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Publicity Department of the Railways and Harbour Administration, City of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa: Circa 1920, 155 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Light cover soiling, moderate wear on edges and spine. Content clean, binding strong.

Capetown, South Africa: Publicity Department of the Railways and Harbour Administration, City of Capetown, Capetown,, 1926. no date given; (circa 1926); lite wear at spine; 173+ clean, unmarked pages. 4th. Paperback. Very Good. 12 vo.

(Cape Town: The City of Capetown, and the Publicity Department of the Railways & Harbours Administration, 1926). 181 x 122 mm; pictorial card wrappers; pp. (ii) + vi + 175; plates; line drawings in text, and head-piece illustrations. Wrappers a little rubbed and a little soiled; backstrip worn, with small stain at tail; sporadic, moderate foxing. Good condition. (SABIB 2, p. 243 [earlier edition]) A remarkable little guide to Cape Town and surrounds, here in its fourth edition. .

(Cape Town: The City of Capetown, and the Publicity Department of the Railways & Harbours Administration, 1926). 181 x 122 mm; pictorial card wrappers; pp. (ii) + vi + 175; plates; line drawings in text, and head-piece illustrations. Wrappers a little rubbed and creased; discreet archival tape repair to fragile backstrip and to upper hinge; portion of front free endpaper torn away; scattered light foxing; some fishmothing to rear free endpaper. Good condition. (SABIB 2, p. 243 [earlier edition]) A remarkable little guide to Cape Town and surrounds, here in its fourth edition. .

1926. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 175 pages (complete). Boards worn, damaged on spine with some parts missing, markings. Foxing, top stain, markings. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Capetown, South Africa: The City of Capetown, 1926. Good trade paperback, 4th edition 1926. Spine creased, binding fragile. . Trade Paperback. Good.

Capetown: City of Capetown [1926], 4th edition. (Card covers) Very good. vi, 175pp. Illustrated coated white covers. Illustrations, plates. The cover is a bit worn, and some spotting to the edges. Locale: Cape of Good Hope--South Africa; Capetown--South Africa; South Africa. (Travel and Adventure, Handbook, Travel Guide).

Corporation of the City of Capetown / Cape Peninsula Publicity Association, 1909. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 220 pages plus advertising (complete). From the library of General Louis Botha (a label on the copyright page attests to this, and that the library was at his farm at Rusthof). The linen-card covers are much worn all about. The spine has user creases, wear about the seams. The covers have some scuffing, handling marks. They are comfortably secure. The contents are benign. They are foxed throughout. Aside from tanned pages fore and aft, the contents are clean, clear, thick, certain, companionable, convivial, tidy and generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Copyright of the Articles and Illustrations in this Volume are in every case strictly reserved. Compiled by J. R. Finch, Town Clerk. Printed by order of the Corporation of the City of Capetown by request of the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association under the direction of the Finance and City Lands Committee for the use of Visitors. City Hall, Capetown, August, 1909. De 19,3x13,5 cm. Com 220, xliv págs. Muito ilustrado em extratexto sobre papel couché reproduzindo numerosas fotografias de monumentos, paisagens, obras de arte, edifícios e cenas da vida urbana. Os extratextos numerados no fim do livro contém anúncios comerciais das empresas que participaram no financiamento da publicação. Encadernação da época, lombada em pele, com nervos. Título e decorações gravadas a ouro. Folhas de guarda em papel de fantasia. Exemplar preserva as capas de brochura. Com dedicatória ao capitão Vidal, Comandante do África, na frente da folha de guarda, datada Capetown, 19 de Agosto de 1909. Com… Read More

Capetown: Corporation of the City of Capetown, 1909 . Hardback. Good Only. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon early twentieth century guide to Cape Town, intended for visitors to the region. This work was compiled by Cape Town clerk, J. R. Finch, who gathers together a number of previously published articles on the history and topography of the city and surrounding region.Illustrated with a folding plate, and twenty-six double sided photographic plates. Collated, complete.With xliv pages of advertisements to the rear.With a small sticker to the head of the front free endpaper.Cape Town was a pioneer in advertising and promotional efforts to attract tourists, publishing a number of such guides. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Front wrap detached. Cracking and closed tears to back strip, with minor losses. Front free endpaper detached. Sticker and small closed loss to front free endpaper fore edge. Internally, binding a touch tender. Pages age toned due to paper type, with instances of… Read More