Search Results: Miscellaneous from Quagga Books

1940. Cloth binding with embossed title. Binding is firm but worn, with some discolouration to the spine. Tropical worm damage having the appearance of small ink spots.. Historico Fotografico Constituciones De Cuba 1868-1901-1940

A collection of music scores from 1800s bound in marbled boards. Handwritten list of contents on the front fep. Long split to the hinge of the front board. Top of spine and headband fragile. Tide mark to the score sheet, 'The Soldier's Tear'.

Ward, Lock & Co. A little volume of simple drawing-room and sleight of hand tricks. Tricks involving cards, coins, handkerchief, chemical, parlour and hat tricks, mesmeric, magnetic, misellaneous and matches tricks. Nearly 200 hundred illustrations from photographs. Foxing throughout and to all edges. Shaken. Some repairs to page 73. Inscription on title page. 222 Pages. Condition: Fair to poor. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with edge-wear, splitting to the upper and lower spine edges. Fraying at the corners. Dent to front cover causing some splitting of the cloth.

Michaelis School of Fine Art, 1995. The yearbook of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. Vol.4: 1994/95

Michaelis School of Fine Art, 1993. The yearbook of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. Vol. 3: 1992/93

The Royal Philatelic Society, 1945. Signed and numbered subscriber's edition (63/200) bound in blue cloth covered boards, with gilt titles to top board and spine. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Boards lightly rubbed, browning to endpapers and shelfwear to board edges, else a VG copy.

The White Fathers. From the Chilubula Mission in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). Small tidemark to the lower edges from Prelims to Page 11. Small split to front end papers at the gutter. Title piece pasted onto spine. 1505 pages. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth spine with edge-wear and some splitting at the side of the spine. Paper covered boards.

A D Donker (Pty) Ltd. From the fly-leaf: "... the story of the people who creative it - the visionaries who were its inspiration; the actors and directors and writers who gave it its artistic life and the benefactors who fed into it its financial lifeblood." Inscribed to Percy Tucker by the author. 280 Pages. Contents clean and tightly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Poor. Front fly-leaf detached. Very large tear across the front cover and down the spine edge. Heavy edge-wear with a number of closed tears and nicks along the top edge. Creasing. Binding: Hardcover. Edge-wear to boards with a 3cm split on the lower edge of the spine.

S W A Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft. Text: German, English and Afrikaans. This bibliography is by no means complete but does provide an overview of the publications and other literature available on South West African flora. Will be of use to those interested in botany. 236 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin Card-wraps with light edge-wear and insect nibbling on both covers and spine.

Committee of the SWA Scientific Society. 2000 titles (closed 1966). Alphabetical index of authors. Publication titles in English and German. Some highlighting. 152 Pages. Condition: Good. Dust jacket; Paperwraps. Some light edge-wear with rubbing. Binding: Softcover.

Bitterkomix Pulp CC. A very good copy with a 1 x 1cm ink stain in the gutter, leaching through all the pages. Condition: Very good. Binding: Card wraps. Edge-wear, light creasing with abrasions.

Bitterkomix Pulp CC. Inscribed on the first page "For George met baie liefde, Konradski!!'. With a small drawing in blue ink. Some light wear to the wraps and a slight curve to the spine. Condition: Very good. Binding: Card wraps. Edge-wear, light creasing with abrasions.

Bitterkomix Pulp CC. A very good copy with a 1 x 1cm ink stain in the gutter, leaching through all the pages.

West Publishers. Inscribed and signed by the author. Text: Afrikaans. Documenting the 350 year history and bloodlines of the horse breeds in South Africa. Some light thumbing to page edges. 542 Pages. This is a heavy book and will incur additional shipping. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. 4.5cm closed tear to footer. Some edge-wear to top edge. Binding: Hardcover. Faux leather boards in good condition.

Government of India Press. On 19 September 1926, A South African Government delegation, led by F. W. Beyers, the Minister of Mines and Industry, in the Hertzog Government, and Patrick Duncan, the Minister of the Interior in the previous Smuts Government, arrived in India at the invitation of the Indian Government. This 98 page booklet gives various details and statistics on the places they visited. Bound in blue leather with light edgewear and fading to the spine.

Bringing Up Baby Project. A thin catalogue to accompany the exhibition of motherhood and pregnancy. Artists include Jane Alexander, Robyn Alexander, Terry Kurgan, Saina Mabunda and Browen Findlay, etc al. Some light marginalia. 44 Pages. Binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thick card-wraps. Edge-wear and light soiling to covers. Light abrasions to spine.

Collectors Mail Auctions (Pty) Ltd. A compact and invaluable asset to all Basutoland Postmark Collectors. Many illustrations. Historical photographs. Foldout map of Lesotho at the rear. Foxing to to front and rear prelims. Light foxing to all edges. 294 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Edge-wear. A number of 1cm closed tears to edges. Creasing and rubbing. Discolouration marks from old cellotape on the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Faux leather boards with mild edge-wear.

Jonathan Ball. A selection of writing from 30 authors about South Africa from the earliest encounters between colonists and original inhabitants to the discovery of wealth on the diamond and gold fields, from the Boer War to the tragedy of apartheid. 510 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Mild edge-wear.

American College of Surgeons, 1960. Bound in red cloth with gilt device to front board and gilt lettering to spine. With b/w frontis and b/w plates. Occasional foxing, especially to the prelims. Scratch marks to front and back boards. Overall a VG copy.

Conran Octopus Limited. 240 colour photographs with imaginative ideas for displaying collections in an interior. A visual sourcebook which will inspire collectors. Previous owner's name on the front fep. 192 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good+. Light edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Edge-wear with a few shallow indents on the edges.