36 pages of sepia-toned full-page and other photographs of Cape Town and the peninsula, 3pages of commercial advertisements and others on the inside covers, some of the photographs are attributed to photographers such as Arthur Elliott (including a series of interior views of Groote Schuur house), T.D. Ravenscroft and E.J. Steer, the centre double-page spread is a fine panorama of Table Mountain with the city laid out before it, bound in decorated brown card covers with a photograph of yachts in Table Bay tipped onto the upper cover, the full-page advertisements include The Caledon Baths, Garlick’s Store, Civil Service Stores of S.A. Ltd. and Jones’ Rheumaticuro, The Great South African Remedy. Stapled binding, the covers are slightly rubbed, soiling in the centre margins of the large panorama.
A South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 463, describes a first issue with hard yellow covers but does not include this issue in the light card wrappers. No publication date is given but the South African Library accession date in 9.11.1911
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: Oblong 4to (245 x 230 mm)
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