Fair Winds At The Cape : The Story of Yachting at the Cape by Kuttel, M - 1954

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1954). 8vo; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xiv + (ii) + 112, incl. index; plates. Trace of edgewear to dustwrapper; earlier owner's bookplate to front pastedown; a little foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. "Hildagonda Duckitt was an outstanding figure at the Cape in the grand Victorian times and most of us think of her as the South African Mrs. Beeton. But, like that charming and elegant lady, Hildagonda Duckitt was more to her contemporaries than the author of a very special cookery book. ... She comes down to us as the representative of an age of dignified hospitality in our country. The interesting personalities and families of her time crowd these pages, which record a time of stirring events: of far-off frontier wars, the discovery of diamonds and gold and the expansion that followed, then the tragedy of the Anglo-Boer War - all of which had their effect on the serene and stately way of life at the… Read More

Maskew Miller Ltd, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 112 Pages. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are closed tears and chips along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, tanned pages, minor foxing. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*18/07/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Maskew Miller, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edgeworn.one inscription.tanning.foxing.well bound.good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Maskew Miller, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edgeworn.marked.Some tanning.No inscripriptions.Well bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.