound in full blue leather, this is an incomplete author’s presentation set. Each volume with a tipped in leaf addressed to Sir Keith C Acutt. Ex- deputy chair of Anglo-American. The following titles are present: Volume 1, East African and Abyssinian Campaigns. Very good condition. Some light wear to the leather…
Under a Grudging Sun. Photographs from Haiti LibĂ©rĂ© 1986-1988 – Webb, Alex
Photobook telling the story of the revolution in Haiti. Its brutality, sadness and complexity. Publisher: Thames and Hudson Date Published: 1989 Publication Place: London First Edition: Yes Condition: Very good. Some sunning to the spine Binding: Softcover Dimensions: 25 x 31cm