Piet Retief. The Dubious Hero
by Kenney, R.U
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0798106743
- ISBN 13
- 9780798106740
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1976) 0798106743. 8vo; original orange boards; dustwrapper; pp. 174. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, somewhat rubbed, and sunned on spine panel. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. "It will pain many white South Africans to learn that Piet Retief, whom they have been made to believe was a great national hero, is not entitled to that distinction at all. But there it is: the story of his life is one of failure from the very day he started on his own until the day he died on Hlomo-ambutu." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11059
- Title
- Piet Retief. The Dubious Hero
- Author
- Kenney, R.U
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0798106743
- ISBN 13
- 9780798106740
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1976) 0798106743
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Piet Retief. Voortrekkers. Great Trek. Boers. Afrikaners. Natal. Dingaan. Dingane Great Trek
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Trek;
Terms of Sale
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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- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...