Jan Christiaan Smuts: his character and life
by Rieck, Arnold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town, published by the author, 1951). An illustrated story in verse. Pictorial dustwrapper frayed, original gilt cloth, pp. 47, photographic portraits, erratum slip. Endpapers a little foxed, upper hinge beginning to split internally. Presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, dated 18/6/51. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3013
- Title
- Jan Christiaan Smuts: his character and life
- Author
- Rieck, Arnold
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town, published by the author, 1951)
- Keywords
- South Africa. Jan Smuts. Verse. Poetry. South African literature. Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...