Resultados de búsqueda: Africana - Poetry from Chapter 1 Books

Clifton Publications, Cape Town, 1987. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Schoeman, Amy. Signed. Complete. Hand-numbered 924 of a subscriber's limited edition of 1100 copies. Signed by Amy Schoeman (dated: 11 Feb, '88) on the title page. The book is housed in a thin card slipcase (tidy and competent). A most agreeable copy of this artistically inclined, rather beautiful book. The cloth covered boards are neat, healthy, smart. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh, bright, utterly engaged. Clean, clear, fresh, bright, creative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Lapa Uitgewers, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 192 pages (complete). In Afrikaans throughout. A decent copy. Softcover with flaps. The matte covers are rubbed and scuffed. They are otherwise placid and sure. The pagetrims have handling marks. The contents, however, are very clean, clear, bright, fresh - as if barely used throughout. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Epworth Press, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Signed. 128 pages (complete). Signed by Owen R Thompson and on behalf of Ethel Thompson (dated: 13/11/1931 Beaufort West). The boards are much worn, marked and scuffed. They are amiable and benign, secure and passive. Within, there are previous owner signatures (including that of the station foreman of Bethulie!). The contents are mild. The frontispage has handling marks. The pages are clean, clear, affable, tidy, comfortable, amenable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Record Press, Limited, Strand, London, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 128 pages plus advertising (complete). A resolute copy of this book of energetic, hearty Victorian verse set in South Africa. Recased retaining original boards. New spine and end papers. The boards are tanned, worn, stained all about. They are hale and sturdy. The pages are amiably vintage. The pages are rough trimmed, they are also a little tanned, worn from handling and storage. The pages are amenable, convivial, certain, very occasionally annotated in pencil, clean, clear, healthy, accepting of their age. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Record Press, Limited, Strand, London, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 128 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. Recased. Newer end papers. Original covers retained within. The boards are smart, healthy with some light shelving wear. They are sound and sure. The original covers are tanned, marked. They are tight and assured. The pages are rough cut. The contents are clean, clear, fresh-faced, hale, most pleasing, as if hardly handled! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 1973. Limited. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 144 pages (complete). Hand-numbered 17 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Signed by both Florence Louie Friedman and J M Sikakana on the certification page. A wonderful collection of the verse of the great Benedict Vilakazi (after whom the famous Soweto street is named). The boards are a little bent by storage. The back board has a consequent length-long crease. The front board has storage marks and scoring. Despite these distractions the boards and spine are steady, sure, efficient. Within, the contents are placid. There are shallow pools, smears, smudges of foxing throughout. Nonetheless, the pages are clean, clear, energetic, vivant, certain, bold, convivial, companionable, generous of spirit and verite. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.