Landmarks of Old Durban. A Series of Documentary Programmes Broadcast from the Durban Studios of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
by Dawes, H. Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Durban: E.P. & Commercial Printing Co. Ltd, 1948). 8vo; original green cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 181, incl. index; plates. Cloth somewhat mottled and extremities rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; front free endpaper removed, with earlier owner's broad sellotape repair to upper hinge; foxed throughout. Working copy. Chapters include: Old Durban, as George Christopher Cato saw it in 1838; The Old Fort; The Old St. Paul's; The Theatre Royal; The Queen's Bridge; The Old Court House; The Bluff Lighthouse; The Toll Gate; The Durban Public Library and Reading Room. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8627
- Title
- Landmarks of Old Durban. A Series of Documentary Programmes Broadcast from the Durban Studios of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
- Author
- Dawes, H. Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Durban: E.P. & Commercial Printing Co. Ltd, 1948)
- Keywords
- Durban. Port Natal. KwaZulu-Natal. Landmarks. Local History Natal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natal;
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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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- E.P.
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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