Search Results: Authors starting with G from Quagga Books

SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. Text: German. Translation: Animal life in South West Afrika. A guide to the zoology of the country. Published circa 1961. Includes illustrations and b/w photographs.

Gesellschaft fur Wissenschaftliche Entwicklung und Museum Swakopmund, Namibia. Text: German. Fold out map at the rear. Ex libris stamp on front fixed end paper. 180 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Facsimile. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Faux leather with gilt. Read More

Struik Timmins Publishers (pty) Ltd, 1991. Full-Colour photographic illustrations of various gardens throughout South Africa. DW shows only minor bends along the edges.

Macmillan Company. Exploration of the ancient city. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's label and a school book prize to the feps. Dull gilding to top edge with a few specks of foxing. Embossed device in gilt to the front board and spine. 9 sketch plans; 8 full page plates (incl frontispiece) and numerous illustrations. Some mild foxing to front and rear prelims. 579 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 2nd Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Full leather with five bands. Edge-wear and rubbing to the extremities.

Rhodes University. From the rear cover: "James Butler... arrived in the Eastern Cape in 1876 as a sickly twenty-two year Londoner recuperating from a series illness. 'Jim' was a Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, recorded down-to-earth fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters of this far-off corner of the colonies." Re-edited and voluminously annoted for publication by the author. 330 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound.

Goodman Gallery, 1982. A catalogue of the artist's work with colour plates and images in black and white. Presented by the Goodman Gallery in association with James Kirkman, London.

Carl Gerold, 1831. Viennese cookbook with 130 detailed recipes. Engraved frontispiece and four illustrations of table arrangements. German text. Contemporary full leather binding with shagreen finish. Slight wear to covers and corners. Sporadic foxing throughout.

Kalk Bay Historical Association. Contains the transcripts of the talks organised by the Association during 2002 - 2003. Articles covering: Arthur Elliott and his early photographs of Kalk Bay; Mayors of Kalk Bay - Muizenberg municipality; Social history of the fishing communities of Rogge Bay, Simon's Town, Hout Bay and Kalk Bay, includes the Italian Community; Kalk Bay Police station; and Kommejtie. Cover illustration by Anton Roux. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. 74 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin card-wraps with mild edge-wear.

Kalk Bay Historical Association. Contains the transcripts of the talks organised by the Association during 2001 - 2002. Articles covering: Arthur Elliott and his early photographs of Kalk Bay; Mayors of Kalk Bay - Muizenberg municipality; Social history of the fishing communities of Rogge Bay, Simon's Town, Hout Bay and Kalk Bay, includes the Italian Community; Kalk Bay Police station; and Kommejtie. Cover illustration by Anton Roux. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. 218 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin card-wraps with mild edge-wear.

Kalk Bay Historical Association. Contains the transcripts of the talks organised by the Association during 2007 - 2008. Articles covering: Horse transportation in the South Peninsula; Greek Community of Kalk Bay; Origins and forms of selected Cape Peninsula Villages; and Golden years of fishing in Kalk Bay. Cover illustration by Anton Roux. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. 121 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin card-wraps with mild edge-wear.

Sudwest Verlag. Language: German. Numerous full page colour and b&w illustrations. 95 Pages.

Gerd Hatje. Language: French and German. Lavishly produced volume, illustration in colour throughout presents all of Chagall's lithographs plus detailed commentaries. 418 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. This is a heavy volume and will incur additional shipping overseas. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Tiny open and closed tear to the lower edge reinforced with clear tape. Some mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Blue cloth boards.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Recased in original binding. Green cloth cover with some wear to edges. Previous owner's inscription plus booksellers stamp to endpapers.. With black and white photographs.

Jonathan Ball. Comprising eleven essays by some of the world's leading authorities on contemporary South African art exploring a wide range of topics. Richly illustrated in full colour using a broad selection of works from the Gencor collection. 168 Pages. Contents clean and tightly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Mild edge-wear. Some rubbing with mild grubby marks on rear board.

Jonathan Ball. Comprising eleven essays by some of the world's leading authorities on contemporary South African art exploring a wide range of topics. Richly illustrated in full colour using a broad selection of works from the Gencor collection. Some light foxing to top edge and thumbing to fore-edge. 168 Pages. Contents clean and tightly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Light edge-wear.

Michel Levy Freres. Nouvelle edition. Text: French. Translation: The Great Desert Itinerary of a Caravan of the Sahara in the Land of Negroes. Kingdom of Haoussa. Two ink stamps on front free end page. Tide mark on half title page. Foxed with age-toning throughout. Light tide marks to top edge of rear cover. Some abrasions to covers and corners. Speckled tinting to all edges.

T. Nelson, 1854. Translated from the German. About half the book is dedicated the author's travels in South America and the other half to his activities on the North American gold fields. New spine with gilt titles. Original red cloth boards with Nelson's Modern Library devise in gilt to the front board. Double page colour frontis with a neat repair and one other double page illustration. New end-papers. Gilt page edges all round. Some scattered foxing.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1905. Bound in decorative cloth with gilt titles to the spines and front boards. Spines faded with chips to heads and feet. Splitting to the gutters at the endpapers but binding of both volumes firm. All maps present. Two maps to rear pocket of volume 1 and three to the rear pocket of volume 2. Previous owner's signature to the paste down of both volumes. Plate facing page 8 of volume 2 is in facsimile. Some light foxing to the prelims.

The Trustees of the Natal Publishing Trust Fund. 2 Volumes: Coastal Region (116 full colour plates, 886 paintings and 810 species and faced by accompanying text. 136 Pages); and Inland Region (125 full colour plates, 699 paintings, over 100 pencil drawings and 629 species. 141 Pages). Remnants of clear tape to the flaps and end papers. Foxing to the front and rear prelims with light scattered foxing to the contents. Small abrasions to the fixed end papers of the Inland Regions and some remnant of clear tape to the end papers of the Coastal Regions. Light foxing to all edges. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Edge-wear and some creasing. Foxing to covers and verso. Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

S W A Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft. Text: German, English and Afrikaans. This bibliography is by no means complete but does provide an overview of the publications and other literature available on South West African flora. Will be of use to those interested in botany. 236 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin Card-wraps with light edge-wear and insect nibbling on both covers and spine.