Diary of a Journey to the Cape of Good Hope and the Interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803
by Uitenhage de Mist, Augusta
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1954). 12mo; marbled boards with white rexine gilt-lettered back; publisher's monogram in gilt to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. 57; plates; map. Extremities rubbed, especially to top fore-corners of boards; gift inscription to front free endpaper; endpapers a little foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good. Introduction by Edmund H. Burrows. Unmarried daughter of the widowed Commissary-General of the Batavian Republic, Augusta Uitenhage de Mist accompanied her father on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, followed by a tour of that colony. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13052
- Title
- Diary of a Journey to the Cape of Good Hope and the Interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803
- Author
- Uitenhage de Mist, Augusta
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1954)
- Keywords
- Batavian Republic. Lichtenstein. Uitenhage. Diaries Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled boards
- ...