Brenthurst (290 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 78 pages (complete). Jacket and boards a bit shelf rubbed. In a very good condition, soundly bound and internally clean. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. jacket is lightly shelf rubbed. mild tanning. clean. well bound. very good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are rubbed and marked.Ex-library book.Laminated boards.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The wraps are a bit shelf rubbed.Internally clean and tightly bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

260 x 220 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 78, incl. index; photographs, in colour and black-and-white; map. Gift inscription and previous owner's name label on first page. Very good condition. "Brenthurst is a busy place. As well as the running of the private homes and the considerable task of maintaining the gardens, work of many other kinds is done on the estate and it would clearly not be possible to interrupt these activities by permitting completely open access. However, Bridget and Harry Oppenheimer have always been generous in making it possible to visit the gardens by invitation. I hope this book will add to the enjoyment of visitors, and, through the splendid photography of Dick Scott and Hans van Dyk, bring the beauty of the gardens to those who cannot come themselves. Readers will find that the illustration and commentary in the book are in the form of a tour, roughly following the route on which visitors are likely to see the gardens.".…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The wraps are slightly rubbed. Minor damp damage and one inscription. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The wraps are a bit rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. One inscription. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are shelf rubbed.Internally clean and tightly bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit sunned and rubbed. One small plate. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. the jacket is shelf rubbed, small taped tear. mild tanning. internally clean. well bound. very good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Closed tears on jacket.Internally clean.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is lightly shelf rubbed.mild tanning.clean.well bound.very good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed.Internally clean and tightly bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly rubbed and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit rubbed and bumped. Internally clean (one book plate) and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The wraps are minimally rubbed. Internally clean (one inscription)and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Oblong quarto, pictorial paper over boards, lightly soiled, pp. 60, colour illustrations. An ABC of South African animals, illustrated with facsimiles from historical Africana books. Inscription on the half-title-page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Standard Edition of 850 copies. Brown boards with Gilt title in Black flag, 2 silk ribbon markers, printed on Domtar fine papers. 255 pages.

An edition limited to 1650 copies. 4to; original dark green papered boards, with pictorial onlay to upper board, gilt lettering to spine and upper board; pp. 56, incl. index; liberally illustrated, with facsimiles, reproductions of contemporary photographs and artwork, incl. some full colour. Tiny scuff to top edge of upper board. Near fine condition. The following essays appear in this edition: 'Olive Schreiner: Selected documents', by Phyllis Lewsen; 'The Cape in 1827 as seen by Marianne James', by Brian Warner; 'Some bookplates in The Brenthurst Library', by F. G. Brownell; A visit to Table Bay in 1608, by Paul Mills.…

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.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is lightly shelf rubbed.Clean.Excellent binding.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Volume 1, No. 2. From the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. (south africa, history, periodicals ).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. wraps are shelf rubbed and a little creased. light marks. inscribed and signed by Bridget Oppenheimer. well bound. fairly good copy.78 pages. [S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Volume 2, No. 2. From the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. (south africa, history, periodicals).…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Volume 2, No. 1. From the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. (south africa, history, periodicals).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 850 copies comprising the trade edition bound in cloth with dust wrapper. A fine book, free of any former owner marking in dust wrapper with bit of wear at spine ends, a 3/8" closed tear to rear panel; an archival jacket protector is supplied. A volume in the Brenthurst Series of finely produced limited edition Africana. Publishers printed prospectus laid in.…