John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony Tapa dura - 1986

(Johannesburg: The Brenthurst Press, 1986) 0909079307. Brenthurst Second Series, number 2. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Large 4to; original crimson cloth; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; tinted top edge; silk markers; pp. 275 + (i), incl. index; several reproductions of contemporary illustrations, in monochrome and full colour. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A few fox spots to fore-edge, else fine. "The name of John Blades Currey (1829-1904) is seldom mentioned in histories of southern Africa. Indeed, the young Englishman who arrived at the Cape in 1850 made little direct impact on its story. He was nonetheless to become a profound influence on some of the Cape's most famous men and an astute chronicler of the political and social events of his time. His memoirs, published here for the first time, cover half a century of Cape history, from 1850 to 1900. Soldiering, farming, copper-mining - Currey tried all these; then,… Leer más

Brenthurst Press, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. a neat copy and dust jacket. all pages and plates are clean and fresh looking. excellent binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Brenthurst Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. limited to 850 copies. the jacket is a torn on the spine and at the back. internally neat and clean. excellent binding. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Brenthurst, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The jacket is a bit rubbed. A little light staining to the front pastedown. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Houghton, South Africa: The Brenthurst Press., 1986. HEAVY. 275pp, index, bibliography, appendix, bw & col ills. Or red cloth in jacket with white placemarker ribbon, top edge tinted. Tape stains to endpapers and flaps from old protective cover. Edition limited to 850 clothbound copies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

South Africa: Brenthurst Press, 1985. Signed by Editor Phillida Simons to title page. Standard Edition of 850 copies. Burgundy bds with bright Gilt title in Black flag, Red publishers staining top edge, 2 silk ribbon markers, printed on Domtar fine papers, nice half tone portrait frontis, pp 275 plus 64 colour and b/w illus. Original DJ is fresh with faintest shelf wear to spine head. Overweight.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.