Better than they knew. Volume II
by de Villiers, R. M. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Purnell, 1974) 360002781. 8vo; original burgundy boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 214; map; plates. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel, slightly rubbed; boards a little shelf-rubbed; trace of foxing to endpapers. Good to very good condition. "This is the second volume of a book which seeks to tell something of the contribution made to modern South Africa by English-speaking men and women, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ... The field has now been extended to the law, the Press, university education, finance - industry - mining, architecture and the Church. Once again the authors include experts in their own fields and they write short profiles of their subjects to tell the story." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13023
- Title
- Better than they knew. Volume II
- Author
- de Villiers, R. M. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Purnell, 1974) 360002781
- Keywords
- English-speaking South Africans. 1820 Settlers South African History
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African History;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Sunned
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- Dustwrapper
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