Search Results: Authors starting with J from Quagga Books

Nasionale Pers, Beperk., 1933. Gift inscription (1934) from owner on ffep. Insect damage to central leaf and spine of marbled cardwraps.

South African Publishers Limited, 1943. A biographical sketch written by William Laite's son. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Foxing throughout. Long split at page 8/9. Light edge-wear to a few of the pages.

Field intelligence dept., 1901. Detailed military map from the time of the Anglo-Boer War. This the revised edition of September 1901. 63 x 51cm. 8cm tear to top edge repaired with archival tape and tide marks to the wraps.Very good conditon. Sheet 49 of Major Jackson's series.

Max Goschen Limited. A narrative of some of the campaign's less-known phases as experienced first-hand by a non-commissioned officer during the great Boer War compiled for the benefit and amusement of his family circle. Some splitting and toning to the front and rear end papers. Inscription on the front fep with some foxing to the prelims. A spot of mild scattered foxing to some pages. Deckle edging with toning and some foxing to the edges. 366 pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with gilt. Some fading to spine. Small dark discolouration mark on rear board. Tiny nicks to the cloth at the header and footer.

Ediktions du Parnasse, 1931. Inscribed by the author and signed twice, with possible association to South African artist Lippy Lipshitz. Number 219 of a limited edition. Tape scars to the tipped in author's portrait, some insect damage to the binding and only the front panel of the dust jacket is incliuded.

Gachnang & Springer, 1983-87. Two fine volumes of the deluxe edition of this catalogue raisonne of the artist's graphic work. Each volume in a blue linen slipcase. Some minor wear to the slipcases. Number 23 and 37 of 50 copies, each signed by the artist at the colophon. Volume 1 is Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1963-1974 and published in 1983. Bound with original woodcuts to the boards and endpapers. With the original glassine wrappers in near perfect condition. Volume 2 is Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1974-1982 and published in 1987. Bound in blue cloth with the dustjacket with 3 original etchings by the artist. Also with the original glassine wrapper in near perfect condition. The catalogue describes a total of 436 works (with states), all of which are illustrated. First edition Near fine Hardcovers in slipcases.

Dover Publications, 1964. With over thirteen thousand marks. Reproduced in facsimile from authentic examples of plate and tables of date-letters and other hall-marks used in the Assay offices of the United Kingdom. Text is clean and clear with some foxing to the top and fore edges. DW shows some wear, scuffing, slight chipping and several small closed tears to the back.

Monograph. Edge-wear. Rubbing. Some Foxing to edges. 5 colour images.

Wits University Press & The Visual Century Project. From the fly-leaf: "A four-volume publication that reappraises one hundred years of South African visual art from a post-apartheid perspective." Incorporates multiple writers and perspectives. A comprehensive overview of South African art. Creasing to the lower rear corner of Vol. 1. This is a heavy volume at 5kg and will incur additional postage overseas. 1st Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Softcovers in a slipcase. Tiny abrasion mark on the bottom of slipcase with mild edge-wear to corners.

Alan Jefferies. Signed by the author. The history of generations of the Jefferies family living near the Kei River despite adversity during the frontier wars.

Henry Baldwin, for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. Inscribed to the paste down, to Walter Furley from his friends Colonel Geo. M. Onslow and Mrs Onslow. Frontis portrait of the author is missing. All other plates present. Tissue repairs to the endpapers. Some light scattered foxing.

Justus Perthes. With an appendix: Dr Wangemann's Reise in Sud-Afrika 1866-67 and an original map of the Transvaal Republic. It was the first topographic map of the territory compiled locally from farm diagrams and other information, including a compilation started in 1866 by Carl Mauch. Some foxing to the first 5 pages. The map has reinforcing with masking tape over a weak crease on the verso and some minor foxing on the verso.

Arco Publishing Company, 1973. A concise description of the various breeds of draft horses. Includes black and white photographs.

National Monuments Council. Text: German. Published on the occassion of the Dias centenary in 1998. Translation: The Pillar in the Fog: History of the Dias Cross near Luderitzbucht". A number of b&w photographs and illustrations and sketch maps. 59 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin card-wraps. Staple-bound.

Rizzoli, Circa 1983. Numerous beautiful illustrations and in-depth artist biograhies. 231 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some light edge-wear to all extremities. 1cm open tear to lower spine edge. Crease to lower front corner.

J Johnson, C. Dilly &c., 1799. The eighth edition of Dr. Johnson's dictionary. Volume 1 has lost its binding and although the text block is intact and it is presented in its marbled endpapers. Slightly dog-eared. Volume 2 in a full calf binding, however much of the leather is missing from the front board. Binding split at the gutter but again, the textblock is intact and both volumes are entirely usable. 8th edition Fair

The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1967. Volume XXVI in Hudson's Bay Record Society series. Numbered 1055 of a limited Edition which is issued only to subscribers to The Hudson's Bay Record Society. The westward advance of the Hudson's Bay Company along the northern and southern branches of the Saskatchewan River at the end of the eighteenth century.With fold out map at the rear. Light bumping to spine edges of the boards. Some small marks to front panel of dust jacket.

C. Dilly and The Logographic Press, 1785. Four exceedingly rare medical texts bound into one. The first, "Remarks on the Disease..."was published in 1785 and is 144 pp. This followed by an 8 page letter by Dr. Kentish to Dr. Wall, in which he describes a curious case afflicting an Italian musician in Oxford. Published 1786. Then "Directions for an Extension of the Practice of Recovering Persons Apparently Dead..."is an 8 page discourse on early CPR, followed by the rendering of the previous instructions into a verse over 16 pages, published in 1789.

The Fine Arts Museum of San Fransisco. , 1987. Paperback in very good condition. 100pp. An in-depth look at the tradition of Dan carving in Liberia spanning 3 generations and also with particular reference to 4 sculptors. Illustrated mainly with black and white photographs.

The University Press, 1908 - 1911. Vol. XI, no. 1 to Vol. XVI, no. 6. Bound uniformly with original warps in 6 heavy volumes. Chips to the head and foot of the spines of each volume. All issues of this monthly magazine from March 1908 to February 1911. Heavy set will incur extra postage. Good+ Hardcover