Under Lion's Head. Earlier Days at Green Point and Sea Point
by Murray, Marischal
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1964, 1st edition). Number 296 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. 4to; original salmon-coloured cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; dustwrapper with pictorial onlay to upper panel; pp. x + 168, incl. index; colour frontis.; map; plates; some pen-and-ink drawings in text. Crease to pictorial onlay of dustwrapper's upper panel; dustwrapper a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with discreet archival tape repairs; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; regular, moderate browning; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. 'Marischal Murray was a distinguished son of Sea Point. His father was Dr Fred Murray, one-time mayor of Sea Point, who gave unstintingly of his time and energies to the civic and educational life of the area. The passion of Mr Murray's life was ships and the sea, and this took him to many parts of the world in all kinds of sea-going craft. He was the author of Ships and South Africa, the standard work on steamships of the Cape run, published in 1933, and of Union-Castle Chronicle, published in 1953. After having taken an Honours degree in History at Oxford, he was for some years sub-librarian at the Library of Parliament and, later, at the University of Cape Town. A modest man of intellectual tastes, a gift for painting, and a great delight in music, he played his part in two world wars. Home, to Marischal Murray, was always "Under Lion's Head", and for many years his friends urged him to write the history of this part of the Cape Peninsula which he knew and loved so well. He was preparing this book for the press when, at the age of 64, he died on 13th April 1963.' .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10063
- Title
- Under Lion's Head. Earlier Days at Green Point and Sea Point
- Author
- Murray, Marischal
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1964, 1st edition)
- Keywords
- Cape Town. Cape Peninsula. Cape of Good Hope. Green Point. Sea Point. Local History. Topography Cape
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- Cape;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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