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Thompson (George)

Description:

beschreven door George Thompson, Schildknaap, gedurende acht jaren bewoner van de Kaap; behelzende een overzigt over den tegenwoordigen toestand dier Kolonie; benevens eenige aanmerkingen over den aanwas en de vooruitzigten der Britsche landverhuizingen derwaarts. Uit het Engelsch vertaald.

2 volumes, I. xx, (ii), 439. II. x, 457 pages, aquatint frontispiece in each volume, 7 aquatint plates, folding plan of Cape Town – torn along the bottom fold, large folding map at the end of volume II – repaired along outer margin, old half brown cloth the red title labels on the spines, marbled paper sides, light foxing and browning of the text.

Details:

  • Publisher: W. van Boekeren
  • Publisher Place: Groningen
  • Date of Publication: 1828
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 134 mm)
  • Lot No: 359
  • Hammer Price: $400
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 25
  • Estimate: $500/600
  • Reserve: $400

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Seller Details:

  • Name: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Address: P.O. Box 186, Constantia, (Cape Town), 7848, South Africa
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: africana@clarkes.co.za
  • Website: www.clarkes.co.za
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard, Bank tranfers
  • Trade Association: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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    Phone: 0027 21 794 0600

    Founded in 1958, Clarkes specialises in Africana and general antiquarian books, prints, maps and ephemera. Africana Catalogues are issued four times a year. All subjects are covered including, African exploration and travel, missionary endeavour, ethnography, Bushmen and rock art, big-game hunting, military history, the Anglo Boer War, Boer War ephemera, Zulu War and the First World War in East Africa and South West Africa, natural history (botany, ornithology, etc.), Mining (particularly diamonds and gold), Natal & Zululand, Namibia, art & architecture, literature & politics. Also Maps, prints and ephemera. We offer an active search service for all antiquarian and secondhand books.