Search Results: Titles starting with R from Quagga Books

Reinier Arrenberg, 1764. Language: Dutch. Translated: 'Counsel for the Health of the Common Man of Landlieden...'.

Giuseppe Antonelli, 1833. Two volumes. First volume the text. Printed in two columns in Italian and French. Repair to the title page and wear to the leather spine. The second volume complete with 265 (260 numbered) plates, many double page. Index pages printed on a light brown stock. All plates clean and very bright. Some minor repairs to the title page. Light wear to the spine and loss to the foredges of the front board. Both volumes marbled boards with leather spines. Bindings lightly worn but firm and intact. Two large heavy volumes will incur extra postage.

Kunstmuseum Bern, 1980. Text in Italian. Numerous black & white photographs. Focusing mostly on Central and West African pieces.

Light marginalia on front fixed end page. Some toning to feps with light scattered foxing. 88 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards. Soiling to the front board. Evidence of insect nibbling. Light edge-wear to extremities.

Flemming H. Revell Company, 1893. Being an account of a journey across the continent from Benguella on the West through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, The Kalihari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, The Shire Highlands, to the Mouth of the Zambezi on the East Coast. Rebound in red library buckram with gilt titles to spine. Ex library copy with library bookplate to front paste down and library slip pasted to rear. Library stamps throughout. Photogravures throughout and large fold out map of the area to rear; map has been relined. A very good, restored, ex library library copy.

Rex Collings. Biography. Early involvement in left wing political movements. After breaking away from the Communist party he devoted his energies to academic work. He later become Professor of Botany. In 1965 he was forced out of his University Chair as a result of being a victim of the anti-communist legislation of the government at the time. He died in 1966. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Fair. Price-clipped. Grubby marks. Creasing and edge-wear to extremities. A few open and closed tears. Binding: Hardcover. Orange cloth boards. Edge-wear. Abrasions to the spine and edges.

J C Juta & Co. A complete collection of all the papers connected with the trial of the accused; with many important annexures. Ex Libris plate on the fixed end paper with owner's name on front fep. Large fold out map at the rear of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope (and part of Kafirland) from Algoa Bay to the Great Kei River (compiled by John Arrowsmith). There is some foxing to the map with a closed tear to one of the folds and to the gutter edge. Front fep is loose. Splitting to the gutter at the front.end papers. Toning to page edges. 979 Pages.

Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white photographs and maps. Bookplate on fixed end paper. 220 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Bumping to lower corners.

The Government Printer. Department of Agriculture & Forestry. Cancelled stamp of the Dept of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana on the front cover. Contents includes a general description of the Bechuanaland Protectorate; the districts visited; the pasture grasses; the timber trees; conclusions and recommendations and the appendix is a list of plants collected. There are 2 fold out route maps and 1 map illustrating condition of natural pasurage seen along the route. Light crease to lower RH corner on page 31. Some reinforcing repairs to spine. 82 b&w photographs on the Eastern Portion of Bechuanaland Protectorate and 182 b&w photographs on the Expedition to Ngamiland. 203 Pages. Contents clean and firmly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Binding: Softcover. Thin card-wraps. Edge-wear especially along the spine. Light foxing to top edge. Some light creasing to the top corners. Wraps slightly grubby.

Van de Sandt de Villiers & Tier. Language: Dutch/Afrikaans. Celebrating 200 years at the Cape, April 1852. 1st Nagmaal at the Cape on 12 May 1652. Rebound with new end-papers. Contains the original title and end-pages. Light foxing scattered throughout. 91 Pages. Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with edge-wear to extremities. Sunning to spine. Dull gilt lettering to cover.

Umdaus Press. Classification and mapping of the region's plant species. All relevant information on most of the principal regions and local centres of plant endemism in southern Africa. Fully referenced and indexed, comprehensive overviews, notes on the name, history, boundaries, topography, climate, geology, soils, flora, vegetaion, evolution, floristic links, conservation status, informative introduction. Regions: Cape; Karoo; Maputaland-Pondoland; Albany; Drakensberg; Barberton; Wolkberg; Sekhukhuneland; Soutpansberg; Chimanimani-Nyanga; Great Dyke; Kaokoveld and Griqualand West. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs and maps. 199 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good+. Dust jacket: Good+. Some light edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt lettering. Very good condition.

Map Office. Includes key plan and street index. Stamp of previous owner on Page 1. 117 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 117 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 10 Edition. Condition: Good. Softcover. Cardwraps with edge-wear. Some light soiling marks to front cover.

Map Office. Includes key plan and street index. Stamp of previous owner on Page 1. 117 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm.

Headquarters of the S.A. Association of Arts, 1969. Basic register. Parallel English and Afrikaans text.

Nichols and Sons. Two volumes in one" written on the 2nd free end paper. Vol 2 starts after Page 557. Repairs to the spine and front gutter. Long split to the rear end papers. Mild scattered foxing to a few of the pages, otherwise contents remarkably clean. Speckling to all edges. Binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding:Hardcover. Marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Edge-wear and a few abrasions.

1890's. Forty sharp, clear original photographic prints. Twenty three are full page and seventeen are smaller (one to two per page). 5 of Munich initialled RJD and numbered in the negative - (Römmler und Jonas - Dresden). 22 x 28cm 2 of Munich titled 'Munchen, Isathor' and 'Ludwigstrasse gegen das Siegesthor by Sléngel and Co.- Dresden with blindstamp dates 1897. 23 x 28cm. 4 Architectural views of Munich titled in the plate: Frauenkirche, Basilika Inneres, Propylaën and Bavaria m. Rushmeshalle. 20.5 s 26.8cm. 2 Alpine Lake views inscribed in the plate: F. Granier, Reichenhall 1898. 18.4 x 24.4cm. 6 Alpine photographs - mountains and glaciers. Two with hand written titles 'Walzmann' and 'Zillertaler Alphen mit Berliner Hütte'. 19.5 x 25.5cm. 1 view titled 'Posen' in the plate by Giorgio Sommer - Napoli. 20 x 25.5cm. 3 images titled 'Rosengartengruppe vom Schlern' aus.' 'Curort Merán' and 'Gilfanlange gegen Süden'. 21 x 27.5cm. 17 smaller photographs - some with titles, 'Frauen-insel - Chemsee',… Read More

C Salfeld. Text in German. Two volumes. It appears as though volume 1 has had a new spine sometime early in the 20th century. A very discreet job. Blue marbled eps, previous owner's stamp to the fep of each volume. Signature and small faded library stamp to the title page of each volume. This is the first edition, in German of this important work. Vol.1, 5 plates and engraved title page but lacking folding map. Volume 2, 4 plates as called for. The map called for in volume 2 was never issued. The map missing in volume 1 is included in facsimile. Edge wear to the boards and fingering to the pages. A collectable set of first editions, though lacking the map. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Decorated leather spines over marbled boards.

Von Dietrich Reimer, 1881. Contributions to the Discovery of Africa: Fourth Book: Journeys into the south western catchment areas of the Congo. Includes 3 fold-out maps. Maps are age-toned with bent edges and some foxing otherwise in good condition. One map has a 7cm tear in the corner. Blistering to paste-downs. Boards are shelf-worn, scuffed and bumped with some loss to the front edges. Owner inscription on front paste-down with a small white label on the free end page. Binding intact.

F A Brockhaus. Text: German. Small bookseller's label on fixed end papers. Folding maps in rear pocket. Fold-out illustrations. Mild thumbing. 685 Pages (Vol 1) and 661 Pages (Vol 2). Mild foxing mark to feps. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Edge-wear with some mild chipping and small nicks. Binding: Hardcover. Oatmeal cloth boards with some foxing to the spine and edges.

C Salfeld. Two volumes, decorated leather spines over marbled boards. It appears as though volume 1 has had a new spine sometime early in the 20th century. A very discreet job. Blue marbled eps, previous owner's stamp to the fep of each volume. Signature and small faded library stamp to the title page of each volume. This is the first edition in German of this important work. Vol 1: 5 plates and engraved title page but lacking folding map. Vol 2: 4 plates as called for. The map called in in Volume 2 was never issued. The map missing in Volume 1 is included in facsimile. Edge wear to the boards and fingering to the pages. A collectable set of first editions, though lacking the map. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Decorated leather spines over marbled boards.