They Came to South Africa
by Jaff, Fay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1963). 4to; pale blue boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 131, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper rather rubbed and edgeworn; boards bumped, sporadic foxing. Fair to good. "As the title suggests They Came to South Africa contains biographies of people who have played their part in the development of this country. Several of the names are famous, others not so well known. Here are pen pictures of people such as Lady Anne Barnard, Emily Hobhouse, Arnold Theiler, Lord Baden-Powell etc., written in a way that throws new light upon them." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6840
- Title
- They Came to South Africa
- Author
- Jaff, Fay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1963)
- Keywords
- Lady Anne Barnard. William Burchell. James Barry. Andrew Geddes Bain. Thomas Baines. David Gill. Baden-Powell. Arnold Theiler. Emily Hobhouse. Sir Herbert Baker. Anton van Wouw. Arthur Elliott South African History
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African History;
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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