Plains Camdeboo (41 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Michael Brown narrates the story of a solitary author (Michael) who is coerced by a friend to visit a mutual acquaintance dying of cancer in the local hospital. Michael reluctantly agrees to visit one time. Set in the dusty Karoo desert town of Aberdeen, South Africa, Tales for Mariette tells of the friendship that forms between Michael and Mariette Van Wyk, as his visits become numerous. The two bond over Michael's sharing of cat stories from his many years of experiencing cats in his life. Michael's wish is to have enough stories to share with Mariette throughout the holidays, and Mariette's life-long wish to experience what cats are like comes alive through cat tales over tea and cookies. These stories magically bring healing and resolution of their pasts to both Michael and Mariette, as well as comfort and insight to Mariette as she takes this difficult journey toward death. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Plains of Camdeboo This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: Good. Revised. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket is price-clipped. The book appears to be a First Edition though it's not so stated. John Pimlott (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Decorative paper over boards with black stamped cover design and orange-brown cloth spine. Very slightly bumped at the top of the spine. Otherwise a nice bright and crisp copy with clean pages. Only slight wear to the dust jacket with no tears, creases or nicks. It is not price-clipped.…

Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Viking Press New York 1967 8vo. 320 pages. beige paper boards with cloth spine. slight wear at spinetips; cup ring on front board. Illustrated by John Pimlott.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Palmer, Eve. THE PLAINS OF CAMDEBOO. New York: The Viking Press (1967). FIRST EDITION. Africa. Autobiography, history, natural history.Illustrated. 320pp with index, map endpapers. Spine lettered in silver and black. Brown cloth, light brown/white patterned papered boards(hardcover) with animal head illustration on lower cover. Illustrated dust-jacket protected by a removable, clear, archival cover. Dust-jacket smallchips with a small portion of the spine bottom not present. However - looks good. Unmarked, clean, tightly bound. In good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. DJ with some edge wear, creasing, tear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in good condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.…

Half Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition in very good condition. Brown cloth with silver and black on spine and printed paper covered boards with stylized animal face profile in black. A naturalist's childhood memories and nature stories about the Great Karoo desert near the southern tip of Africa. Natural history, folklore and autobiography about one of the world's strangest and least known regions. 320 pp. Autobiography, Nature, Folklore, Science. Pimlott, John (illustrator).…

Quarter Cloth. Good/Fair. First American Edition. Octavo. Some fading at head and tail of spine. Previous owner's name on front end sheet. Top corners bumped. Stain on rear end sheet. Three-inch tear in top front flap hinge. 1-inch tear at top rear flap hinge. JAcket spine browned. Chip and tears at head of jacket spine. Smaller chips and tears at remaining ends of jacket hinges. Some soiling on rear jacket. Condition of jacket is better than it sounds. 320 pages. References, index.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++/Very Good. 320 pages. Ex-school library with stamp to flyleaf . Kingfisher-blue and orange background d ustjacket is laminated and light tape abrasion vertical marks to inside of front boards. Light wear to edges and corners of cream of dustjacket. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners o/w sandy-brown hardback binding. Page-edges moderately yellowed and lightly spotted o/w clean and tidy pages.…

8vo; original biscuit-coloured boards; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); endpaper maps; pp. 320, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed to extremities of sunned spine panel; a little foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Good to very good condition. "Great as is Eve Palmer's scientific knowledge, the dominant impression which she communicates is of enthusiasm, of passionate self-identification with her subject. Here is a book which is not autobiography, not history, not a botanical treatise, but all of them and more blended into a uniquely vivid and personal account of one of the world's strangest and most unfamiliar regions.". …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 120 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Wear marks overall.…

Soft Covers. Condition: G+. None. Pre-publication. Soft Covers. G+/None. Pre-publication. 21cm By 14.5cm. An uncorrected advanced proof copy of what became the compelling story of the author's life in, and the natural history of, the amazing Karoo desert area of South Africa, where her family had lived for several generations. The soft red covers are lightly soiled with occasional creases and turned corners, small ink squiggle on pasted title panel. Few short dog-ears to text block, which is otherwise VG. 311 pages, including bibliography, 12 pages uncaptioned b/w photos, some text pages incorrectly placed. An interesting item. B/w Photos (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Viking Hardcover with jacket in taped nylon covering, slightly crinkled along spine. Publisher: Collins. Unmarked text, tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition. Cloth, 320pp. With illustrations. Near fine in d/w with wear to spine ends. Four generations of Palmer's family have lived on the Karo; that great plain towards the southern tip of Africa, one of the world's oldest and greatest deserts. There is no aspect of life on the Plains of Camedebook that Palmer has not studied and has put them altogether in this work.…