Himba Tapa dura - 1992

Struik Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*29/08/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

(Cape Town: Struik, 1990) 1868250318. 4to; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 144, incl. index. Dustwrapper very slightly foxed to reverse side, with short tear to top edge of lower panel. Near-fine condition. "The Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in Kaokoland in the remote north-western corner of Namibia. Their world is harsh, dry and starkly beautiful, sandwiched between the Namib Desert's forbidding Skeleton Coast and, until recently, the conflict between South Africa and Swapo. Today these people are under pressure as never before. In the early 1980s the worst drought in living memory killed more than 130 000 head of cattle in Kaokoland - two thirds of the stock. This, coupled with the effects and aftermath of the war, paints a bleak future for the Himba. The text introduces the Himba's world by means of evocatively described scenes from the past and present, most of which Margaret Jacobsohn has personally observed or… Leer más

1990. Erstausgabe, Foreshore, Cape Town, Struik, 1990, 4°, 144 S. mit zahlreichen, teilweise ganzseitigen Farbabbildungen, Text: englisch, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), an der unteren Aussenecke durchgehend schwach eckknickig (unauffällig), sonst sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar. Should your order's weight exceed 1kg, we shall need to message you, to recalculate the shipping cost. (= Sollte Ihre Bestellung mehr als 1k wiegen, müssten die Portokosten angepasst werden, Sie bekämen vorab eine Anfrage per Email.)

Struik Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 144 Pages. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are shelf rubbed. Internally, clean and complete. Well bound. r*03/06/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Struik, 1990. hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 12x9x1. 1990 First Edition. Inside cover is a lengthy note from a previous owner else book is in fine and unread condition clean tight and bright. Hardcover is clean and bright, DJ is clean and strong, rubbed a bit at top edge.

UsedVeryGood The cover shows normal wear and tear. .

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik, 1990 An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. Gift quality. "The Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in Kaokoland in the remote north-western corner of Namibia. Their world is harsh, dry and starkly beautiful, sandwiched between the Namib Desert's forbidding Skeleton Coast and, until recently, the conflict between South Africa and Swapo. Today these people are under pressure as never before. In the early 1980s the worst drought in living memory killed more than 130 000 head of cattle in Kaokoland - two thirds of the stock. This, coupled with the effects and aftermath of the war, paints a bleak future for the Himba. The text introduces the Himba's world by means of evocatively described scenes from the past and present, most of which Margaret Jacobsohn has personally observed or participated in. The immediacy and integrity of her account together with Peter and Beverly Pickford's magnificent full-colour photographs provide a unique record… Leer más

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very good+. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, illustrated in color. Book has hint of shelfwear to edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with faint foxing to edges of block. DJ has mild rubbing, sun to spine.

Struik, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows a bit of surface wear, nearly as issued, now in mylar. 1st ed. 144 pp., color plates..