Purnell cape town (429 resultados)

Hard cover. Condición: Very good. No dust jacket. xxvi, 228 p. 21 cm. scuffing of the boards and spine, but clean, crisp pages, and very good spine.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very slight creasing to upper outer corner of front cover. Private book plate inside the front cover. ; Pride of South Africa 7; 24 pages. Illustrated by Penn, Melvyn; Photographer (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Worn with minor edge tears. The dust jacket is worn with minor edge tears, but the binding remains intact. There are no inscriptions or library markings, preserving the book?s original condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. The cover shows minor wear and some spotting, typical for a publication of its age. The pages are clean and intact, with no inscriptions or library markings. The lack of a dust jacket is noted, but the book retains its structural integrity. unknown (no dust jacket visible). Hazel Stokes (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 1/2 x 10. 104 pages, illust. w/ photos and drawings.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dust jacket present. First Edition. The book is in good condition, with a firm hardcover binding. The cover shows minimal wear, with bright and clear imagery. There is no dust jacket present. The pages are clean and free from inscriptions or markings. The spine remains intact, ensuring durability for continued handling and reading.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Near fine or a little better - no markings, slight wear. Very good jacket. Fully illustrated and in colour.

From the library of renowned ornithologist Gordon Maclean, with his ownership inscription to the half-title. 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (x) + 154; colour plates. Some tape marks to dustwrapper flaps and endpapers; a little foxing. Good condition. "The author . has made a detailed four-year study of every aspect of Black Eagle life, based on his own observations and wide experience gained in a lifetime's study of bird-of-prey behaviour. Many interesting discoveries are recorded. We learn of the Black Eagle's intelligence and 'awareness-wisdom' in matters of deep concern to themselves, including their relationships with men; of their educational methods and hunting techniques, their homecraft and weather-forecasting and use of a herbal remedy. We are given vivid action portraits of the Black Eagle in flight and courtship play and the intimate details of family life. We are shown the by-ways of natural history observation by a very experienced natural historian.". …

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Second Edition. Copyright is 1967. 224 pages. Inked name and ownership statement seen on blank front free end leaf. Volume shows slight signs of age. Dust jacket shows scuffs and surface tears, with one affecting the image over the top cover. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Due to weight, additional charges may apply for International shipping.…

8vo; original burgundy boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 214; map; plates. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel, slightly rubbed; boards a little shelf-rubbed; trace of foxing to endpapers. Good to very good condition. "This is the second volume of a book which seeks to tell something of the contribution made to modern South Africa by English-speaking men and women, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . The field has now been extended to the law, the Press, university education, finance - industry - mining, architecture and the Church. Once again the authors include experts in their own fields and they write short profiles of their subjects to tell the story.".…

8vo; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 170, incl. index; many photographs, some of which in full colour. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel; bump to top edge of upper board; earlier owner's name and inscription to front free endpaper; some tape marks to endpapers. Good to very good condition. "The fossilised man-apes of Makapansgat, the might of Monomotapa. The gold rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, the painted eland of the Drakensberg. The hand-axes of the Earlier Stone Age, the ritual burials of the Later Stone Age. Cosmetic mines in Swaziland, gold mines in Rhodesia. These are just a few of the intriguing subjects covered by this lively account of archaeology and prehistory in Southern Africa. From his practical fieldwork, his comprehensive reading and his personal acquaintance with most of the leading figures, Bert Woodhouse has compiled an absorbing story. It is written for the general reader and is illustrated with the author's own photographs.".…

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Approx 108 pages. Name and date written inside front cover. No other marks or stamps. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Near Fine. First Edition. Tight clean crisp hardcover, free of markings, in tight bright unclipped DJ. Size: 8vo.

4to; original papered boards, lettered in red on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 110, incl. index; full-colour photographs. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, and sunned on upper panel, adjacent to spine; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "It can truly be said that there never will be another book like this one. Some species have already become extinct, others are doomed to extinction and all are fated to become more rare. Frank Rousseau was only just in time when he set out to make a complete photographic record of the South African Proteaceae. Not all the Proteaceae are shown in this book - there are nearly 400 distinct species in southern Africa - but the work is representative of the full range, and the brilliant and dramatic photographs have been reproduced throughout in full colour. The pictures have been taken of the flowers growing wild in their natural habitats, which may be anywhere in the ragged mountains from Grahamstown across the width of the Republic to Cape Town and, from there, northwards as far as Clanwilliam.".…

4to; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 125, incl. index; liberally illustrated in colour and monochrome. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; edges of boards very lightly rubbed; trace of foxing to edges. Good condition. "The art-lover will admire the elegance of the draughtsmanship, the portrayal of the movement and the sophisticated techniques of distortion and foreshortening. The general reader will be fascinated by new views of life in Southern Africa before the beginning of written records. To guide him there are introductory chapters dealing with the Bushmen, past and present. . Bert Woodhouse has pursued his hobby of photographing, studying and writing about the art on the rocks of Southern Africa for more than twenty years. The illustrations in this book are a selection from his collection of some 25 000 colour slides.".…

ELISA Series Vol. 1. 8vo; original pale boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 199; plates. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed, and slightly edgeworn; a little foxing. Very good condition. The book includes excerpts from some of the very best works representative of English literature in South Africa, hence the acronym ELISA. These include 'Adam Tas's Stand Against the Governor', a translation of Adam Tas, 'A Journey to Stellenbosch, Paarl and Wellington', by Lady Anne Barnard, 'Education at Lovedale', by Sir Walter Stanford, 'The Discovery of Zimbabwe', by Carl Mauch, and 'Childhood in Natal', by Roy Campbell. …

First edition. 4to; original white boards, lettered in brown on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xvi) + 120; plates in colour and monochrome; map. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; trace of foxing to half-title. Very good condition. "KAVANGO is a unique photo study of the Kavango, tribes living in the isolation of the northern border lands of South West Africa adjoining Angola and Botswana. Virtually untouched by civilization until recent years these river people still practise many ancient customs handed down in an unwritten culture dating back many hundreds of years.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 170pp hardback, cold and bw illus, very good in a very good wrapper.

4to; original cream boards, lettered in red on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xi + (i) + 177; detailed illustrations of costume, including some in full colour. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; small scuff to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "This book is presented as a pageant of South African dress from the time of the early Portuguese explorers up to the end of the 19th Century. Most of the illustrations have been taken from drawings and photographs showing the people of the period against a South African background. Others are based on actual costumes displayed or stored in museums. Historic costume in South Africa naturally followed the fashions or Europe, although always a little behind the current trend because of the slow communications of the day. There were modifications of those fashions, however, owing to different local conditions, and sometimes materials. To recapture the spirit of the time, every day objects such as furniture, firearms and transport vehicles have been illustrated along with the costumes.". …

4to; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 125, incl. index; liberally illustrated in colour and monochrome. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed and edgeworn; edges of boards very lightly rubbed. Very good condition. "The art-lover will admire the elegance of the draughtsmanship, the portrayal of the movement and the sophisticated techniques of distortion and foreshortening. The general reader will be fascinated by new views of life in Southern Africa before the beginning of written records. To guide him there are introductory chapters dealing with the Bushmen, past and present. . Bert Woodhouse has pursued his hobby of photographing, studying and writing about the art on the rocks of Southern Africa for more than twenty years. The illustrations in this book are a selection from his collection of some 25 000 colour slides.".…

4to; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xi + (iii) + 274, incl. index; maps; line drawings; diagrams; photographs; plates, including some colour. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed, sunned on spine panel, and somewhat edgeworn; some foxing to edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. "Only by understanding the history of this country from earliest geological times to the present day can the problems of Southern Africa be examined, understood and perhaps solved in a rational manner. Southern Land presents the whole story of Southern Africa, the forces, motives and events which have formed this land and the way of life of its peoples.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good D. J. First Edition. Near fine first edition with a very good dust jacket. Has prior owner's address stamp. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ex-library, usual library markings, otherwise clean and sound, minimal usage, crown octavo, 280 pages, red boards with gilt titles.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: good-. First Edition. 8vo. A good copy with stamp to front flyleaf and pos on title page. Rubbing to dw edges and corners and spine top and tail. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Hardcover. 12,2 x 14,3 cm. Original hard cover with illustrated cover in color. 67 pages with one textfigure in b/w and four plates in color full page to the history of the South-African flag from 1910 onwards. Good condition. --- Original Pappband mit bebildertem Cover in Farbe. 67 Seiten mit einer Textfigur in Schwarz-Weiß und vier farbigen Tafeln zur Geschichte der südafrikanischen Flagge ab 1910. Guter Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! Machen Sie es sich gemütlich , bei uns finden Sie sicher die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Afri.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Unmarked bright book in brilliant oragne boards; frontispiece loose; signed peresentation label to bottom of half-title page; 134 pp illustrated throughout, including endpapers; in dj with several edgetears no more than 2cm.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Poems of South Africa & elsewhere; #229 of 400 printed. Light wear to book, jacket shows light chipping to the spine ends. Text clean; [6], 51 pages. Size: Small Octavo.

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Copyright is 1970. 165 pages. Dust jacket shows scattered tears on edges, mostly over corners and spine ends. Jacket remains bright and clean, and is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Marion Didcott (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 2nd Edition. Signed by Jacobs on half-title page, previous owner's name on first endpaper, binding is faulty and apparently from the publisher as it's wrinkled but still attached, lightly bumped corners; dj is now in an archival sleeve but has wear to edges, a few small tears and rubbing. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1971, Near Fine/Near Fine dj, large octavo, 272pp., blue pebbled boards hardcover, excellent unclipped (R15) colorful dj, color ill's., binding tight, text unmarked.