The Story of Kingsley Fairbridge by Himself (1938)

Fairbridge, Kingsley

Description:

Brown design and lettering on buff cloth-boards. Brown printed endpapers showing a map by R W Fairbridge of "Part of Rhodesia as Kingsley Fairbridge knew it". viii + 184 pp + 32 pp of halftone plates.

The cover corners are bumped. The spine is frayed and has 1 cm and 4 cm tears at head and foot respectively. The binding is tight. There is the same owner's name on both pastedowns. The contents are sound and undiscoloured.

Born in Grahamstown, Kingsley Fairbridge spent most of his life in the Rhodsian highlands. He died in 1924 at the early age of 39. The epilogue is by R E Fairbridge.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1938
  • Edition: Second impression of first illustrated edition
  • Binding Condition: Fair to Good
  • Overall Condition: Good +
  • Size: 195 x 140
  • Lot No: 4
  • Hammer Price: $23
  • Bids: 3
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  • Estimate: $30
  • Reserve: $20

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