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   TITLE:  FIRST GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS BY LEONARD GILL DESCRIPTION: HARDCOVER 1964. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME INSIDE. EDGEWE AR & TEAR AS IN PHOTO. PREVIOUS OWNER'S INSCRIPTION INSIDE. FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION. POSTAGE:   PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD POSTAGE WHEN MAKING PAYMENT    

 First edition, first impression of the author's first book. Published by Collins in 1937. Book is the variant with the map end-papers showing an Indian rhino in Africa. Clean copy with a former owner's name on the verso of the half-title page. Cloete's famous novel about the Voortrekkers.

  First edition, first impression published by Jonathan Cape in 1935. Book has been rebound in black pigskin leather. Contents clean except for a contemporary owner's name on the front end paper.

 First edition, first impression published by Herbert Jenkins in 1955. Book is clean and square except for a contemporary owner's gift inscription on the front end paper. Dust jacket in good condition although price clipped and a small chip at the spine tail.

One Life   by Christiaan Barnard and Curtis B Pepper FIRST EDITION The autobiography and story of Chris Barnard and his earlier years when he performed the first human heart transplant. Black and white photos. Howard Timmins 1969, FIRST EDITION, 192p., Condition:   hard cover  spine of cover   loose, no dust jacket, slight edge frayed, age yellowing, good condition. Name of previous owner on frontispage. Packaging and Postage R55 (in S.A.)   POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH A S TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE. Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R55 and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page. I can also post your book(s) at POSTNET at R99 (under 5 kilograms). You will receive it within four days at your nearest town or city post Net.  SAVE ON POSTAGE BY ORDERING MORE THAN ONE ITEM FROM US!!!   

 "Voyage de Mr. Le Vaillant dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique par Le Cap De Bonne-Esperance, dans les Annees 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84, & 85."  Mr. Le Vaillant's Travels to the interior of South Africa from the Cape of Good Hope, in the years 1780 - 85. First edition of Le Vaillant's famous work, published at Liege in 1790 by the printers of Le Journal General de L'Europe. The two volumes are complete with all twelve plates and fold-out plates present. Volume I, 341pp. Volume II 359pp. The two books are in excellent condition with clean, fresh pages, no inscriptions and no tears. The text is clean and the text block is square. There are only two defects on these two copies: a). the missing leather backstrips on the spine which can easily and esthetically be replaced by a skilled bookbinder, and b). a former owner's bookplates have been removed, but this can be replaced with a new bookplate. This copy contains what is known amongst collectors as the "suppressed plate". Mendelssohn describes it as follows: 'Among the plates in these volumes is that of "A Hottentot Woman," showing the peculiar conformation sometimes found in females of this race. This plate was afterwards suppressed, and in other editions it has been replaced by an illustration entitled "A dangerous attack of a Tiger." Another source states that this plate is "sometimes found painted over or with an apron of fur and beads added," the plate in this copy, however, has escaped 18th century censure (see below). During a visit to one of the isolated Hottentot tribes in the far interior of the country Le Vaillant's keen ornithologist's eye noticed a young Gonaqua girl and he spends a considerable part of the second volume rhapsodizing about her elegance and beauty. He describes in detail their fascination - infatuation, even - with each other, yet frequently feels compelled to mention to his european readers that their flirtations were "entirely innocent". On one occasion he asked her what her name was and upon hearing it decided that it was decidedly unpronounceable. Consequently he renamed her "Narina", which was the Hottentot word for flower. Although the 18th century copperplate engraving of Narina is rather crudely executed, her elegance and beauty is still quite apparent (see below). An interesting hunt of the now extinct Cape Blue Buck is described in the early part of the first volume. This happened just past the Botrivier (Hermanus district) and Le Vaillant made a sketch of the beast on the spot, noting that it is the most beautiful antelope species he had ever seen. His sketch of the animal is one of the few examples drawn from life that have remained. He would of course not have known what the ultimate fate of this antelope species would be, and the modern reader can find it a bit frustrating how he describes in detail the habits of animals that are still common today - his preoccupation with Giraffes being but one example - but only gives a cursory comment about animals that have long since disappeared, like the Quagga, the Cape Lion and the Blue Buck. levaillant    

Burgers daughter by Nadine Gordimer FIRST EDITION Burger’s Daughter i s a novel set in the turbulent political environment that has culminated in present day South Africa: Nadine Gordimer’s subtle, fastidiously crafted prose brings this engrossing narrative to a triumphant conclusion. Jonathan Cape, London, FIRST EDITION 1979. 361P Condition: Hard cover, dust jacket, good condition, Name of previous owner on frontispage. Packaging and Postage R55 (in S.A.) POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON FRIDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE. Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R55, and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.  

Harley Davidson Owner's Manual 1998 A first edition softcover published by Harley Davidson in 1998 Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, official Harley Book Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation Abe #

Publisher: A. P. B. Bookstore (1949) ISBN: N/A Condition: Good. Cover has some light edgewear. Spine has a small tear at the top, probably due to shelfwear. There is some staining on spine, and some creasing along the back cover edge. Mark in pencil on front paste-down. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, along with a faint crease which has also extended to the title page and first few pages of the text. Small mark in pencil on back free endpaper. Part of the back paste-down has been torn off (please see pictures). The text is still clear and sharp.  Binding:Hardcover without DJ Pages: 278 Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 2.7cm SKU: IZ0205 Weight: 0.4kg Price: R325.00 +++ by Herman Charles Bosman +++ Bosman's stark novel about life in a South African prison, based on his own experiences. A first edition copy.

Springs in the Valley by Mrs. C Cowman Religious diary.FIRST EDITION Illustration of title  page  Published by the Oriental Missionary Society, California, 1939, 371p. Condition: Hard cover, No dust jacket. Age yellowing and slight binding fraying name and message of previous owner on frontispages.   Postage R55 (In SA). POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON FRIDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE.  Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R55, and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.  

Hardback. English. David Phillip. 1992. First Edition. In good condition. Previous owner's sticker inside.

   TITLE:   OXFORD DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES AUTHOR:    PATRICK HANKS AND FLAVIA  HODGES DESCRIPTION: SOFT COVER WITH SOME EDGE WEAR. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME INSCRIBED INSIDE FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION.

Onse Hymie - Etienne Leroux - First Edition Please note pen marks and previous owner's name have bee tippexed out The images below form part of the description Hardcover with Dust Jacket  I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number. Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment              

After The First Death - Robert Cormier by Robert Cormier Lions Tracks 1991 Softcover 184 pages ISBN 978-0-0067-1705-8 Mild wear. Wear to corners and edges.  Some chafing on covers. Folds in covers.  Name of previous owner written inside, minor other entries.  All text readable.  

Publisher: Oxford University Press (1937) ISBN: N/A Condition: Good. Boards have some rubbing and edgewear. The spine has been torn off, but the boards are still bound to the volume. Previous owners' signatures to front pastedown and free endpaper, including small pasted paper slip with owner's signature. Crack between frontispiece and title page. Text and illustrations are clean and clear. Binding: Hardcover without DJ Pages: 255 Dimensions: 18.7 x 13.5 x 3.4cm SKU: IZ1287 Weight: 0.4kg Price: R150.00 +++ by Captain W. E. Johns +++ Biggles: Air Commodore (First Edition 1937) by Captain W. E. Johns.

These are in wonderful unread condition. The slight discolouration you see is the natural aging tone to the calf skin vellum.   34 volumes, octavo. Original full vellum with 22-carat gold blocking, including titles to spines, armorial device to front boards and ruling to spines and front boards, gilt edges, marbled end-papers, printed on Archive Long-Life Text Paper. Illustrations throughout. Each book has it's own green sleeve. Typical natural variation to the tone of the vellum bindings but overall a bright set. The first collected works of Sir Winston Churchill. The Centenary Edition is the only full collected works of Winston Churchill, reproducing his 50 books in 34 volumes. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3,000 sets could be completed, so "the print run never exceeded 2,000 copies and only 1,750 sets were ever published ". five million words in 19,000 pages,. Be the only owner in SA to own this beautiful set. Double value in 10 years. Great investment.

Old Swakopmund Today - Christine Marais - First Edition Marais, Christine (illustrations), and Karin Fischer-Buder (text and historical research) Laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers. Previous owner ink inscription inside ffep. Charming ink and wash drawings of the architectural highlights of the town, with a map.  This book records and preserves the character of old Swakopmund, not only for the people of Namibia but also for tourists visiting the country. Condition:  As new.  Near Fine.

BOOK IN FAIR CONDITION: DUST COVER IS PLASTIC PROTECTED: PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME WRITTEN IN FRONT PAGE.

Hardcover published by Purnell, copyright date 1971. The jacket is whole, with only minor wear to the edges in places, and some rubbing on the faces. The boards are clean and square. The name of a previous owner is written in pen on the inside front board. All pages are otherwise in an almost as-new condition.

America Discovered by The Welsh in 1170 AD by Rev. Benjamin F. Bowen, 1876 Published in Philadelphia by J.B.Lippincott & Co, 1876 - 2nd American Edition. (first edition: 1875) 184 pages Hardcover, brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine, brown end paper in front and back, mesh exposed slightly at title page, a few pages loose (but not coming apart), some foxing. First owner's signature, date and an older ownership stamp on first page. Spine presenting some rubbing and a few scratches, top corner of spine is damaged (see pictures). The edges of the cover are rubbed. Tight binding. Good condition giving the age of the book. This 184 pp. book on Prince Madoc or Madog ap Owain gives some unique First Nation American lore here. Out of context the story of the son of Owain Gwynedd is seen as unlikely at best but Prince Madoc's Irish Viking side has Iceland and Newfoundland relations easily overlooked. Highly Collectible and scarce!    Please judge from pictures:       Please note: Payment must be made within three days of auction close.    Please have a look at all my Items here!!  

I have a 2014 dodge journey 3.6 L 208 KW for sale it only has 16000 on the clock and is basically brand new, it has its full service history at dodge and I was the first owner from new. this is a very lovely family SUV with lots of power and comfort.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days "A story of social change and the evolution of a neighbourhood, full of human interest and the richness and sadness of the passing of time - I loved the irrepressible character who combined the skills of barrister, chef and advertising genius, and the poor first owner with her aesthetic aspirations and her artwork - the kind of history we imagine for our houses (but not so fully), assembled from small relics and suggestions." - Margaret Drabble In a vivid blend of history and fiction, Clare Hastings tells the story of a house in London's Little Chelsea - the house in which she lives - and its inhabitants, from 1873, when it was `topped out', to the 1930s. Detailed in the census records and other sources, these very real residents - ranging from bodice-makers by way of booksellers (and a bigamist) to that glamorous, though unemployed, Irish barrister - are all now long gone, but their footsteps are etched into the floorboards at Finborough Road, and into the imagination of the author. In these pages, Clare Hastings's warmth, humour and compelling storytelling bring them back to life. Features Summary A unique history of a Victorian house, brought to life in a witty and compelling fictional form Author Clare Hastings Publisher Pimpernel Press Release date 20180816 Pages 176 ISBN 1-910258-96-2 ISBN 13 978-1-910258-96-5

First edition, first impression published by Collins in 1944. Book is clean and square with only a former owner's name crossed out on the front paste down and a small former bookseller's rubber stamp at the bottom of the front end paper. Jacket has some age associated edge wear. An early Collins Crime Club novel.

  First edition, second impression. Published by Collins in 1939. Contents clean with former owner's bookplate on the front paste down. Jacket is worn and tired. Signed and dated on the title page by the author.  

First Edition, Second Impression. Elek Books Limited, London. 1957. Hard Cover, Red Cloth Boards, gilt title, author and publisher to spine, Head of front board is bumped, head and tail of spine bumped, slightest of fading to spine. Front free end paper has a blind stamped former owners name and address, another former owner has also written in their name. binding is tight and pages clean, head of book block is a little dust stained. Pictorial Dust Jacket is price clipped and chipped and torn with a few long tears, bumped, scuffed and creased. Numerous black and white photographic plates.

 First Edition, Simpkin Marshall, LTD. London, 1931.   Hard Cover, blue cloth boards, Gilt title to upper board, gilt title, author and publisher to spine (gilt is faded). boards are warped, bumped, scuffed, soiled and cloth is wearing through in places, endpapers are browning, soiled and have water marks. binding a little shaky, has black and white frontis, and other black and white illustrations. Story of the 'Torrens' [1875-1910]- the last full-rigged composite passenger clipper ever launched, and of her owner/master, Captain Henry Robert Angel. To this is added an account of the author's steamship travels in convoy from Port Said to London, through the submarine-infested Mediterranean, during the Great War. Scarce and collectible.        

First Edition, William Heinemann, London. 2007. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good shelf wear only. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black boards with Gold Print along the Spine.  Copy like new, pages very tight. No Previous owner's inscriptions book is clean, 314 pages, b/w illustrations. Wangari Maathai Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.

 First Edition, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London. 1939   Hard Cover Orange cloth boards, Black title, author and publisher to spine, boards bumped with some shelf scuffing. ffep has previous owner's signature. Dust Jacket, bumped scuffed and chipped with minor lossand small closed tear. 206pp + a single sheet of publisher's advertisements. Thirty-eight stories, originally printed in the 'Manchester Guardian'      

 First Edition, Eva Svensson, Westerham Press, 1977.   Paperback, white card cover slightly soiled, no printing, ffep is also half-title page, has a former bookpalate which had been removed, previous owner stuck a label sticker over this, frontispiece is portrait of JBM Coates. Dust Jacket is hard card, printed with logo, title and author to front, and title and author along the spine.        

First Edition, Heinemann, London, 1962. Hard Cover, Tan cloth boards, white title, author and publisher to spine, publisher's blind stamped logo to back board, boards are bumped and scuffed, some staining to spine, and spine hinges, some spotting to end papers, ffep has gift inscription and signed by the author April 17th 1963. Frontis piece is a portrait of the subject, (Francis Brett Young) title page has some spotting. Previous owner has corrected the spelling of certain misspelled words in the text, on pages15, 45, 122, 170, 175, 248. Dust Jacket is bumped, scuffed and chipped, with two short closed tears one on the rear wrap and one on the upper wrap. Signed and inscribed by the author.