UNDER LION'S HEAD

Murray (M.)

Description:

168 pages, colour frontispiece, 60 illustrations, double page map, pictorial paper-covered boards, small cellotape marks on endpapers, light foxing on preliminary pages, overall a good copy.

'Marischal Murray has pieced together the forgotten stories of the old estates, of Van Riebeeck's first farm "behind the Lion mountain", of Bellwood, Fresnaye, Albany, ... and many others, ... of the seaside homes ... of the Common, the lighthouses, Signal Hill, churches, schools, horse-drawn trams and railways - all that paved the way for the metropolitan flatland of today....' Editor's note.

Details:

  • Publisher: A.A. Balkema
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1964
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 4to (275 x 217 mm)
  • Lot No: 223
  • Hammer Price: $32
  • Bids: 6
  • Visits: 74
  • Estimate: $30/40
  • Reserve: $20

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  • Name: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country of Origin: South Africa
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