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First edition, 4to, xvi, 84pp., 16 photographic plates, orig. blue cloth.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, uncut, backstrip lightly faded and chafed at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. Hackett, p.144.
Leiden, A. W. Sijthoff, 1970, in-8, brossura editoriale verde con titolo in oro al dorso, pp. 210. Perfette condizioni: in stato di nuovo.
Inscription from the author on front end paper. No other marks to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 425pp. This study traces debate about environmental degradation in successive eras of South African history and offers a reinterpretation of South Africa's economic development, and of aspects of the Cape colonial and South African states.
Previous owner's name/label to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Small creases to cover corners, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 276pp. Concentrating mainly of the years between 1870 and 1913, this study analyses how African agriculturalists responded to economic pressures and opportunities and goes on to show that response was inhibited and crushed by the intervention of politically more powerful groups, in particular white farmers and urban employers.
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and additional full-page map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 3. High-quality facsimile reissue of the edition of 1916.
LONDON, Philip ALLAN & CO., LTD. -353 pages - 1928 - Broché, Nombreuses photographies N & B. Etat neuf.
8vo., with a tinted frontispiece, facsimile title, 11 plates (7 tinted), a folding map, two pedigrees (one folding and one double-page) and 2 tables (one folding and one full-page), small neat signature on front free endpaper; decorative cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES. High quality facsimile of the scarce original edition of 1866.
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions to contents or covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Very slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with sunning to spine and slight rubbing to edges. 584pp. Detailed study of South Africa's history since the discovery of diamonds in Griqualand West covering the three great social complexes of modern South Africa, the involvement of major political forces and the changing relationship between the country and the rest of the world.
Features: Sacrificing Freud - The psychiatric priesthood - itself torn between Catholics and Protestants - hastens the nightmare of a society run by doctors; Is Ronald Reagan a Peach-Pit Conservative or Closet Moderate? - The struggle in New Hampshire tests his belief that he's the natural heir to the G.O.P. nomination - with photos of Reagan in his youth; Kids With Kids - more and more white, middle-class, teen-age girls are having babies out of wedlock - and keeping them; The Moneyweight Champion - The investments of Morgan Guaranty Trust, largest institution of them all, account for huge chunks of stock trading volume - is their market influence benign?; Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Most Magic Flute; A Professional Guide to Watching Tennis - by Arthur Ashe (then the world's top-ranked tennis player); Multi-page informational ad entitled "Why So Many Invest in South Africa"; Two-page color-photo tourism ad for South Africa; Fashion photos of aprons; Maximal Minima - photos of the design of the tiny NYC co-op of Peter Benchley and his wife; Photos of Marilyn Neerman's high-rise, midtown studio design; Lobster recipes; Hats - article by Raymond A. Sokolov. 88 pages. . Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Wonderful photo fashion ads, some in color. Faint school stamp on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 11 plates (5 large and folding) in monochrome, and 13 illustrations in the text, black endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original cloth, sides with double frame border enclosing corps badge elaborately blocked all in gilt, back gilt extra, gilt top, bevelled edges, uncut, a very good, bright, firm copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). This copy was formerly in the library of Conwyn Mansel-Jones who won the Victoria Cross in South Africa on 27 February 1900. He went on to serve in WWI and was also awarded the DSO and the Legion d'Honneur. Mansel-Jones became CMG and was a member of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1920 until his death in 1942. A letter confirming his purchase of this copy is loosely inserted. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT UNIT HISTORY. White, p.255.
Reliure toile de l'?diteur. 228 pages.
247p. Very XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Very worn copy. First American edition. AFRICA/1
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous plates and illustrations; boards, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip.
Pp. 39, 8 photos, refs. Orig. wrs.
8vo., with frontispiece, top faintly spotted; maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1903. Hackett, p.142 (recording the first edition).
The original 1983 First Edition. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to pages, signs of storage and no bumping to corners. 278pp. The history of the Pedi, less well known but of similar imprtance to the Zulus according Transvaal Africans, who were also bludgeoned into submission by the British in the 1870s.
Name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Mainly clean tight pages with dusty very slightly marked slightly bumped boards, a little foxing and with rubbing to ends of sunned spine. Three fold-out maps in very good condition. 163pp. A study of the Kalahari Scheme designed to bring irrigation and drinking water back to the region where lakes and rivers are slowly drying up. Undated but 1919 is mentioned in the text as the latest drought data.
Middelburg - Rotterdam, Firma G.W. Den Boer, 1938, in-8, br. editoriale, pp. XV, [1], 246. Con una cartina ripiegata in fine.
Numbered pages run from 481 to 520. Lots of photographs and nice advertisements, covering wraps in colour. Staple bound. Slight wear to edges.
Features: The Algerian Rebellion; The Abortive Invasion of Cuba; The Empress of Canada; The Education of Commonwealth Youth - Hilton College, South Africa; Lovely colour advertisement for the Humber Super Snipe; Colour Advertisement for State Express 555 Cigarettes; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
26 cm, rilegatura editoriale, titolo in oro al dorso, sovracoperta illustrata; pp. xi, 275, numerose carte geografiche ripiegate fuori testo, bruniture
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 28 monochrome plates on 22 and folding coloured map; original regimental cloth in blue and red, title and regiment badge blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled else very good, bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED OCTOBER 1914 ON HALF-TITLE. The author and the recipient served together in the Birmingham National Reserve and Recruiting Office. Includes three coloured plates of uniforms and two of medals. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.54; White, p.218.
xxii + 354pp.richly illustrated + 12 plates in colour, hardcover (editor's cloth), illustrated dustwrapper, 29cm., very good condition, C80151
459p. Numerous illustrations, photographs and maps many in color. Large folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Very nice copy. A valuable encyclopedia of wine-making regions and ove r 6500 wines. WHISKEY 1
