Badoli the Ox. A Story of the Amaxosa
by Bourke, Myles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Howard Timmins, C1940. 6 folk stories from the Amaxosa, Basuto, Zulus and the Shangaan. Brightly coloured illustrations protected with tissue guard. Some light foxing to the prelims and all edges. Some scattered light cockling to the upper corners. 222 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair to poor. Open tears to spine edges and read cover. Cockling and creasing. Closed tears and folds reinforced with clear tape on the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Green cloth with some light edge-wear to extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304151
- Title
- Badoli the Ox. A Story of the Amaxosa
- Author
- Bourke, Myles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Howard Timmins
- Date Published
- C1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
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Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....