Search Results: Titles starting with F from Quagga Books

Human & Rousseau Publishers. No. 82 of 150 de luxe copies accompanied with a loose original graphic by Roman Waher of a donkey. A comprehensive account of South African graphic art written by F L Alexander who sadly passed away before the completion of the work. Mr Waher undertook the completion and editing, changing nothing of Mr Alexander's opinons and explanations of various techniques. More than 200 graphic works, of which four are in colour, appear in this book. 260 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. De Luxe edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards over leather spine. Gilt lettering.

The British Library. Spirit photography was popular from the 1870s to the 1930s and firmly rooted in spiritualism and psychic research. From the collections of The British Library and other major archives in Britain and America. 160 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Very good condition.

A D Donker. A comprehensive portrait of Olive Schreiner the woman and writer. Previous owner's name on the prelims. Small bookseller label on rear cover. 304 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Paperback edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some edge-wear and creasing. Tiny abrasions on the covers.

Africana Connoisseurs Press, 1963. This book contains a Facsimile Reproduction of the Original Handbill and it's first Postscrip together with a Transcription of the Subsequent Postscripts. 510 copies of this book have been published under the direction of  F. J.  Wagener, this is no 419.  Front board slightly marked.

Human & Rousseau. The third in the author's trilogy of books on the sea approaches of the Western Cape. Tragedy of storms shipwrecks and colourful characters. Illustrated with 110 monochrome and colour pictures showing life in False Bay. 16 charts and maps. Foxing to front and rear prelims. 181 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good-. Foxing to verso and flaps. Small tide-mark on the verso to the footer. Light edge-wear to extremities. Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Human & Rousseau. The third in the author's trilogy of books on the sea approaches of the Western Cape. This volume is about various characters of the area. Illustrated with 110 monochrome and colour pictures showing life in False Bay. 16 charts and maps. 181 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear and small abrasions. Marks from old cellotape to the flaps. Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Pinted by Mills Litho (Pty) Ltd. The history of the Starke pioneers in South Africa. Maps of Western Cape and East Anglia as end papers. Addenda and Errata paper pasted on the verso of the title page. Abundance of photographs of homesteads and family and friends. Foxing to front and rear prelims and top edge with some light scattered foxing to contents. 124 Pages. Binding sound. 1st Edition. Good. Good-. Sunning to spine with some rubbing. Mild specks of foxing to the verso. Hardcover. Some foxing to the front and edges.

Tafelberg. Text: Afrikaans. A comprehensive standard work on the history of Afrikaans families. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. Ex Libris stamp with some foxing on the front end papers. 255 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge-wear to extremities with creasing and rubbing. Foxing to verso and flaps. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Bohlau , 1979. Signed by the author on the title page. Text: German. Mongraph. Rock art of the Cape Province. Includes black and white plates. 170 Plates. 119 Pages of text. Contents clean and binding sound. Very good Very good Hardback

Witwatersrand University Press. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Small oblong label on front fixed end paper. 4 full colour plates. 32 b&w illustrations. 94 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Very good. Good. Some light edge-wear. Foxing to the verso. Hardcover. Some edge-wear with bumping to spine edges.

Friends of the South African Library. A collection of articles written by Brank Bradlow's friends and colleagues paying tribute to him on his 80th birthday. Contents: Biographical; Jewish Affairs; South African history; Africana and Art; Cultural and Educational Institutions; and Pastimes. A few small marks to the prelims. 158 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some light edge-wear to extremities.

Fishing News Books, 1983. Fishing News Books 1983. No dust jacket. Cover very slightly worn. Excellent condition

Grahamstown Centre of the Wildlife Society of Southern Africa, 1988. Numerous illustrations. 2 maps. An invaluable reference. 520 pages. 2nd Impression. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Edge-wear to extremities with creasing to the covers and spine. Dog-earred corners.

Henry S King & Co. Ex-library book with relevant cancelled stamps, pockets and markings. Contents: History and resources of the New Brunswick area; Backwoods Men and their modes of living, emigration, French settlers, Leprosy, Native and European myths, mammals and their habitats; Lumberer's camp life and hospitality. Birds and Reptiles; Fishes; and Geology. Fold out map of the Natural History Map of New Brunswick; a Chart of North America illustrating the Migratory Movements of the Birds. 333 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good to very good. Binding: Hardcover. Scuffed marbled boards over leather spine and corners. Edge-wear to extremities. A couple of small stain marks and some wear to the boards and leather.

Warwich & Michele Tarboton. A guide which covers all South African dragonflies. 275 colour illustrations. 90 Distribution maps and keys to difficult groups. 95 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Warwich & Michele Tarboton. A guide which covers all 67 species of South African damselflies. 312 colour illustrations, 97 line drawings, 65 Distribution maps as well as keys to families and genera. 95 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover.

Don Nelson, 1981. Inscribed by Stan Christodoulou - well-known WBA referee. See various references to him in this book. On title page: Sigma Motor Corporation. Some light toning to page edges. 448 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Fair+. Edge-wear mainly to top edge with 3 x 2cm closed tears and some creasing. Small closed tear with some creasing on lower edge. Binding: Hardcover. Light edge-wear with some bumping to corners.

Umdaus Press. An authorative work providing detailed information on the 48 native figs (Ficus) of Southern Africa. Abundance of illustrations and beautiful colour photographs. There are chapters from 3 specialists in their field on the role that figs play in the lives of birds, animals and insects; the fascinating world of wasps and their relationship with figs; the cultivation of figs. 379 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. This is a heavy item and will incur additional postage. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Near fine. Binding: Hardcover. Mauve cloth boards with gilt lettering.

Folger Shakespeare Library. Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title at the Folger Library, Washington from 6 February 1992 to 19 September 1992. 271 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good to very good. Foxing to the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering.

Historical and Museum Society. First part records those who took up properties from the 1880s in the old iPolela District, later the Underberg - Himeville area up to the year 1910, and those families who continued to farm and live there. The second part provides back details of all organisations which functioned in the area up to the year 1987. Map at the rear. 119 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear.