Africana - Memoir from Chapter 1 Books
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A Fool on the Veld
by Flemming, Leonard
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- sixth impression
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 27.49
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Cape Times Limited, Cape Town, 1921. sixth impression. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 142 pages (complete). Rebound retaining original front panel. The boards are smart, sound. Newer end-papers. Only indications of use are a few corner folds/ creases to some early pages. Otherwise, the contents are most pleasing. They are certain, thick, healthy,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.49
Vir Vryheid en vir Reg
by Kemp, Generaal J C G
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- 3rd Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 68.73
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Nasionale Pers, Beperkt, 1946. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 476 pages (complete). In Afrikaans throughout. Included: various press cuttings about the General. A sturdy copy of this memoir that reveals the experiences and thinking behind the Anglo-Boer war general and later unswerving stalwart of the Nationalist (apartheid) party. The dust-jacket has wear, tear, scuffing,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.73
The Autobiography of the Rev Harry Grey, BA with a short account of his last illness and death - and An Introduction
by Grey, Rev Harry; Baker, Jas.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1888
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 109.97
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JC Juta & Co., Capetown, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 152 pages (complete). A passive copy. Green boards with blind stamped decoration and stamped gilt titling and arms. The boards are much worn, scuffed, rubbed and marked all about. The spine too, has wear. The boards and spine are secure and comfortable.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 109.97
In the Fiery Continent
by Hopkinson, Tom
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 68.73
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Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 376 pages (complete). From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow (their ex-libris plate affixed on the frontispage). Included is a signed letter from Tom Hopkinson (the great first editor of Picture Post and editor of Drum during three tumultuous years)to Frank Bradlow (mostly about Johannesburg… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.73
Autobiography of the late Sir Andries Stockenstrom, Bart., sometime Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope - Volume II
by Stockenstrom, Andries; Hutton, Honourable C W (ed)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 274.92
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J C Juta and Co., Cape Town, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 467 pages (complete). Volume II only. Newer end papers. Previous owner annotation on the front pastedown. The boards are much worn all about from storage. The spine is sunned, worn from storage, punctured by insects. The spine and boards… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.92
Memoria: A Luanda ou Os Estados do Muatianvua - Dominios da Soberania de Portugal - Comprovados pela antiga expansao e influencia dos Porguguezes, Convenoes com as Nacoes Estrangeiras e Estado Livre do Congo sobre a divisao politica do Continente Africano; tratados, declaracoes e convencoes com os diversos potentados dos Estados indigenas, embaixadas que teem vindo a Loanda a ainda pela correspondencia official trocada entre o Chefe da Expedicao Portugueza ao Muatianvua de 1884-1888 com as diversas auctoridades portuguezas e indigenas
by Carvalho, Henrique Augusto Dias de
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 206.19
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Adolpho, Modesto & Ca. Impressores, Lisbon , 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 422 pages (complete). In Portuguese throughout. A much owned, negligently stored, amiably aging copy. Marbled boards, leather spine. The boards are worn all about. They are scuffed, marked. Leather spine has wear, handling and shelving marks. Gilt decoration… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 206.19
Transvaalsche Herinneringen 1876-1896
by Jorissen, Dr E J P
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1897
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 206.19
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J H de Bussy, Amsterdam-Pretoria, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete. In Dutch throughout. A clubbable copy. The green boards have wear about all edges, corners, seams. There is scuffing, there are some handling marks. Nonetheless, the boards are sound, steady. The contents are a little austere, but they retain… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 206.19
Geburtsort Swakopmund
by Winkler, Agnes Maria Ruth
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Softcover
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- 9789991670317
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- 1
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 32.99
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Kuiseb Verlag, Windhoek, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 226 pages (complete). In German throughout. A tidy copy. The covers are neat, healthy. The contents are placid, very clean and clear, tight, bright, amiable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
SGD 32.99
The Secret History of South Africa or Sixty-five Years in The Transvaal
by Abercrombie, H R
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 164.95
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Central News Agency Ltd., Johannesburg, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A comfortable copy. The dustjacket is a bit worn, creased and rubbed all about. It is yet passive and secure. The brown boards have some light shelving wear to the corners. The boards are otherwise sound and steady. The contents are mild-mannered, patient. They are clean,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 164.95
Five Years in Kaffirland; with Sketches of the Late War In That Country - to the conclusion of peace. Written on the Spot. 2 volumes
by Ward, Harriet
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1848
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 687.30
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Henry Colburn, Publisher, London, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes. Both in contented condition. From the library of Weston Hall-in-Arden) (Weston under the then ownership of Francis Newdigate (a soldier, politician and former Governor of Bermuda). The front pastedowns have his emblem with "F N" in pencil above both. The frontispages… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 687.30
African Sketches
by Pringle, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1834
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 549.84
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Edward Moxon, London, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 528 pages (complete). An amiable copy. A rather SPECIAL copy as the previous owner signature is that of GEORGE AUGUSTUS KOLBÃâ°, a member of one of the first 1820 SETTLER parties to land at Algoa Bay in the Cape Colony, as a member of Thomas Owen's… Read more about this item Item Price
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On Safari
by Kearton, Ada Cherry
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 130.59
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Robert Hale Limited, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 187 pages (complete). Inscribed by Ada Cherry Kearton on the frontispage: "With love to dear Alan and Hazel from Aunt Ada 1956". Also included a handwritten letter from the author in a handwritten envelope. The envelope also has a number of press cuttings on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 130.59
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The Transvaal of (To-day) Today : War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa
by Aylward, Alfred
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1881
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 137.46
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William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 323 pages plus folded map (complete). A comfortable copy of Aylward's mischievous memoir. Aylward, a self-styled Fenian, was known, by all sides wherever he found himself, to be unscrupulous with his values and loyalties. Fond of rebellion and ill-discipline he even yet… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 137.46
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An Auto-Biographical Memoir - being A Plain Narrative of Occurences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends - Facsimile Reproduction
by Borcherds, Petrus Borchardus
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 206.19
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Africana Connoisseurs Press, Cape Town, 1963. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 500 pages plus index (complete). Numbered 371 of a limited edition of 500 copies. A placid copy. The green boards are passive. They have some corner knocks, some very mild shelving wear, some shallow scuffing. They are sound, sure. The contents are… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 206.19
Luck's Limit : Impressions from South Africa
by Luck, Emily
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 61.86
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Selwyn & Blount Ltd., London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Newlands, Thelma. 104 pages (complete). A passive copy. The boards are much worn, scuffed, marked all about. They are resolutely sure and secure. The contents are mild-mannered. There are some aged-related marks, shallow handling marks. In general and by far, the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.86
Free Statia - or Reminiscences of a Lifetime in the Orange Free State of South Africa, from 1852 to end of 1875 : 23 years
by Collins, Wm W
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1907
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 329.90
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The Friend Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Bloemfontein, ORC, South Africa, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 391 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The front-pastedown has a charming ex-libris plate - designed by Leo Wyatt in 1979 - for Ida Hosken and her husband. The light green boards are agreeably contented. They have… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 329.90
Free Statia - or Reminiscences of a Lifetime in the Orange Free State of South Africa, from 1852 to end of 1875 : 23 years
by Collins, Wm W
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 274.92
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The Friend Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Bloemfontein, ORC, South Africa, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 391 pages (complete). Ex-library (Albert Public Library, Burgersdorp) with consequent stamps and wear. The frontispage has a previous owner signature (C F Leygonie - who was dominee of the Dutch Reformed Church at Sterkstroom for many years). The… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.92
Five Years in Kaffirland; with Sketches of the Late War in that Country, to the Conclusion of Peace, Written on the Spot - Two Volumes
by Ward, Harriet
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1848
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 687.30
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Henry Colburn, Publisher, London, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Both books are placid, comfortably owned copies. Volume I: The boards are worn, scuffed, marked from handling and storage all about. The spine is sunned. The gilt titling is amiable. The binding is a little loose here and there… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 687.30
Havash! Frontier Adventures in Kenya
by Lloyd-Jones, Brevet-Major W
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 274.92
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Arrowsmith, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. 318 pages (complete). Inscribed by (but not signed) Lloyd-Jones: "From the Author Xmas 1928". A comfortable copy. The boards are worn, marked by handling and shelving, scuffed, rubbed all about. The head of the spine is worn. Nonetheless, the boards and spine are… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.92
Petticoat Pilgrims on Trek
by Maturin, Mrs Fred
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1909
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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SGD 82.48
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Eveleigh Nash, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 335 pages (complete). A charming book of memories of travel through, and living in South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century. Mrs Maturin has an engaging, entertaining turn of phrase and view of life: "Nov. 30, 1904 ... I have heard of a dear… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 82.48