Sports and Sportsmen - South Africa
by Kohler, C W H ; Robertson, Allan ; Melck, Captain G H ; Allsop, G A ; Byl, Lieut.-Colonel V A Van der ; Bisset, Murray ; Taylor, H W ; Beattie, Sir J Carruthers ; MIllar, W A ; Devenish, G St L ; Scholtz, Hugo ; Schreiner, W F R ; Apperley, W F R ; Apperl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
The Cape Times, 1929. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 526 pages (complete). Hand numbered 227 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Folio sized. A heavy, most handsome copy. Fully bound in leather. Gilt titling, bordering and edging. The gilt is benign and very lightly worn. The spine has five ridges. Titling and decoration are worn. The leather is also much worn. The spine is fit and healthy. The boards have storage / shelving wear about. Nonetheless, they are dignified and pleasing. Within, the tissue separators are in immaculate condition. Marbled end papers with gilt edge decoration that are in elegant, most pleasing condition. The gilt edging is a little worn but is otherwise gratifyingly smart. The contents have some amiable evidence of usage with occasional handling marks and wear, but in general and by far, the pages are wonderfully neat and tidy and amenable. The pages are clean, clear, confident, generous to a fault, clubbable, enjoyable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cbga
- Title
- Sports and Sportsmen - South Africa
- Author
- Kohler, C W H ; Robertson, Allan ; Melck, Captain G H ; Allsop, G A ; Byl, Lieut.-Colonel V A Van der ; Bisset, Murray ; Taylor, H W ; Beattie, Sir J Carruthers ; MIllar, W A ; Devenish, G St L ; Scholtz, Hugo ; Schreiner, W F R ; Apperley, W F R ; Apperl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- The Cape Times
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africana - Sport;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...