Geddes andrew editor (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.13x6.14x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 320 pages. 6.10x9.10x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 320 pages. 6.10x9.10x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Volume number 30 in the Society's first series. 8vo; original grey cloth, with spine lettered in blue and publisher's monogram in blue to upper board; pp. xxxix + (i) + 264, incl. index; frontis. portrait and plates, incl. folding; maps, incl. folding. Bottom fore-corners bumped; some foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves, occasional fox spot elsewhere; earlier owners' name and book label to front endpaper. Very good condition. Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) was "road-builder, geologist, explorer, trader, soldier, writer and artist . Utterly fearless and powerfully built, with twinkling blue eyes, he was one of the most versatile men of his day, his contributions to posterity covering many fields. An explorer who travelled far and wide, years before the Voortrekkers set out for the unknown north, he helped, through his publications, to open up the country. His humorous Kaatjie Kekkelbek is part of the national tradition, and his drawings, three of which are in the Africana museum, Johannesburg, have become treasured Africana." - DSAB I, pp. 35-38.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 311 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 240 pages. 9.75x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 291 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 192 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.