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About the product The jacket is a touch edge worn. It presents excellently in cellophane. The boards are handsome with slight edge wear. There is tape residue on the front and back end pages. There are no inscriptions and the binding is superb. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

About the product 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, on the advice of governor Sir George Grey he joined the Cape civil service. While in its employ in the late 1860s he was entrusted with the task of introducing to a sceptical Europe southern Africa's first diamond, the'Eureka'. Later, as secretary to the government of Griqualand West, he chose the new name of' Kimberley 'for the burgeoning diamond-fields town of New Rush. But in 1875 Currey was blamed for the diggers'rebellion there, and this led to his dismissal from office and blighted his subsequent public career. While he was in Kimbeley Currey befriended two young fortune-hunters, both of whom were to become renowned premiers of the Cape: Cecil John Rhodes and John X. Merriman. To both of them Currey was to remain a lifelong friend and counsellor.. He is revealed in the account not as a politician but as a man who helped to shape politicians, not as a man who made history but rather as one who was passionately part of it. The manuscript forms part of The Brenthurst Collection, as do the majority of the contemporary illustrations which complement the text." Books: John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony

About the product the wraps are edge worn and rubbed. creasing on the spine. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Books: Dizzy: To Be or Not to Bop: The Autobiography of Dizzy Gillespie with Al Fraser

About the product 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 89; line drawings. Cloth partially sunned and mottled; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; scattered, moderate foxing. Fair to good condition."This is not an autobiography in the usual sense but an attempt to show the influences in the life of a young South African of the first generation, in the period between the end of the Boer War and the outbreak of the first World War. Until 1914 I knew only the Cape Peninsula. These reminiscences, therefore, are of that narrow strip of land between Cape Town and Cape Point, separated from the mainland by the Cape Flats."

About the product Publisher's presentation inscription to title page. 8vo; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper with later lamination; illustrated pastedowns; pp. (xii) + 171, incl. index; photographs and monochrome illustrations. Earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; loosely inserted press review of the book. Very good condition."I have. written the stories of my ancestors and my own reminiscences and have allowed myself to expand on those aspects which I believe to be of general interest and perhaps even amusement. In particular I have done my best to draw a pen picture of my beloved father, Eric Anderson Walker, as I knew him and his famous works. I have glossed over my own sadnesses and heartaches and extracted some of the more light-hearted anecdotes from the kaleidoscope of my life, referring'pari passu'to episodes in recent and contemporary History as they have impinged on me."

About the product Book has a few bookstamps to the front end page. Wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

About the product Signed by Author. 253 Pages. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with chips at the top and bottom corners, despite this the jacket is intact and protected in cellophane. The strong boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, clean and complete. tightly bound. r*17/01/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

About the product Signed by Author(s)A bit worn and tanned. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Summary ________________________________ 'Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion' SYLVESTER STALLONE'Incredible stories... you don't have to be a boxing fan to enjoy it' SCOTT MILLS... Author Tyson Fury Publisher Cornerstone Books Release date 20191112 Pages 304 ISBN 1-5291-2486-7 ISBN 13 978-1-5291-2486-6

About the product First edition. both book and jacket are very good++. the jacket is not torn, but is slightly shelf rubbed. the book has a previous owner's name and date. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Dartmoor to Cambridge: The Autobiography of a Prison Graduate (Books)

About the product The wraps are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, small creases and edge worn. The text within the book is clear and bright. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Side by Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph - Paper Books - Giant Editions (Joseph Helen.)

About the product 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 274; plates. Light wear to extremities; spine sunned; a little foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Good condition. Autobiography of pioneer aviator Frank Solomon.

About the product 8vo; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; illustrated pastedowns; pp. (xii) + 171, incl. index; photographs and monochrome illustrations. Name signed on title page; trace of fishmothing to dustwrapper; a little spotting to edges. Very good condition."I have. written the stories of my ancestors and my own reminiscences and have allowed myself to expand on those aspects which I believe to be of general interest and perhaps even amusement. In particular I have done my best to draw a pen picture of my beloved father, Eric Anderson Walker, as I knew him and his famous works. I have glossed over my own sadnesses and heartaches and extracted some of the more light-hearted anecdotes from the kaleidoscope of my life, referring'pari passu'to episodes in recent and contemporary History as they have impinged on me."

About the product Book has no inscriptions. wraps are a touch rubbed. Binding is excellent, tight and square. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.