Two years ago condition

  Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr., edited by Charles W. Eliot  Title:      Two Years Before the Mast, and Twenty-Four Years After  ISBN: none  Library of Congress Cat. No.: none  Publisher/place:  P.F. Collier and Son, New York  This Edition: The Harvard Classics series; registered, deluxe edition, 62nd printing  Year of Publication: 1969  First Published:  1840  Binding: hardcover Dustjacket: n/a  Number of pages:  405  Weight: 633g  Condition:  Beautiful vintage copy, faux leather, in excellent condition throughout. 

About the product Number 458 of an edition limited to 510 copies. Text facsimile of the Saul Solomon printing of 1885. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with publisher's device in blind to upper cover; pp. (vi) + 107 + (i) + 5, incl. index. Occasional fox spot. Near-fine condition."Louis Henry Meurant combined enterprise and ability with high ideals, and his activities during his long and varied life illuminate many aspects of the history of South Africa during the nineteenth Century.. In 1828 he moved to Graaff-Reinet, and from there accompanied a party of hunters across the Orange River. On his return he bought the printing press of Godlonton and Stringfellow, which had previously been confiscated by Governor Donkin, and set up a Printing Works in Grahamstown, when only twenty years of age. The border Settlers immediately implored him to bring out a newspaper, and he decided to establish the Graham's Town Journal. Sixty Years Ago gives an interesting account of all that this involved, and includes many light-hearted anecdotes of life on the frontier in those perilous days. The first number appeared on December 30th 1831, and in 1832 Godlonton joined Meurant as partner, and was thus re-united with the printing press that had originally been his." L. H. Meurant: Sixty Years Ago; or, Reminiscences of the Struggle for the Freedom of the Press in South Africa and the Establishment of the First Newspaper in the Eastern Province

Into the Millennium Anglo Boer War Today and 100 Years Ago Compiled by: Maureen Richards The images provided form part of the description Hardcover with no 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. For Book Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment  

 Life at the Cape over a hundred years ago - By a lady - Illustrations by Thomas Bowler - Struik - 1998 - Paperback in god, clean and tight condition.  

About the product Small 8vo; original paper over boards, with pictorial onlay and title label on spine, a little sunned, and slightly worn at extremities; past owner's hand stamp on front free endpaper; pp. viii + 108; some browning to endpapers; black-and-white plates. Good condition."The Cambridge undergraduate of to-day would hardly recognise his prototype of a hundred years ago, if the latter could be brought to life. The past century has wrought a vast change in his appearance, vernacular, sobriety, diversions, and general behaviour. We can congratulate ourselves, however, that a better type has been evolved, although we can still recognise to-day modified (and improved) specimens of the men who were in residence in the early twenties." Books: The Cambridge Undergraduate 100 Years Ago. Compiled, with Extracts and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources by Oskar Teichman D.S.O., M.C., M.A.

The history of the establishment of the first S A Newspaper and the struggle of the freedom of the press. Hardcover. English. Africana Connoisseur Press. 1963. ISBN: 0. 107 pp plus index. Very good condition in hardcover, no dw. Book No: 1024062

 Two Red Shoes by Vivien Kelly   Twenty years ago, Nicholas began a journey. Now he’s about to come full circle. When Nicholas was four years old his mother led him away from his father and his Ukrainian home and eventually to a new life in Britain where his only friend is the effervescent, headstrong Faye. But she too moves away and Nicholas is left alone. For years he dreams of Faye his first and best friend but when they finally meet again, neither is sure about the other. Nicholas is not even sure he recognizes the girl who once filled his head.  

  When a blackened skeleton is unearthed on a building site in the City of London, no one can have the slightest idea of its extraordinary link to a plot to assassinate the Queen of England over 500 years ago. But there is one very conspicuous clue. On the index finger of the body's right hand is a gold ring topped with a brilliant, round emerald. DCI Jack Pendragon has just transferred from Oxford to Brick Lane Police Station - in part to escape his own past. Immediately, he finds himself investigating three particularly gruesome murders. And he will need all the experience he has acquired from two decades on the force to track down a killer for whom an eerie obsession has become total madness. A killer who draws his murderous inspiration from a Renaissance family whose power and cruelty remain a living legend.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning `red pine', and Oumi, `blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, `white root', and Kurono, `black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki's friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimate connections with anyone. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago. Features Summary A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school... Author Haruki Murakami (Author), Philip Gabriel (Translator) Publisher Vintage Release date 20150601 Pages 298 ISBN 0-09-959037-9 ISBN 13 978-0-09-959037-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for students while making it easy for you to develop their reading and language skills. Listen along with downloadable MP3 Audio. Features Summary Ariadne's story is one woman's tale of secret love, adventure and of escape - both from danger and from a life that she wanted to leave far behind her - many years ago in Ancient Greece... Author Joyce Hannam Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20160215 ISBN 0-19-463955-X ISBN 13 978-0-19-463955-2

 TWO VOLUMES - GOOD CONDITION - SOME WEAR TO DUST WRAPPER - FOLD OUT COLOUR MAP - BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRTIONS -  AFRICANA REPRINT LIBRARY - PUBLISHED AFRICANA BOOK SOCIETY 1975 & 1976 - FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF 1881 EDITION.

A firsthand observer weighs the achievements-and failures-of two fabled American presidents As a young White House correspondent during the Kennedy and Johnson years in Washington, D.C., Godfrey Hodgson had a ringside seat covering the last two great presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, two men who could not have been more different. Kennedy's wit and dashing style, his renown as a national war hero, and his Ivy League Boston Brahmin background stood in sharp contrast to Lyndon Johnson's rural, humble origins in Texas, his blunt, forceful (but effective) political style, his lackluster career in the navy, and his grassroots populist instincts. Hodgson, a sharp-eyed witness throughout the tenure of these two great men, now offers us a new perspective enriched by his reflections since that time a half-century ago. He offers us a fresh, dispassionate contrast of these two great men by stripping away the myths to assess their achievements, ultimately asking whether Johnson has been misjudged. He suggests that LBJ be given his due by history, arguing that he was as great a president as, perhaps even greater than, JFK. The seed that grew into this book was the author's early perception that JFK's performance in office was largely overrated while LBJ's was consistently underrated. Hodgson asks key questions: If Kennedy had lived, would he have matched Johnson's ambitious Great Society achievements? Would he have avoided Johnson's disastrous commitment in Vietnam? Would Nixon have been elected his successor, and if not, how would American politics and parties look today? Hodgson combines lively anecdotes with sober analyses to arrive at new conclusions about the U.S. presidency and two of the most charismatic figures ever to govern from the Oval Office. Format:Paperback

TW Griggs, 1974 - facsimile of the 1929 edition - limited edition 983/1000 Hardcover with jacket in good condition. There is some edgewear to the jacket which is price clipped. There is a gift inscription present. Pages are slightly tanned First published in 1929 this fine book gives and intimate picture of the early years of South Africa - the Boer War etc. and discusses many famous people of the time.  (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.      

No space on Long Street Marshrose two plays by Pieter Dirk Uys   Signed copy. First edition In this a one-man show, Uys presents a variety of characters... all of them the leading actor in their own play. It gives also an insight in the early years of the early years when the Space Theatre opened its doors in Cape Town. No Space on Long Street is a celebration of this era   and also a salute to Long Street where Pieter-Dirk Uys lived and worked   during working years at the Space Theatre, and got to know the people who lived there. Compress 1999, 144p. First edition Condition: soft cover, slight edge frayed, but else very good condition. Uys   Signed on title page Packaging and Postage R52 (in S.A.)   POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS 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 R52, and R10 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.   SAVE ON POSTAGE BY ORDERING MORE THAN ONE ITEM FROM 

Nederburg - The First Two Hundred Years. Struik, Winchester. 1992. Large hard cover with slip case. 231 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Small ink mark on front endpaper. Over 1kg. Text by Phillida Brooke Simons, photographs by Alain Proust.  Produced to celebrate the 1992 bicentenary of one of the best vineyards in the world. Lavishly illustrated throughout.