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The Diamond Magnates
by Roberts, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton. Exploring the diamond magnates' personalities, namely Cecil Rhodes, Barnato brothers and their nephews, Jack, Woolf and Solly Joel; Alfred Beit and Joseph B Robinson. Some foxing and toning to front and rear prelims. Scattered foxing to some pages. Light foxing to fore- and lower page edges. Maroon tint to top edge. 335 Pages. Binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good-. Some mild edge-wear with a 1cm closed tear to lower edge. Foxing to verso and flaps. Sunning to spine. Binding: Hardcover. Maroon boards with gilt lettering. Mild edge-wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306545
- Title
- The Diamond Magnates
- Author
- Roberts, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Social History;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
If an item is misdescribed we will offer a full refund. Tracking is only offered on the expedited postage option. Please note we offer the standard postage option without any tracking as an option for lower priced items as courier from South Africa is costly. Thus standard postage items in transit are at the purchaser's risk. Postage based on standard average sizes, if an item is particularly small, we will reduce the postage. If an item is larger than standard size, postage may increase.
About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...