Search Results: Authors starting with M from Quagga Books

This book comprises three small volumes written and published by Mr H M Guest circa 1939 during the Anglo-Boer War. Small perforations to the gutter from the binding process. Some tearing and separation to the webbing of spine. Spine pulled away from pages.

University of London Press Ltd, 1961. Includes plates, maps, diagrams and tables. The photographs have been chosen to illustrate many aspects of the life and work of the Sudanese. Intended for study at University level, the book will also be invaluable to those in the diplomatic, administrative and commercial fields who need detailed information on Sudan.

Barrie and Jenkins, 1984. Compiled from the author's extensive collection of Victoriana, built up over 25 years.

C.L. Wright. Wear to edges and spine. Spine loose. Previous owners stamps to endpapers.. [caption id="attachment_24208" align="alignleft" width="226" caption="With numerous portraits and prints from photographs"] [/caption]

Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co.. Heavily foxed in areas. 36 tissue-guarded steel engraved plates. Edge-wear with scuffing to boards and extremities. The marbled paper is peeling away from the edges. 5 raised bands with gilt lines and lettering on the spine. Sunning to spine with some stain marks. Red speckled tint to all edges. 71 Pages. 2nd version. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Marbled board with leather spine and corners

Frank Cass & Company. A story of everyday life and work among the South African Tribes from 1859 - 1869. As a young missionary in Bechuanaland, John MacKenzie witnessed the life of the Tswana tribes as the presence of white Boer farmers, traders and missionaries migrated inland. An important source on Ngwato history and culture. Bookplate on front fixed end paper. Some light thumbing. 523 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 2nd Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair. Lacks footer. Chipping with small open and closed tears to the header and top edge. Binding: Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with mild edge-wear. Gilt lettering to the spine.

Faircape Books. A childhood memoir of a doctor's daughter whilst living in Salt River, Cape Town at the turn of the century. Characters, places and events from a way of life now changed forever. Some mild foxing to the prelims. Remnants of clear tape on the fixed end papers. 88 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear. Old cellotape on the verso reinforcing spine edge. Binding: Hardcover. Turquoise boards with mild edge-wear.

Little, Brown and Company. Travels in Samarkand and Bokhara, the forbidden cities of Turkestan; Central Asia, from the Caspian to the Chinese border. Illustrated with over 100 of the author's own photographs. Bookplate on front fep with previous owner's name on the verso. 144 Pages. Contents clean and binding. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear with age-toning and foxing to the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine

Tafelberg. An off-beat anthology taking you on an eccentric odyssey through the past. A cast of soldiers and statesmen, cannibals, missionaries, elephant hunters, escaping slaves, circus showmen, fossil hunters, shipwrecked Siamese mandarin and numerous others. A few recipes and dreadful poetry. Foxing to top edge. 377 Pages

Ravan Press. Colonel John Graham was a British soldier who established Grahamstown as the Zuurveld's central military post with a number of linked forts along the Fish River, in the immediate aftermath of what is known as the Fourth Cape Eastern Frontier War. Colonel Graham's plan was to push the Xhosa residents from the Eastern frontier by using military force and terror which included the indiscriminate shooting of women and other civilians, as well as destruction of crops. By 1812 on the deserted farm De Rietfontein, he established Graham's Town as Zuurveld's central military post, with a string of linked forts along the Fish River. 252 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Impression. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Howard Timmins, 1962. Roy Macnab takes the reader through Europe - tracing the links on the Continent and in Britain with South Africa. The search has taken him on many journeys and history lives again in these fascinating pages. The Portuguese navigators come to life; he talks with people who remember Kruger's last journey across Europe; in France he follows the steps of the Huguenots; he discovers how the children of Longueval and the villagers of Castiglione keep alive the memory of South Africa's dead in two world wars. In Britain he takes the trail of Rhodes and Livingstone, the Prince Imperial, the Boer Generals, Baines and Fairbridge."

Tafelberg, 1977. Ex libris facing the title page.

Witwatersrand University Press. A handbook dealing with this beautiful island at the entrance to the Bay of Lourenco Marques. Includes an account of early visits by scientists and descriptions of the ecology and distribution of animals and plants between tidemarks; General accounts of the animals and plants, terrestrial vegetation and animals; Keys for the identification and annotated lists are provided. Introduction in English, Afrikaans and Portuguese. Numerous illustrations and 11 b&w plates. 163 Pages. Revised Edition. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear and sunning.

Southern Book Publishers, 1988. The Kalahari - a place of mystery and fascination. Colour photographs. 265 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound.\ 1st edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear. Mild toning to the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Maskew Miller Beperk. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Text: Afrikaans. "Die intieme lotgevalle van 'n dominee, van sy geboorte tot sy 83ste jaar, uitgebeeld deur sy skoondogter, self die dogter van 'n dominee. 'n Interessante lewenskets weens die ondervindinge van haar geagte skoonvader - van die dae van die ossewa en 'ou sanna', tot die van die straalvleigtuig en die atoombom." There is some marginalia on the farmily tree page. 31 b&w photographs including the frontispiece. Scattered light foxing on a few pages and some toning to the front and rear prelims. Foxing to top edge. 202 Pages.… Read More

Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2004. 'Explores the art of perceptual paradox and optical wizardry from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries'. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in 2005. Complete with inserts. Numerous illustrations. As new.

Longmans Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Stories of the background and way of life for the folk who lived together in the most interesting area of Cape Town. Some light foxing to front and rear prelims. 112 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 7th Impression. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. 3cm closed tear with some creasing to top edge. Binding:Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Gamsberg . Text in English, Afrikaans and German. Beautiful illustrations of the architectural highlights of old Swakopmund, with a map indicating where the buildings are. Age-toning with some light foxing to front and rear prelims. Contents clean. Binding sound. 80 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. 8cm closed tear to the lower spine edge. Foxing to the verso. Some creasing to folds. Binding: Hardcover. Oatmeal cloth boards.

Gamsberg. Small bookseller's label on front fixed end paper with some mild foxing to end papers. Paintings depicting the rich architectural heritage of the town. 73 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. 2cm closed tear. Some rubbing to top edge. Edge-wear to extremities. Binding: Hardcover. Oatmeal cloth boards. Very good condition.

Text: Afrikaans. Whilst still at school the author was encouraged to write about the history of this area. Contents include the communities, church, school, railway station, Drakenstein wine cellars, shops, farms, eg Babylonstoren, Boschendal, Bethlehem, Meerlust, Plaisir de Merle and Ongegund (where the author grew up). A few colour and b&w photographs and illustrations. 89 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Poor. Edge-wear. Lacks the footer of the spine. A number of small closed tears. Some light cockling. Binding: Hardcover. Blue boards with bright gilt.