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(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1983) 0869782444. Second impression. Small 4to; original pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp.143, incl. index; plates. Edges of boards a little rubbed; earlier owner's name in a bold hand to front pastedown; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. 'The author, who was a Lieut. in the Royal Navy in the last war, spent years of research in obtaining the fascinating material contained in this history of Port Alfred - "The Kowie". ... As the author states " ... it is a story that is unique, because the things that went on there could not possibly have happened in any other part of the world. It was as long ago as 1820 that the first attempts were made to establish a harbour and it was not abandoned for nearly a century, yet at one time there were as many as a dozen ships in the harbour". Among many interesting facts he reveals is how Prince Alfred was having a…
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- Title Basket Work Harbour
- Author Turpin, Eric
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd Edition
- Publisher Howard Timmins, South Africa
- Date 1983
- ISBN 9780869782446
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Basket Work Harbour. The Story of the Kowie
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Basket Work Harbour
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Howard Timmins, 1983. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. 2nd impression. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*13/04/2023. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Basket Work Harbour
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Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1983 The story of the Kowie River where some of the 1820 Settlers landed in South Africa. A nicely written historical account including black-and-white plates. Good reading copy. Dust jacket missing. ------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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