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Twelve large 8vo volumes; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt, black and white; all but one of the volumes also with the original plastic slip-on cover; pp. (xlii) + 637, (xii) + 659, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 657, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 634, (xii) + 647, incl. index; profusely illustrated with numerous illustrations in text, plates, incl. full colour. Plastic covers slightly weathered; trace of stippling to cloth; occasional silverfish attention to endpapers. Very good condition. A complete set of this landmark work. "The Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa is not a general encyclopaedia like the Britannica, but a regional encyclopaedia like the Encyclopedia Canadiana and the Australian Encyclopaedia. The reader should therefore not consult this work for an exposition of, for instance, the principles of electricity or the rules of cricket. He will, however, find described how knowledge of electricity has been applied in South Africa and neighbouring states, and how the British game developed locally.".…

1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 12 vols. Profusely ills. including many colour. Original brown cloth, printed clear plastic covers as issued. Principally about the Republic of South Africa and nearby countries. About 1,400 people contributed to the encyclopaedia. The first two volumes were published in August 1970; the 12th and final volume was published in September 1976. Although South Africa remains the central focus, the scope of the encyclopaedia extends through the Southern African countries of Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rhodesia, South-West Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia, into the Central and East African countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire. Owing to an editorial decision, all of the biographies in the encyclopaedia are about people who were deceased at the time of writing. Additional postage may be necessary US$149.…

Brown cloth with plastic feax leather slip-on dust jacket, 26 x 16 cm, ca. 650 p. per vol. ; pp. (xlii) + 637, (xii) + 659, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 657, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 660, (xii) + 634, (xii) + 647, incl. index; profusely illustrated with numerous illustrations in text, plates, incl. full colour. Upper edge foxed with some spots, some general wear and a light smell, else a good complete reference set of this landmark publication.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 12 volumes. ex-library but otherwise no issues. Plastic protective sleeves all intactVolume 1: AAN - BAC ; Vol 2: BAC - CAL ; Vol 3 (pub: 1971): CAL - DEV ; Vol 4 (1971): DEV - FOR ; Vol 5 (pub: 1972): FOR - HUN ; Vol 6 (1972): HUN - LIT ; Vo l 7 (1972) : LIT - MUS ; Vol 8 (pub: 1973): MUS - POP ; Vol 9 (1973): POP - SLA ; Vol 10 (pub: 1974): SLE - TUN ; Vol 11 (pub: 1975) TUR - ZWE ; Vol 12 (pub: 19 76): SUPPL - INDEX. All volumes are first editions.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 12 Volume set. Heavy. The boards of all 12 Volumes are covered in beautiful leatherette. The binding of all remains secure. Slight waviness near the front paste down of volume 1, and 3. Dust markings on the outer corners of the pages, they remain neat internally. No inscriptions or annotations. JHK. [OG Cupboard]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…