Adventures in Africana
by Varley, D. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: University of Cape Town and Trustees of the South African Library, 1949). 8vo; blue cloth-backed papered boards, with pictorial onlay to upper cover; pp. 46; plates; illustrations in text. Boards a little soiled and foxed; earlier owner's white tape reinforcing to spine; bookplate of Maurice Greer to front free endpaper; some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasionally elsewhere; archival tape reinforcing to gutter between pp. 14, 15. Good. "When we speak of Africana we mean to imply all those objects large and small, natural and man-made, that relate to the history of Africa and of Southern Africa in particular, from Table Mountain--shall we say--to a piece of old Cape furniture, a Cape pamphlet or a Bowler print. More specifically, we think of Africana in terms of human settlement in the sub-Continent--but always in terms of history and the living past." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11342
- Title
- Adventures in Africana
- Author
- Varley, D. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: University of Cape Town and Trustees of the South African Library, 1949)
- Keywords
- Africana. Prints. Collectables. Collectibles. Collecting. Antiques. Furniture. Silver. Persian rugs. Jewellery. Beds. Glass. Pewter. Dolls. Chamber pots Antiques and Collecting
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Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.