The Wind Makes Dust: Four Centuries of Travel in Southern Africa Tapa dura - 2003

Paperback. Very Good.

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2003) 0624041654. 244 x 170 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (xiv) + 377; profusely illustrated with contemporary artwork in monochrome. Slightest curl to corners of wrappers; earlier owner's bookplate to half-title. Very good condition. "An off-beat anthology spanning four hundred years of travel in and around the southern tip of Africa. From early European seafarers making sometimes bloody contact with Khoikhoi at the Cape, to the era of railways, hotels and pass laws, The Wind Makes Dust takes us on an eccentric odyssey through the past. It parades a cast that includes soldiers and statesmen, cannibals both black and white, missionaries, elephant hunters, escaping slaves, circus showmen, fossil hunters, a shipwrecked Siamese mandarin and a homesick San shaman. It also contains instructions for cooking elephant's foot, some truly awful poetry, a quest for the unicorn, and a sprinkling of discreet sex." .

Tafelberg Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. A smart copy. The covers are tidy. They have very mild user wear about the edges. The contents have evidence of some evidence of contented use. Nonetheless, the pages are very clean and clear, generous, happy, welcoming. Tightly bound. fk r*28/02/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 377 pages (complete). Wraps shelf rubbed and marked. Foxing, markings on page edges. Still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Good/Fair. wraps are shelf rubbed and creased. internally clean. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg , 2003. Paperback. Good. wraps are shelf rubbed and a bit creased. light marks. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.