The Bushman Art of Southern Africa
by Woodhouse, H.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0868430293
- ISBN 13
- 9780868430294
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Purnell, 1979) 0868430293. 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." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11938
- Title
- The Bushman Art of Southern Africa
- Author
- Woodhouse, H.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0868430293
- ISBN 13
- 9780868430294
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Purnell, 1979) 0868430293
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Rock art. Bushmen. San. Khoisan. Southern Africa. Archaeology. Ethnology Rock Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rock Art;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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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