Some Dreams Come True: Being a Sheaf of Stories Leading Up To the Dicovery of Copper, Diamonds and Gold in Southern Africa, and of the Pioneers Who Took Part in the Excitement of Those Early Days
by Williams, Alpheus F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [1948]. Hardcover. No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Bookseller's ticket of Grocott & Sherry, Grahamstown on front endpaper. Dust-jacket with tears to spine, and some losses at corners and ends of spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Uncommon in dust-jacket. [xiv], 590 pages + 4 colour plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 232 x149mm. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, some full page. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18847
- Title
- Some Dreams Come True: Being a Sheaf of Stories Leading Up To the Dicovery of Copper, Diamonds and Gold in Southern Africa, and of the Pioneers Who Took Part in the Excitement of Those Early Days
- Author
- Williams, Alpheus F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Howard B. Timmins
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- Date Published
- [1948]
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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