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South West Africa in Early Times, being the story of South West Africa up to the date of Maharero's death in 1890 by Vedder, Heinrich
Description
Oxford University Press 1938. 1st edition. Fold-out maps, plate illustrations. Spine area has some minor sunning and light damage. Some regluing of cover to make binding tighter. Cover has some trace in about a one inch area of dust jacket on spine. Otherwise, no dust jacket. Text is clean and maps are tight. Good condition..
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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