THE SEVEN WONDERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
by Chilvers, Hedley A
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Johannesburg, Pub. by Authority of the Administration of the South African Railways and Harbours, 1929,, 1929. Hardcover. Johannesburg, Pub. by Authority of the Administration of the South African Railways and Harbours, 1929,, 1929. Hardcover. Pages xiii + 395,octavo, ( approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2"), hardcover. With 18 coloured plates by Chas. E. Peers and many other black and white illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Red cloth covers, slightly cocked, spine a little dulled. Cover edges worn, creased on a few pages still Very Good. Without a dust jacket. 073103A
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9630
- Title
- THE SEVEN WONDERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
- Author
- Chilvers, Hedley A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Johannesburg, Pub. by Authority of the Administration of the South African Railways and Harbours, 1929,
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- AFRICA
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...