Rainier Margaret (8 results)

ditor's signed inscription to title page. The Graham's Town Series Number 3. 8vo; original dark brown cloth, with gilt device to upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. xvii + (i) + 172, incl. index; monochrome plates, including map plates. Dustwrapper spine panel sunned and foxed; merest trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Very good condition. "Eliza Sophia Pigot, daughter of an 1820 Settler leader, spent her childhood in comfortable circumstances in England. After her family immigrated she shared the experiences of a pioneer community, brought unsuspectingly to South Africa to form a barrier between advancing African tribes and long-established districts in the Western Cape. In 1824 she married Donald Moodie, one of three talented brothers from Orkney; she bore him fourteen children, and his career took them successively to the Kowie, Graham's Town, Graaff Reinet, Cape Town and Natal. The Journal in which Sophia Pigot records her voyage to the Cape, and the first phase of the Settlement in Albany, though recorded by scholars, has not been published before. Other diaries which she kept have been discovered recently, and these, with family letters and personal memoranda, constitute a record of an eventful life, and a character study of a dynamic, humorous and courageous woman.".…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvii, 172 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very good; dust jacket condition: Very good. Some foxing of dust jacket (see image); slight discolouring of page edges. Bookseller's label inside front cover. Otherwise a clean copy in excellent condition, free from markings or annotations. 'Eliza Sophia Pigot, daughter of an 1820 Settler leader, spent her childhood in comfortable circumstances in England. After her family emigrated she shared the experiences of a pioneer community, brought to South Africa to form a barrier between African tribes and the Western Cape. In 1824 she married Donald Moodie, one of three brothers from Orkney; she bore him fourteen children, and his career took them successively to the Kowie, Graham's Town, Graaff Reinet, Cape Town and Natal. The Journal in which Sophia Pigot records her voyage to the Cape, and the first phase of the Settlement in Albany, thas not been published before. Other diaries which she kept have been discovered recently, and these, with family letters and personal memoranda, constitute a record of an eventful life, and a character study of a dynamic, humorous and courageous woman.' Please note that regulations for importing goods into EU countries will be changing from 1 November 2026. It may not be possible to ship books to EU destinations at all, so please enquire before ordering. …

Hardcover. 4to. pp 127. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Slight sunning at spine and edges. Decent copy. Contributors include Christopher Lee, Prince Rainier, Margaret Thatcher, Linda McCartney, Robert Mugabe, Nancy Reagan, Sooty, Suzi Quatro, Lester Piggott, George Melly. ISBN: 1851360018 Very good indeed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed but whole. The boards are slightly edge rubbed. Binding is secure. Old cello tape marks on the end pages. No inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. r*05/09/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 72 pages (complete). An amiable copy. The front cover has a dewey classification annotation. The covers are otherwise secure, very lightly tanned about the edges, mildly rubbed. The frontis and end papers are foxed and marked from storage conditions. However, the contents are clean, clear, placid, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. 4to. pp 127. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ISBN: 1851360018 Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publication of 172 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. R *GK 16/06/2022. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: near fine. xvii,172pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from photos, paintings and maps. Original brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. near fine.