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Pietermaritzburg 1838 - 1988. A new portrait of an African city
by Laband, John, and Robert Haswell (editors)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0869806394
- ISBN 13
- 9780869806395
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1988) 0869806394. Subscriber's Edition. 4to; original blue skivertex, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxxiii + (i) + 286, incl. index; profusely illustrated with historical and modern photographs and artwork, maps and plans. Earlier owner's ex libris hand-stamp to front free endpaper; trace of foxing to endpapers, edges and reverse of dustwrapper, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "The editors of this book-an historian and a geographer-set out to present a portrait of Pietermaritzburg which not only depicts its face but also explores beneath the surface and reveals the character and personality of the City. Some seventy writers-all experts on specific aspects of Pietermaritzburg-have contributed a text of extraordinary variety and richness. With nearly four hundred illustrations it offers a fresh look at the past, a wide-ranging survey of the present and a hopeful vision of the future." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13262
- Title
- Pietermaritzburg 1838 - 1988. A new portrait of an African city
- Author
- Laband, John, and Robert Haswell (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0869806394
- ISBN 13
- 9780869806395
- Publisher
- (Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1988) 0869806394
- Place of Publication
- Pietermaritzburg
- This edition first published
- December 1988
- Keywords
- Pietermaritzburg. KwaZulu-Natal. Sleep Hollow. Msunduzi. Local History Natal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natal;
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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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