African Village
by Walton, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Pretoria: J. L. Van Shaik Ltd., 1956. Study of historical, mostly stone, shelters, walls, buildings & kraals of southern Africa. From the collection of noted scholar Daniel P. Kunene, with his name & date on the free endsheet. Hardcover, full tan cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, corners bumped; jacket torn & chipped, missing a few largish chunks, substantially complete; front endsheet & half-title page fore-edge cockled for no obvious reason. Text clean; xi, blank, 170 pages + 113 p/w photos; many figures, plans.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9" by 11".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- o0623os
- Title
- African Village
- Author
- Walton, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. L. Van Shaik Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Pretoria
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- South Africa, Anthropology, Architecture, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Rhodesia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Interior Decoration;
- Size
- 9" by 11"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...