Basket work harbour eric

Buy Basket Work Harbour, 1820 Settlers build a harbour at Kowie River by Eric Turpin for R200.00

  Howard Timmins, Cape Town, 1964. Cloth and Board. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, small hole on back cover. Limited # 1004 of 1200. DJ is edge worn and has a light plastic over-wrap. 136 pp of text with some illustrations. The hitherto untold story of the 1820 Settlers' endeavour to make a harbour of the Kowie [Port Alfred, South Africa], a story that will fascinate everyone interested in the past history of South Africa.

Howard Timmins, 1983 Hardcover with dustjacket in very good condition. The endeavour of the 1820 settlers to build a harbour at Kowie River.  The author,who was a Lieut.in the Royal Navy in the last war,has spent years of research in obtaining the fascinating material contained in this history of Port Alfred. (Please see thumbnails for all photographs relating to the condition of this book) Please note that, where applicable, all dustjackets will be covered with a clear removable film before shipping - they have been photographed without the protective film in order to more accurately represent them.      

-The Endeavour of the 1820 Settlers to Build a Harbour at Kowie River-Price: R260.00Edition: First edition, second impressionPublished: 1983Publisher: Howard TimminsISBN: 0869782444Condition: Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket shows very minor signs of use and is covered with a plastic sleeve. Hard cover has minor scuff marks along the top and bottom edges. Internally some foxing on the insides of the boards, but otherwise very clean and tightly bound.

About the product Signed by the author on the front pastedown. Number 305 of an edition limited to 1200 copies. 4to; original buff boards; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (viii) + 136; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, with trace of edge-wear; light bump to tail of spine; occasional fox spot. Very good condition.". it is a story that is unique, because the things that went on there could not possibly have happened in any other part of the world. It was as long ago as 1820 that the first attempts were made to establish a harbour and it was not abandoned for nearly a century, yet at one time there were as many as a dozen ships in the harbour".