By strength of heart
by De Kock, Victor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town, Howard Timmins, no date, circa 1953). Royal octavo, pictorial dustwrapper, original cloth, endpaper facsimile map, pp. 116, frontispiece, plates. No 21 of edition of 1500 copies printed. Author's presentation inscription dated 22 XII '53. Dustwrapper sunned on spine and torn with a little loss; slight browning to endpapers. 'The fascinating history of the Cape before Van Riebeeck's time, ... vividly told by the well-known Archivist, Victor de Kock. Here are the adventures of the first Europeans to round Southern Africa; the story of great voyages in little ships by men who faced unknown perils and hardships; of battles on sea and on land; of terrible shipwrecks; or heroism and cruelty; of monsters and mermaids ... an enthralling narrative of the great struggle for the trade of the East.' .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2390
- Title
- By strength of heart
- Author
- De Kock, Victor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town, Howard Timmins, no date, circa 1953)
- Keywords
- Cape of Good Hope. South Africa. Voyages. Exploration. Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
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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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...