Ten Years North of the Orange River.
by MacKenzie, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Frank Cass & Company. A story of everyday life and work among the South African Tribes from 1859 - 1869. As a young missionary in Bechuanaland, John MacKenzie witnessed the life of the Tswana tribes as the presence of white Boer farmers, traders and missionaries migrated inland. An important source on Ngwato history and culture. Bookplate on front fixed end paper. Some light thumbing. 523 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 2nd Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair. Lacks footer. Chipping with small open and closed tears to the header and top edge. Binding: Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with mild edge-wear. Gilt lettering to the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306415
- Title
- Ten Years North of the Orange River.
- Author
- MacKenzie, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frank Cass & Company
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africana; Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
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:
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....