The Life and Work of Charles Michell
by Richings, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1874950814
- ISBN 13
- 9781874950813
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2006) 9781874950813. Oblong 4to; original charcoal blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt lighthouse device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224, incl. index; sumptuously illustrated with some modern photographs, reproductions of Michell's artwork and facsimiles of contemporary maps, portraits, etchings. Light crease to top edge of dustwrapper's lower pane. Near-fine condition. "This biography of Charles Michell allows us to enter into the world of this 'able and indefatigable' man for the first time, and to encounter well-known Cape personalities, including Governors Sir Lowry Cole and Sir Harry Smith, through his eyes. This beautifully illustrated work gives the reader glimpses of mid-nineteenth century Cape countryside, with the publication for the first time of the majority of Michell's watercolours, sketches and engravings." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12671
- Title
- The Life and Work of Charles Michell
- Author
- Richings, Gordon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1874950814
- ISBN 13
- 9781874950813
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2006) 9781874950813
- Place of Publication
- Simon's Town
- This edition first published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Mountain passes. Cape of Good Hope. Fine art Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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