Under the Tablecloth. Papas looks at the Peninsula
by Papas, William (illustrator), and Aubrey Sussens (text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1952). Small 4to; original brown cloth, lettered in black on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 72; charming sketches. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn and sunned, with trace of damp-stain to tail of spine panel; earlier owner's hand-stamp to front free endpaper; endpapers a bit foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "William Papas and Aubrey Sussens take the reader on a haphazard jaunt around Cape Town, stopping at out-of-the-way places to record momentary impressions or to transcribe an eavesdropped conversation. It is a presentation of Cape Town as seen by two comparative strangers from the Transvaal who were drawn to the Cape by its warmhearted, white-gabled friendliness. Papas has attempted with his drawings to get between the covers of a book the history-soaked atmosphere of the city while Sussens has contributed legends and anecdotes to bring to life the personality and the personalities of a city three centuries old." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8916
- Title
- Under the Tablecloth. Papas looks at the Peninsula
- Author
- Papas, William (illustrator), and Aubrey Sussens (text)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1952)
- Keywords
- Local History. Sketches. Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
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.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...