Cape Colony To-day
by Burton, A. R. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town: Townshend, Taylor & Snashall, 1907). 4to; original khaki cloth, with black lettering to spine and upper cover; pp. viii + 316; photographs in text; several maps, incl. large, folding. Cloth a little rubbed and mottled; corners turned; earlier owners' names signed on front endpaper; some foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves; hinges just starting. Good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 233; Hosken, p. 33) "A well-arranged and interesting guide-book to the Cape Colony, profusely illustrated, and containing much valuable and up-to-date information." - Mendelssohn .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9782
- Title
- Cape Colony To-day
- Author
- Burton, A. R. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Townshend, Taylor & Snashall, 1907)
- Keywords
- Cape Colony. Railways. Travel. Settlers Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
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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