Kirby smith r (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Volume 36 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original cloth; pp. (xii) + 253, incl. index; some plates; illustrations in text; folding map. Edges, endpapers and outermost leaves quite foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "There are in the history of South Africa few official expeditions about which less is known than that of Dr. Andrew Smith to the Zulu monarch, Dingane, in 1832. The reason for this probably lies in the fact that the real motive for the expedition, which had very far-reaching results, was as far as possible kept secret, and any official report that may have been made by its leader was either delivered verbally or, if written, was treated as confidential and therefore never made public. No official reference to it is to be found in either our South African Archives or in the Public Record Office in London, and no report of it exists in either institution.".…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Single issue. Stapled wrappers. [15]pp. Wrappers lightly age-toned, near fine. Contributions by Herbert C. Barrows, Jr., William R. Steinhoff, Edwin M. Mosley, Richard B. Vowles, Eleanor M. Sickels, Daniel N. Dwyer, Vincent Freimarck, Lyman A. Cotten, and Ray Smith. Cummings' poetry featured are *Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town*, *These Children Singing in a Stone A*, *Space Being . Curved*. Essays on Eliot's *The Waste Land* and *Ash Wednesday*. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.(vi)+iv+124. 29.5 x 21cm. 2 Maps (of Nottingham). Tables. 5 black and white photographic illustrations. Appendices. Soft covers. Slight wear and soiling externally. Internally clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. Van Riebeeck Society (Series), no. 36. Contents: Andrew Smith's visit to Dingane in 1832 The Cape Town merchants' memorial of 1834 The South African Land and Emigration Association Andrew Smith's views on the exploration of South Africa.…

Cape Town, 1955. 253 pp. b./w. ills & 1 fold. map. Hardcover, sl. bumped & worn; owner's signature on first free endpaper. (Van Riebeeck Society 36).

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Volume 2 only. Publication of 342 pages. Externally the book shows signs of previous ownership. The original boards are slightly shelf rubbed, edge worn, and scuffed in places. The boards are damp stained, as well as on page edges. There is slight tanning around the block of the book. Despite this the text remains clear. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

in-8vo, 413 p. / 341 p., light foxing, small legacy stamp ?Guggisberg?, original publisher?s grey clothbound, light wear at spine ends. Very good copy. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.