Search Results: Titles starting with D from Quagga Books

1968. Scarce publication, staple bound in card wraps. Foxing to the wraps and a little wear to the spine.

Seeley & Co Limited, 1905. Slight foxing on endpapers and on plates. Some pencil marginalia. Ink inscription and two bookplates at front of book. Boards slightly soiled and rubbed. Spine title label worn and discoloured.

Die Sondagskool-Boekhandel. Language: Afrikaans. 36 authentic accounts of acts of bravery by children in South Africa. Accompanied by b&w photographs and sketches. Long split to the rear end papers. Black khoki mark on front prelims. 228 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with edge-wear and light fraying to corners and spine edges. Some soiling marks to the boards.

Jonathan Ball Publishers. Biography. Previous owner's name on front fixed end paper. Blind stamp on title page. Some marginalia on Page 528. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good+. Some mild edge-wear and grubby marks. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

E & M Cohen. 2 Volumes. Vol 1 - 427pp. Vol 2 - 323pp. Text clean and tightly bound. Linen boards with gilt lettering and black grid inlay on front cover with embossed devices on both boards. No published date. Minor fading to boards.

Karl Robert Langewiesche. Text: German. With sixteen watercolor reproductions and around 50 illustrations based on the artist's drawings. Age toning to pages. Tidemark to lower edges of the prelims. The first 14 pages are coming loose from the text block but still intact. Otherwise contents clean and illustrations bright and clear. 74 Pages. Reprint. Condition: Good-. Binding: Softcover. Thick cardwraps with edge-wear to extremities. Some cockling. Lacks the top and lower spine edges. 0.5cm open tear on front cover. 10.5cm and a 2cm split at the gutter of the front cover. 26.6cm x 19.2cm x 1cm.

Gustav Fischer. Bookplate and inscription to endpapers. Slight sporadic foxing. Text in German.. Insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und die Karroo". With numerous illustrations.

Paul Neff Publishers. Gustav Robert Högfeldt was a Swedish painter, illustrator and caricaturist and was particularly known for his humorous pictures and book illustrations. With a self-examination of the artist and verses by Gerhard Schmidt. The Högfeldt book was first published as 41 to 50 thousand in half linen. The new Högfeldt book was published as a second edition with full linen boards. 36 coloured and 22 black illustrations. Split at the gutter of the title page and at the rear fixed end papers. Pale toning on the page edges. 2nd edition. Condition: Fair+. Contents good. Binding: Hardcover. Full linen boards. Lacks a 5cm piece of the lower spine. Long split to the linen binding at the edge of the spine with 3 small splits near the top edge. A few abrasions to the boards. Edge-wear.

F. Bruckmann, 1932. Magazine of German interior design. Illustrated in b/w. Pictorial paper wraps, frayed at edges. Text in German. Binding poor with some signatures partially loosed. Front panel semi-detached. Poor-fair overall.

Cassel Theodor Fischer, Circa 1840. Text: German. From the series: The picturesque and romantic Germany. 24 steel engraving plates. In cloth covered slipcase which is foxed with a 5cm split to side of spine. Rebound in full velum boards with new endpapers. Browning from pages 5 to 15. Foxed throughout. Small round stain mark on last three pages.

Governing Body of St Mary's DSG, 1979. History of St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria, 1879-1979. Black and white illustrations throughout.

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.

UNISA. Department of Fine Arts. Text: English and Afrikaans. Edition focussed on Walter Battiss published by the Department of Fine Arts, University of South Africa. Some foxing to front and rear prelims. 59 Pages. Contents clean and firmly bound. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Cloth spine with foxing. Edge-wear, sunning and some grubby marks to the covers.

UNISA. Text: English and Afrikaans. Edition focussed on Walter Battiss published by the Department of Fine Arts, University of South Africa. 59 Pages. Contents clean and firmly bound. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Thick card-wraps with some sunning, edge-wear, light foxing and some soiling. Cloth spine with foxing.

C G van der Post, 1879. Dutch text. Translation: The christian slaves in service to heathen masters. Ex university library bookplate on front paste-down and library stamp on rear paste-down. Browning to untrimmed page edges. Some pencil marginalia on title page.

N.V. Drukkerij en Uitgeveril. Doctoral thesis. 296 pages. Card wraps with hand written title to the spine.

De Boer Maritiem. Text: Dutch. The three volumes are richly illustrated and contain enlightening appendices. A standard work that makes an important contribution to Dutch-Indonesian history. Vol 1: The origins of this marine service up to the end of the century. Vol 2: The history of the government navy up to about 1925, a period characterized by consolidation and development. Vol 3: Covers the history of the Government navy from 1926 to 1949. A turbulent period that includes the war years and the transfer of sovereignty. Contents clean and binding sound. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some edge-wear with a few closed tears. Binding: Hardcover. Light blue boards with gilt to spine.

Caspari Fritsch. Name of owner on front free end page with some lettering on paste-down. A. Corn. Celsi was a Roman with an almost encyclopedaedic knowlege on medicine whose treatise stands as a best source for understanding Roman medicine. He was a major figure in the study of the origins of ancient medicine. 5 decorated compartments on spine - with title in gilt lettering on orange in one compartment. Red tint to all edges. Engraved illustration of A Corn Celsus (Celsi) as frontispiece and an illustration on Page 599. Scattered foxing with some age-toning. 777 Pages. Condition: Very good for its age. Binding: Hardcover. Speckled boards with leather spine and corners. Edge-wear with bumping and fraying to corners and top edge of spine. Abrasions and a few marks to covers. Evidence of insect damage to top edge of rear board.

Z. Boemel Bij J. Noman, 1818. 6 volumes.Fairly worn with damaged spines, and some loose boards. bright colour illustrations.

Wallachs' Beperkt. Text: Dutch. A scarce 88 page booklet with the origins of 200 South African place names. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Very good. Binding: Card wraps