A tavern of the ocean; being a social and historical sketch of Cape Town from its earliest days
by Laidler, P.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town, Maskew Miller, no date, artwork on the dustwrapper and colophon dated 1926). Dustwrapper frayed with some loss, original pistorial buckram, pp. 227, maps, plates, including folding. endpapers foxed, lower hinge slightly weakened. Ribbon marker intact. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2252
- Title
- A tavern of the ocean; being a social and historical sketch of Cape Town from its earliest days
- Author
- Laidler, P.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town, Maskew Miller, no date, artwork on the dustwrapper and colophon dated 1926)
- Keywords
- Cape Town. Cape of Good Hope. South Africa. Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...