By strength of heart
de De Kock, Victor
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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(Cape Town, Howard Timmins, no date, circa 1953). Royal octavo, pictorial dustwrapper, original cloth, endpaper facsimile map, pp. 116, frontispiece, plates. No 21 of edition of 1500 copies printed. Author's presentation inscription dated 22 XII '53. Dustwrapper sunned on spine and torn with a little loss; slight browning to endpapers. 'The fascinating history of the Cape before Van Riebeeck's time, ... vividly told by the well-known Archivist, Victor de Kock. Here are the adventures of the first Europeans to round Southern Africa; the story of great voyages in little ships by men who faced unknown perils and hardships; of battles on sea and on land; of terrible shipwrecks; or heroism and cruelty; of monsters and mermaids ... an enthralling narrative of the great struggle for the trade of the East.' .
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- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- 2390
- Título
- By strength of heart
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- De Kock, Victor
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- (Cape Town, Howard Timmins, no date, circa 1953)
- Palabras clave
- Cape of Good Hope. South Africa. Voyages. Exploration. Cape
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- Cape;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
Sobre Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
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- Facsimile
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