Jungle Pathfinder. The Biography of Chirupula Stephenson
by Rukavina, Kathaleen Stevens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Hutchinson, 1951). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 252; plates, incl. frontis. portrait. Spine sunned, with dulled lettering; some silverfish stippling to cloth; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; scattered, moderate foxing. Good condition. "I first heard of Chirupula when I was thirteen years old. Some Rhodesian old timers, drinking tea or sundowners on our screened verandah at Broken Hill, let drop his name, or, rather, that of his valley kingdom, Chiwefwe, a strange domain that lay north-east of us, deep in Lala country. Chiwefwe! A provocative name, whispered the way it was, and I cocked my ear whenever mention of it came up." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12434
- Title
- Jungle Pathfinder. The Biography of Chirupula Stephenson
- Author
- Rukavina, Kathaleen Stevens
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Hutchinson, 1951)
- Keywords
- Northern Rhodesia. Broken Hill. Kabwe Zambia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Zambia;
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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.
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...