Noord van die Zambesi
by Bruwer, J.P. van S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(no place: Voortrekkerpers, 1966). Author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper reads: "Mev. Benjamin. Stap net hierdie kort rukkie saam op die lang pad van die verlede en vergeet die sorge van die lewe ... / J Bruwer, 20.12,66, U.P.E." 8vo; original pale blue boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 125. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; foxed throughout. Good. Afrikaans text. "Professor Johannes P. van S. Bruwer is hoogleraar in die Volkekunde aan die Universiteit van Port Elizabeth. Hy is afkomstig uit die Klein-Karoo waar hy sy skoolopleiding te Barrydale en Montagu ontvang het. Nadat hy sy onderwyssertifikaat verwerf het, vertrek hy in 1935 as twintigjarige jong man na Noord-Rhodesië (Zambië) waar hy hom tot 1950 aan sendingwerk onder die Bantoe wy. Gedurende hierdie jare het hy verskeie Bantoetale aangeleer en ook baie navorsingswerk onder hulle verrig. Hy het sy loopbaan op Kamoto, op die grens van die Luangwarivier begin. Dit was destyds nog 'n wilde, afgeleë wêreld en dikwels het hy vir meer as ses maande geen blanke gesien nie. Met sy draers het hy soms wekelank in die Luangwavallei rondgeswerf en sodoende die gewoontes van talle wildsoorte deeglik leer ken. Die ervarings wat in hierdie bundel oorvertel word, is slegs enkele episodes uit 'n kleurryke en avontuurlike verblyf in dié vallei." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12185
- Title
- Noord van die Zambesi
- Author
- Bruwer, J.P. van S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (no place: Voortrekkerpers, 1966)
- Keywords
- Zambia. Luangwa Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...