Jan Smuts. A Biography
by Crafford, F. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1945). 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in silver gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xi + (iii) + 369, incl. index; plates; map. Dustwrapper rubbed and torn, with loss; archival tape strengthening to upper hinge and a small section of lower hinge. Good condition. " ... the most instructive, the most illuminating, and the most authentic life of General Smuts that has appeared so far ... " .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9438
- Title
- Jan Smuts. A Biography
- Author
- Crafford, F. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1945)
- Keywords
- South African History
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African History;
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.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.