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New York: Clarkson Potter/Publisher, 1995 Royal blue boards. Illustrated endpapers. Seventh printing. "With more than 125 brilliant photographs [most in color] and 100 authentic recipes, [this book] leads the reader on one of the most dazzling and exotic countries in the world."

New York: United Nations Office of Public Information, 1969 Good. Staple-bound; 34 pages. Informational booklet circulated following a series of resolutions by the U.N. General Assembly condemning the policies of apartheid. The U.N. requested the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures for the widest possible dissemination of information, thus the preparation of this pamphlet, sales number E.69.I.15. Light cover wear; moderate soil, including small semi-circular brownstain to front cover near spine and "bleeding" to first few pages. Text clean and intact.

London: Harvey, Greenacre & Co., 1897 Oblong format. Royal blue cloth with elaborate gilt illustrated cover; upper banner decoration states "Natal's Fourth Centenary," lower banner "Illustrated by Pen and Camera." All edges gilt; yellow endpapers. Only date which occurs--1897--is at the end of the author's Preface [". . .the publishers. . . feel confident that a close perusal of its contents cannot but result in a deep conviction that the time draws near when, by assimilation, the kindred White races of South Africa will, in the natural course of events, become welded together into a Power which will not only be a glory to the Motherland, but a safeguard to that peace which is so essential to the prosperity of a new land and a new people."] Black-and-white photographs within text and featured one to a plate in Illustrations section pp. 94-197. One Railway Altitudinal & Production map reproduction. Heavy rubbing to tail of spine (slight fraying) and corners… Read More

Oakland, California: The Stone Circle Press, 1987 Staple-bound; unpaginated. Publication of the Institute of Celtic Studies. The author hails from Dundrennan, Scotland. SIGNED by author at lower half-title page.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Good/No Jacket. Early reprint; no date; circa 1922; copyright 1921. Combination of ghost story and romance novel by this author best known for her books for young readers. Moderate irregular speckle-fading and rubbing to cloth cover; very light cover discoloration. Interior clean and tight.