Memoirs of a Transkei Trading Family
by Davis, Harold Delacour, and Grant Delacour Davis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1874976546
- ISBN 13
- 9781874976547
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Ashburton: Brevitas, 2011) 9781874976547. Large 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (iv) + vi + 245, incl. index; several photographs, plans, maps and line drawings in text. Fine condition. This attractive book consists of two parts. It includes a transcript of recollections of pioneering life in the Transkei by Harold Delacour Davis, born in Pondoland in 1901. There are further reminiscences by Grant Delacour Davis, son of Harold, who relates experiences from childhood on his parents' trading station at Wilo, Mqanduli district, and from holidays at Coffee Bay. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13074
- Title
- Memoirs of a Transkei Trading Family
- Author
- Davis, Harold Delacour, and Grant Delacour Davis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1874976546
- ISBN 13
- 9781874976547
- Publisher
- (Ashburton: Brevitas, 2011) 9781874976547
- Place of Publication
- Ashburton
- This edition first published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Transkei. Eastern Cape. Xhosa. Trading stations. Local History. Reminiscences Eastern Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eastern Cape;
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About the Seller
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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