Search Results: Authors starting with P from Quagga Books

Crown Publishers, Inc. The history of the search for, discovery and cultivation of these unusual plants. Illustrated in colour and b&w. Some light foxing to prelims. Small bookseller's label on front fixed end paper. 134 Pages. Binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good-. Edge-wear with sunning to spine. Small open tear on rear fold. Hardcover. Light green cloth boards with some edge-wear and a few foxing spots.

Prombergra, Olomouci, 1930. An analysis of international photography at the time. 32 black and white plates by a selection of international artists. Some wear to edges and head and tail of spine. Pages clean and binding sound.

circa 1970. Frederick Hutchinson Page (1908-1984) is regarded as one of South Africa's foremost proponents of Surrealist art. This preparatory pencil sketch was purchased from Cecil Kerbel in East London. Kerbel was a friend and biographer of Fred Page. Pencil sketch, signed lower right. Very good, 22.5 x 32cm

Southern African Rock Art Research Association. An international conference in the co-operation and understanding in the on-going study of prehistoric rock art. Light foxing to top edge. 293 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Limp card-wraps. Some light edge-wear. Rubbing to sides of spine.

A A Balkema. Reading copy. Small bookseller label on the front fixed end paper. Tipped in colour plate of the Van Imhoff crest. Chapters include: Origin and development of heraldry in Western Europe; dutch heraldry; Bell- Krynauw collection; Heraldry in England; and Armorial. also includes a bibliography and Index of arms. Mild cockling to top edges.

Tafelberg. Signed by the author. No. 569 of a limited edition of 800 copies signed by the author. The story of the houses, estates and the generations that grew up on the banks of the Liesbeek river and the and Van Riebeeck's wagon road to Wynberg. Toning to feps. 88 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Sunning to spine and edges with a 3cm closed tear to the header. Foxing to verso as well as the rear cover. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Human & Rousseau, 1965. Signed by the author. This is No. 827 of 1000 copies. Illustrated with 125 photographs and drawings - a few in colour. Previous owner's bookplate to the pastedown. First edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good, edgewear. Hardcover

Human & Rousseau, 1965. Signed by the author. This is No. 67 of 1000 copies. Illustrated with 125 photographs and drawings - a few in colour.

Smithsonian Books, 1997. A complete and authoritative study of Mathew Brady, one of the most famous figures in American photography. Includes his famous portraits of President Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis, the Union dead and Robert E Lee.

Smithsonian Books, 1997. A complete and authoritative study of Mathew Brady, one of the most famous figures in American photography. Includes his famous portraits of President Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis, the Union dead and Robert E Lee.

Nagel, 1970. A depiction of iconic Byzantine art on the island of Cyprus, with 89 illustrations an map.

George Virtue. Illustrated in a series of views of Constantinople. Travels and observations of Istanbul, Turkey. 80 Plates. Foxing throughout. Pink tinge to flimsies. Gilt to all edges. Bookplate on front fep. Marbled end papers with splitting at the gutter. Inscription on 2nd fep. Long split at the gutter of the frontispiece. 164 Pages. Binding firm. Good. Hardcover. Cloth boards over leather spine and corners. Rubbing with some abrasions to the leather. Some discolouration marks to the cloth. Edge-wear to all extremities with some fraying,

Sampson Low, Marston, 1897. The first book devoted to South African sports, and a mine of information relating to late 19th century activity in the sports covered. Wear to the spine, previous owners name and tipped in note to the fep.

David R. Godine Publisher, 1978. Contemporary Photographers Series : Volume III. Text is clean and clear. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Previous owner's name with date inked to ffep. Previous bookseller's label to the front paste down. DW shows scuffing and insect damage, with some losses.

The Botswana Society and Pula Press. A journey across the Kalahari into an era and an environment of those who lived four brief years at Kolobeng. 230 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good+. Some light edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Orange cloth boards in good condition.

Thames and Hudson, 1993. The first in-depth look at the artist's work. 'Reconstructs a critical episode in the story of Russian modernism.' With 246 illustrations, 30 in colour. As new.

Lansdowne Press. Profiles of a number of prominent personalities whom Banjo encountered during his career from 1899 as a journalist. 127 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Very good. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Edge-wear to lower edges.

F Bohn, 1838. Text: Dutch. Part 1- 1 plate. Part 2 - 1 plate. Encounters and comments on a journey through the French Quarter in North Africa and the territory of Tunis. Original card wraps coming loose from spine especially to vol 1. Untrimmed edges and some cockling to text block.

David & Charles. Examining the role of sheet music in the Victorian age, what induced the explosion of artistics covers, the song and lyric writers and the influence of the songs on the working people and finally the collecting of sheet music covers. Palce foxing throughout. 112 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Price clipped. Some spots of foxing and toning to edges to the verso. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Red board with mild edge-wear.

Shuter & Shooter. Biography of a remarkable man, one of the Byrne settlers, who came out to South Africa in 1850. Founded and built up a magnificent estate, called Baynesfield, which he left as a gift to the people of South Africa. Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and originator of the Congella harbour. Provides a brilliant picture of Victorian social and political life in Natal. A number of b&w photographs. Some light foxing to front and rear prelims with foxing to all edges. 331 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good. Some edge-wear and rubbing. Foxing to the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Brown boards with green and white lettering.