In Search of South Africa (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

Morton, H.V.

Description:

Travelling in and assessing South Africa in 1948. No. 250 of 500 LIMITED and SIGNED copies. pp. [xiii] frontis., prelims + 368 text, index + colour illustrations (unpaginated). Blue cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt titling on red title label to spine. Upper text block edge gilt, fore edge shows some foxing. Maps on endpapers. Slight water damage to fore edge of frontis. Internally a clean copy.

Details:

  • Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1948
  • Edition: Limited Edition
  • Jacket Condition: No DJ
  • Binding Condition: Very Good+
  • Overall Condition: Very Good+
  • Size: 220mm x 150mm x 40mm
  • Lot No: 256
  • Hammer Price: $75
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 26
  • Estimate: $150
  • Reserve: $75

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  • Name: Richmond Books and Prints
  • Address: 24-28 Loop Street & 15 Spring Street, Richmond, Northern Cape
  • Contact Person: John Donaldson
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: booktownrichmond@hotmail.com
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  • Trade Association: AA Approved
  • Additional Information: A few years ago the town of Richmond in the Great Karoo was established as the first Booktown in the country and on the continent. Richmond Books and Prints is the cornerstone of this endeavour. We specialise in Africana with a focus on early travellers, explorers, hunters and missionaries; South African fauna and flora, fiction, bibliographies, history, the Anglo Boer war and Rhodesia. Apart from our Africana collection, our bookshops in Richmond - which consist of four Karoo-style houses, six converted stables and other outbuildings - house used books ranging from Afrikaans, Art, Aviation, Biographies, Cuisine, English fiction, History, Natural History, Religion, Sport, Trains & Railways, Warfare to Youth literature. We welcome visitors with a love of books to our bookshops and to this unique part of our country. We are open from Mondays to Saturdays from 09h00 – 17h00 and on Sundays by appointment.