Napier Devitt (63 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Boards have some wear. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fresh looking copy with lovely clean cloth boards. Gift inscription on the front free end paper, dated 1946 in neat ink pen. Toning/browning to the end papers and page block edges, whilst the rest of the book looks very bright. Terrific copy of a very scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Name of the previous owner. Bright Red top page edges. Publication of 194 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small chipped pieces on the spine of the book. The boards are in good condition. The pages are complete and the text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 202 pages, a lovely book in its maroon brushed cover with gilt writing and design. Foreword by Ethelreda Lewis. "To General J B M Hertzog, Prime Minister and Minister for Native Affairs for the Union of South Africa, these stories are, with permission, dedicated". Contains 20 stories, augmented by pencil drawings, including "The Dagga Smokers", "The Tax Payers" and "The Game Patrol" as well as the eponymous title. Mild bumping to corners, free end papers have browned over time, the odd other mark, but generally VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Not Indicated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1928. Original maroon brushed cloth gilt VG. Gift inscription on dedication page. Pages a little age-browned, but very clean & tight. 202 pages. Mentioned in Hocken's bibliography on page 60.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. boards are shelf rubbed and a bit knocked. foxing and marks. ownership inscription. binding is intact. fairly good copy.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RF17][SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Marked and worn. A reading copy. Ex-library. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Joyce Rutherfoord (illustrator). First Edition. Somewhat patronizing tales of "aboriginal" life in South Africa, now perhaps as important as an exposition of white attitudes towards the "Natives". Hardcover, full burgundy cloth, gilt titling & decoration. Light wear to book; jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear; BUT someone had taped a vinyl cover over the whole thing, leaving the jacket and book looking very nice externally, but ugly stains & scuffs to the jacket flaps & endsheets, more internal non-archival tape 'mends'; ink note & small label on the free endsheet; foreedge lightly foxed; ugly stain, apparently a printing error, to pages 6/7. Text clean; 202 pages; line drawings. Size: 6¼" by 8¼".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are shelf rubbed with scuffing, tanning, and a recently repaired spine. The binding is secure. The pages are lightly tanned, with foxing throughout, not affecting text. No inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. boards are rubbed and edge worn, spine is partly torn. foxing, tanning and marks. fair copy. [S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. Title: The Blue Lizard & Other Stories of native Life in South AfricaAuthor: Napier DevittPublisher: J L Van Schaik Ltd PretoriaPublication date/edition (if known): 1928Binding: HardbackIllustrated: Monochrome drawings throughoutPages: 202Description / Condition: Burgundy boards with faded gilt titles at front and spine, wear, discolouration and grub marks , bumps to corners. Foxing to fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, grub marks to some pages, shipped from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The boards are shelf rubbed, bit edge worn and bit marked. Slight creasing. Book plate on the opposite page of half-title. Minor foxing. Light marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally clean and tightly bound. Some foxing. the boards are a little rubbed. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black to spine; no dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 199 + (vii); plates. Cloth a little rubbed, and sunned on backstrip; regular, light browning; occasional fox spot. Good condition. The author, formerly First Criminal Magistrate, Johannesburg, here shares some fascinating historical sketches, ranging from "Forts and Castles in South Africa" and "Pirates in South African Seas", to "Tales of the Transkei" and "Mysteries of the Pondoland Coast".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing around the edges and a chip on the top of the spine. The boards are slightly edge rubbed. The binding is secure. No ink inscriptions or annotations. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. the jacket is edge worn. a bit marked, ownership plate. contents are intact and presentable. very good copy, also considering its age. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 202 pages (complete). Ex-library (Union Dept of Education Agricultural Training School Ausburg Clanwilliam) copy with consequent stamps, debris, wear, marks, usage. The cloth cover is benign with some wear about the edges. The faces are scuffed and marked. The frontispage is missing. The pages have evidence of readership, but are placid and assured. They are clear, occasionally marked, comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The linen covered boards are in an excellent condition, except for a few minor marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with 202 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Some foxing.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is marked and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Foreword dated, August, 1944. Bookplate tipped in on the front inner board. Publication of 199 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and small closed tear along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The jacket rubbed, worn and torn. There are chips and creases along the edges and taped on the inside of the jacket. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, lightly tanned pages. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*03/06/2023. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 216pp, illustrated, red cloth spine grreen clothe covers with protected dustwrapper, d/ spine sunned with top part missing [ now covered by d/w protector] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The Concentration Camps of South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. A clean and tightly bound booklet. 60 pages. Reprint of original 1941 book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The dw is browned and rubbed with most of the spine absent. Some bleaching marks to the boards. 244pp. with light foxing to prelims and endpapers. Spotting and stains to textblock edges. Binding sound. Bookplate and a name to ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair - Shelf Bumped. First Edition. Contents: 1. A Libel of a Hundred Years ago. 1829. 2. The Douwenis Murder. 1837. 3. The Tragedy of the Barque "Blake". 1838. 4. The Ratelsvlei Affair. 1871. 5. The Great Conspiracy Case. 1874. 6. A Countryside Drama in the Eighties. 1883. 7. The Matjes River Murder. 1890. 8. The Death of Jooste. 1891. 9. The Dorosier Case. 1892. 10. The Case of Blind Adam. 1892. 11. The Trial of the Reformers. 1896. 12. The Edgar Case. 1898. 13. The Von Veltheim Case. 1898. 14. The Case of the Princess Radziwill. 1902. 15. The Swartz Case. 1903. 16. A Famous Street Robbery. 1903. 17. The Mc.Loughlin Case. 1909. 18. The Murder of Thomas Mathibe. 1911. 19. The Port Shepstone Murder. 1913. 20. The Rain Goddess. 1923. ------------------------------------------------ 194 pages redolent of pre-Apartheid South Africa in the 20th century ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½" Wide and 7¾ " Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . Reprint, 2nd edition 1935. Publication of 244 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small tears along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Publication of 263 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks, but remain in strong condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 20 Stories. With illustrations. Previous owner's details to front fep. Small blemish to front prelims. Pale green tide-mark to rear prelims and to the top and fore-edges. 202 Pages. First Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Bound in full burgandy cloth with gilt.