Regency Cape Town: Daily life in the early eighteen-thirties illustrated with the hitherto unpublished Johannesburg album of sketches by Sir Charles ... Town drawings and those of Frederick Knyvett Tapa dura - 1975

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1975) 0624007170. Number 1410 of an edition limited to 1500 copies, signed by the author. Author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper. 4to; original charcoal cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper, pp. (xii) + 140, incl. index; profusely illustrated. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edgeworn; earlier owner's name on front pastedown; some old tape marks to free endpapers; faint spotting to fore-edge. Very good condition. "In 1974 the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, bought an album of 100 pencil drawings by Sir Charles D'Oyly, all made in Cape Town in the early 1830's and only recently discovered in London. They give a humorous and unsophisticated view of daily life in the Mother City under the Governorship of Sir Lowry Cole: a picturesque town of some 10 000 inhabitants. These interesting drawings, which were never published before, are all reproduced in this book and, to make the… Leer más

Hardcover. Good. Sold by the charity Langdon: Supporting Men & Women with Disabilities. Dispatched within 1 working day

Tafelberg. Cape Town 1975.. No inscriptions. a Fine copy in dustwrapper (soft at head of spine else unmarked). excellent shelf and table appearance.. Gilt on dark brown cloth boards 140pp. Frontis portrait. illustrated. 4to. 0.9kg. No.532 of 1500 copies, signed by Author. Includes Cape Town directory for the year 1833.

Tafelberg, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. signed. Signed by Author(s)jacket is shelf worn, torn and chipped. light tanning and markings. ownership inscription and small sticker. limited edition, number 694/1500. signed by author. fairly good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Signed. Signed by Author. Limited edition Number 1288/1500. 140 pages (complete). Jacket edge worn, a bit chipped, small edge tears, tapped, marked. Boards shelf rubbed and marked. Mild tanning, minor markings. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. signed. Signed by Author(s)The jacket is a bit marked and worn. Very little paper loss. Minor foxing. Soundly bound. No. 457 of 1500 copies.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. The jacket is torn and marked.A little damage on the spine.Pencil inscription.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. signed. Signed by Author(s)The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed.damp.A few small close tears.No inscriptions.Signed by the author.Well bound.Limited edition:Number 1016 of 1500.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.