Philipps, 1820 Settler. His letters, edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones in consultation with Philipps' great-granddaughter E. K. Heathcote
by Keppel-Jones, Arthur (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1960). 8vo; original dark blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper maps; frontis.; pp. 371. Dustwrapper edgeworn and a little rubbed, with archival tape repair to head of spine panel; trace of foxing to endpapers and top edge. Very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. "The adventures of an 1820 settler and his family with lively comments about the settlement as a whole and about many of the settlers. Written entirely by the 1820 settler Thomas Philipps." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13365
- Title
- Philipps, 1820 Settler. His letters, edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones in consultation with Philipps' great-granddaughter E. K. Heathcote
- Author
- Keppel-Jones, Arthur (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1960)
- Keywords
- Thomas Philipps. 1820 Settlers. Albany. English-speaking South Africans. Eastern Cape. Frontier Wars Eastern Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eastern Cape;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...