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By: N/A
Price: $26.60
Publisher: Cape Flats Farmers' Association, Cape Town: 1895
Seller ID: 2pw
Condition: Fair
Complete. An aged, much owned copy of this brochure for the Farmers' Association show (Rules, regulations, entry fees, competition classes etc). The covers are much tanned, foxed, marked and worn from storage, handling, age. They are heroically secure. The contents have evidence of use throughout. Age has settled liberally upon the pages. Nonetheless, they are placid, clear, assured, competent, certain. fk View more info
By: N/A
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Die Staatsbiblioteek / The State Library, Pretoria: 1972
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 21qh
Condition: Good
29 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. Facsimile reprint. Benign copy. The covers are tidy with some few shallow blotches of foxing. They are secure and sure. The contents have splashes, rashes, flushes of foxing throughout. They are otherwise healthy, clear, confident, amenable. fk View more info
By: N/A
Price: $118.75
Publisher: Trustees Estate Saul Solomon & Co., Cape Town: 1886
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 33ri
Condition: Very Good
540 pages (complete). A scarce, pleasing copy. The boards have blind-stamped decoration. The spine has gilt titling and decoration. The boards are mild-mannered with some light shelving wear to the edges and corners, some mild marking, some light wear to the head and foot and seams. Otherwise, the boards and spine are sound, healthy, steady. The contents are in exceptionally pleasing condition. They are very clean and clear, tidy, smart, certain, most orderly, tight, healthy. fk View more info
Price: $28.50
Publisher: T Maskew Miller, Cape Town: 1916
Seller ID: 39qt
Condition: Very Good
459 pages (complete). The front pastedown has a SIGNED ex-libris plate from the sentimental nationalistic South African artist, W H Coetzer (his signature is fresh). A comfortable copy. The boards have wear about the edges, corners, head and foot of the spine. There is scuffing, marking from use and shelving. The spine is a little sunned, marked by shelving. The boards and spine are steady and sure. The contents are most gratifying. Considering the age of the book, the pages are thick, very healthy, very clean and clear, carefully maintained, convivial, contented, companionable. Pleas... View more info
By: Idenburg, P J
Price: $33.25
Publisher: Templum Salomis, Leiden / Burdersdijk en Niermans: 1946
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 54rc
Condition: Good
112 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. Held at the rear: a folded colour illustration: 'Optica Prent, voorstellende de Reede van De Kaap De Goede Hoop' (in pleasing condition); a reproduction of a map showing the area of the Cape inhabited by Europeans: 'Vergroote Afdruk van een gedeelte van de "kaart van het Europeesch gebied aan de Kaap de Goede Hoop, volgens einege opmerkingen, naar de nieuwste, op bevel der Hollandsche regering ondernomene waarnemingen en de beste vroegere bouwstoffen, verzameld en ontworpen door H Lichtenstein; op een kleiner schaal gebragt door HH Gottholdt. Te... View more info
By: Mentzel, O F; Greenlees, Margaret (trans)
Price: $237.50
Publisher: The Van Riebeeck Society: 1919
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 100qz
Condition: Good
170 pages (complete). A passive copy. The boards are shabby but resolute. They have marks from handling and storage, wear from shelving and use. The spine has wear to the head and foot and the length is much marked by handling and shelving. However, the boards are quietly steady and sure. The frontispapers have previous owner notations. The very early pages are marked and worn from age, storage. They are stll secure and benign. However, the rest of the pages are gratifyingly tranquil, clean, clear, careful, confident, studious. fk View more info
Price: $76.00
Publisher: Holl.-Afrik. Uitgevers-Maatschappij v/h Jacques Dusseau & Co., Kaapstad: 1907
Seller ID: 99rg
Condition: Very Good
236 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. A sound copy. Ex-libris plate for Oene Cornelis Meek on the front pastedown. The boards are placid. They have wear, scuffing, marking from hand and shelving. The spine is benign, worn at head and foot, fit. The first and last pages are tanned. Otherwise, the contents are most pleasing. They are clean, comfortable, clear, fresh, tidy, congenial, assured. fk View more info
By: Serton, Prof P; Raven-Hart, Maj R; Kock, Dr W J de; Raidt, Dr E H (Eds); Raven-Hart, Maj R (trans)
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 73or
ISBN: 0620000562
Condition: Near Fine
Two volumes (complete). Volume I from the library of the legendary South African historian, T R H Davenport (once of Rhodes University in Grahamstown). Volume II from the library of D W vd Merwe. Volume I: 367 pages. In Dutch (on the 'cantori') and English (on the 'decani'). The boards have mild shelving wear, some scuffing. They are comfortable and secure. The page trims have shelving marks. The contents have been most pleasingly maintained. They are clean, clear, assured, diligent. Volume II: 306 pages. In Dutch and English. The boards have a clear plastic protective cover. The ... View more info
By: Shell, Robert
Price: $19.00
Publisher: History Department, University of Cape Town: 1985
Seller ID: 89pt
Condition: Fair
Complete. A scruffy copy. Photocopied pages fastened by a staple at the top right corner. The front coversheet and pages are marked from age, handling, storage and use. They are worn too for these same reasons. However, they are also secure, clean and clear, competent. fk View more info
By: Trotter, Mrs A P
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Cape Times: 1898
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 6rt
Condition: Good
44 pages (complete). An aged copy. The covers are tatty. They are tanned, worn, foxed. There has been, in years past, an attempt to repair the spine with scotch tape (now elderly). It is intact. The staples along the spine are rusted. The pages are foxed throughout. There is evidence of age and use throughout. Nonetheless, the pages are firm, generous of spirit, clear, certain, convivial, amiable, antique. fk View more info
