Search Results: Titles starting with G from Quagga Books

Winchester Press. No. 1576 of a limited edition of 5000 numbered volumes. A collection of 68 water-colours by C G Finch-Davies, originally commissioned to illustrate Lt.-Col. Boyd Robert Horsbrugh's 1912 volume of the same title. Collector's name on fep. 190 Pages. 1st Edition. Subscribers' Volume. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some edge-wear with foxing to the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with gilt.

AGRED. Featuring 62 species of gamebirds. Including species that are no longer hunted but included to emphasise their conservation. Includes a chapter on gamebird management. Mild thumbing. 302 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Very good condition. Gilt lettering.

Chris van Rensburg Publications. Signed by the author with the name of previous owner on the front fep. Covering aspects of shooting, conservation, ethics and the hunter, the gun, basic principles of shooting, shooting gamebirds and shooting with dogs. Lavishly illustrated. 135 Pages. Foxing to front and rear prelims. 1st Edition. Good. Good. Some edge-wear with foxing to verso. Hardcover. Some edge-wear.

Mouton & Co., 1975. Blue cloth boards. Slight discolouration to feps. Foxing to top edges of pages. Contents clean. Well bound copy.

New edition, revised and entirely remodelled under the direction and general editorship of William Watson. Vol. 1: Flower Garden. 10 full page colour plates and 12 black & white plates; Vol. 2: Fruit and Kitchen garden. 10 full page colour plates and 18 black & white plates. Numerous illustrations in the text. Foxing to front and rear prelims with some scattered foxing. Previous owner's initials on front prelims. These are heavy items and will incur additional shipping. Revised new edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Leather spine with cloth boards. Edge-wear to extremities. Some abrasions.

One half folio sheet, signed at the Castle 18 January 1800 by L Henry. Listing various battalions. Condition fair, paper worn and foxed with some fading to the ink.

Bengal Secretariat Press., 1894. The gazetteer gives historical, geographical, botanical and zoological accounts of Sikkim. With 21 plates and lacking 2 maps. Plate VII: frayed, chipped and separated into two sections. Plate XII: 10 cm tear to top left of page. Including annotated table, 2 prints and a sketch.

Perskor. Met 5 houtsneë deur Alice Goldin. Uitgegee op 15 Januarie 1984 ter herdenking van die tiende sterfdag van die digter Wilhelm Knobel (26 October 1935 - 4 Januarie 1974). Signed by author and illustrator on the half title. Numbered 7 or 25 copies with the five woodcuts by Goldin on handmade paper and signed and numbered (7/25) in pencil. Hand printed text by Phil du Plessis at his home in Kalk Bay. First edition, artist's book Fine Card wraps with a string binding.

Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel. Previous owner's name on front fep. Light foxing to top edge with two spots on the fore-edge. Tightly bound.

Nasionale Kultuurhistoriese en Opelugmuseum. Text: Afrikaans. A monograph of decorative medals described over a period on seventy years from 1884 to 1954. Numbered 377 of 2000 copies published. Some light foxing to edges of endpapers. Faint tidemark to prelims with some mild cockling to the outer page edges. Some minor foxing to a few of the pages, otherwise contents clean and tightly bound. 168 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Dent to the lower edge. Mild sunning to edges. Gilding bright.

Nasionale Kultuurhistoriese en Opelugmuseum. Text: Afrikaans. A monograph of decorative medals described over a period on seventy years from 1884 to 1954. Numbered 283 of 2000 copies published. A 2cm split to the binding on the top and lower edge of spine as well as a small open nick. Foxing to prelims and all edges. Some minor foxing to a few of the pages, otherwise contents clean and tightly bound.

Purnell and Sons (SA) Ptd Ltd. With 40 full colour plates and 80 b&w photographs, diagrams, maps and charts. Light foxing and edge-wear to rear fep. 268 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Good. Fair to good. Edge-wear to extremities with some abrasions and rubbing. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with some mild foxing to the verso.

Purnell and Sons (SA) Ptd Ltd. With 40 full colour plates and 80 b&w photographs, diagrams, maps and charts. Light foxing and edge-wear to rear fep. 268 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Good. Fair to good. Edge-wear to extremities with some abrasions and rubbing. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with some mild foxing to the verso.

The Blakiston Company, 1950. Inscribed by Dr Max Sandler as a gift from the author. (Garrison & Morton 6305 for the first edition of 1943)

Copied from the 1892 edition and signed and dated by the surveyor. Showing great detail of all farm names and boundries of this area of the Orange Free State. Sheet size: 66 x 88cm

Die Morester Drukkery. Text: Afrikaans. Biography. Together in Natal, Transvaal, Rebellion, South West Africa and Tanganyika. Numerous illustrations. 128 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Good. Softcover. Some light edge-wear.

Purnell. Published for the South African Historical Mint. The stories of 12 Boer and British Generals of the Anglo Boer War. Foxing to front and rear feps. 131 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Leather boards with gilt.

The Palestine Art Publishing Co. Ltd. Text: Hebrew/English. 25 coloured lithographs reproduced by the author. Issued by the Palestine Art Publishing Co. Ltd. Jerusalem. No published date. circa 1924. Publisher's device printed to inside covers and on title page. Mild scattered foxing but not affecting the images.

J L Van Schaik. Biography. 27 Illustrations. 4 Maps. Numerous illustrations. Inscription and previous owner's details on front fep. Bookplate of fixed end paper. Foxed throughout with some toning to prelims. Faded green tint to top edge with light toning and foxing to all edges. Extensive pencil marginalia throughout. 27 Illustrations. 4 maps. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Hardcover. Green cloth boards. Edge-wear to extremities with light fraying to corners. Bumping to header and footer

Arco Publishing Company, 1973. A concise description of the various breeds of draft horses. Includes black and white photographs.