Background in Sunshine. Memories of South Africa
by Juta, Jan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972) 684127547. 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt crowned cranes device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (iii) + 302; illustrations by the author. Dustwrapper torn and sunned; light wear to bottom fore-corner of upper board; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition, in a modest dustwrapper. "Jan Juta is a many-talented man: painter, designer, author, lecturer, and lay preacher in the Episcopal Church. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, he was the only son of Sir Henry and Lady Juta, politically and socially prominent members of what was then called the Cape Colony. After attending Christ Church College, Oxford, he studied art in Rome, Madrid, and Paris. His murals have been commissioned in France, England, South Africa, and the United States ..." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11238
- Title
- Background in Sunshine. Memories of South Africa
- Author
- Juta, Jan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972) 684127547
- Keywords
- Cape of Good Hope. Rain Queen. Reminiscences Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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.
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- Spine
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- Device
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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