harries c l (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, yellow tinted pages. There is a small tear on the front pasted down. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*17/01/2025. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

With a foreword by The Honourable Justice de Waal. Johannesburg: Hortors Limited., 1929 8vo. x,158pp. glossary. "From 1905 to 1911, I was officially associated with the Bapedi and other tribes of Sekukuniland. In those days these tribes lived their own lives, for tribal organisation and conditions were not much disturbed by extraneous influences." Some discolouration to outer edge of boards, A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's red cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 219 pages (complete). A very RARE SIGNED copy. Harries signed the frontispage. A comfortable copy. Original boards, cloth spine. The boards have general shelving and handling wear and marks about. The spine too has wear from shelving and handling. The boards and the spine are secure and sure. The contents are agreeably convivial. Whilst some page edges are flecked with foxing, the pages are notably clean and clear, thick and healthy, tight and contented, sound and assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

By C. L. Harries. Johannesburg: Hortors Limited, 1929 Cr.8vo. iv,219pp. The author was a District Commissioner for ten years among the Venda of Northern Transvaal in South Africa; here he recounts their tales and folklore. Slight foxing throughout, covers rubbed, a good copy in the publisher's brown cloth-backed boards. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L].

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover);Davis, G.H.; Leigh, Conrad; Lloyd, Stanley; Wood, Stanley L.; Holloway, Cyril; Sindell, A.; Soper, G.; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.