Rev william c holden (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Minus. None. Reprint Edition. 22 cm, xii, 516 pp plus 11 pp index, folding map and tables, plates, leather over boards. Inner hinge just starting to crack at rear and mildly stressed at front; else a VG copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.…

Condizione: Vg. xii, 516, 11 Pp. Frontis, b&w fold-out map, b&w illus. throughout The Past and Future of The Kaffir Races. In Three Parts. I. Their History II. Their Manners and Customs. III. The Means Needful for Their Preservation and Improvement (from facsimile title page) Blue calf with blind stamp boarders and title, gilt illus. to front, gilt title to spine. Facsimile Reprint. This edition is limited to 750 numbered copies. This is number 514.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. REPRINT of 1866 ed. Very monor wear to boards. Else very clean. With a foldout map and illustrations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Facsimile reprint. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Arica. 130/750 Limited edition. Facsimile reprint. Vol 3 in the series. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and knocked. Internally, clean. Tightly bound. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Facsimile Reprint of 1855 Ed. 4 folding maps and charts, 18 plates. Gilt lettered buckram with gilt device to upper board. No. 579 of a Limited Edition of 750 Copies.Mendelssohn Vol. 1., pp.725. (1st Edition). '. one of the standard works on South African natives in the middle of the nineteenth century .' US$37.…

First Edition. Rebound in red buckram with new end papers. Black leather spine label. With three maps, and nineteen illustrations on wood and stone. This copy has the rare plate of Hallett & Dixon's house near Verulam at page 331,usually missing from most copies. Pages We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997 AND IN OUR STORE IN THE BERKSHIRES FROM 1987 TO 2015.…

Hardcover, 22x15cm, spine gilt titles, 516 pages, with one folding map, 4 folding tables litho plates of which some are tinted.The advert for the same author's book "History of the Colony of Natal" is included. Bumped corners, many stamps of the Ballarat Mechanics Institute ar scattered through the pages, faint ink numbers to top corner of title page,general wear. A book that is recognized as one of the standard works on South African natives in the middle of the 19th century, especially as regards Kaffir proper. Detailed, from tribal customs to great chiefs, to battles and warfare to varied tribes, to population numbers, plus loads more. Quite rare is the first ed.…

Condizione: Good. Exploring the history, customs, and prospects of the Xhosa people in South Africa, focusing on British colonial interaction and Methodist missionary work. In Three Parts: I. Their History; II. Their Manners and Customs; III. The Means Needful for their Preservation and Improvement. Includes a map and illustrations. Split to rear end papers. Scattered foxing. 516 Pages. Dimensions: 14.5 x 22cm. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 463 pages plus folded maps (complete).all plates and maps complete. A comfortable, benign copy The book was inscribed by Holden on the title page: "With the Author's kind regards". The rear frontispage has a gift inscription (not from the author). The original pressed boards have knocks and wear about the edges and corners and seams. They are scuffed, dulled by handling and storage. The spine has been repaired and is effective and efficient. Within, the end papers could be more recent than the contents. The papertrims have light wear, some sunning/ discolouration. The contents are genial, pleasing (especially when taking the age of the book into account). The pages have very occasional age-related blots and smears. In general, and by far, the pages are fresh-faced, clean, clear, convivial, certain, keen. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

First edition. Frontispiece, 3 maps & 8 plates, with numerous woodcuts. 8vo. Original brown cloth, spine gilt, worn. viii, 463, [1]ads.pp London, "One of the most valuable books on the early history of Natal" (Mendelssohn). An upbeat account of the colony, which at the time of publication had only been a British dependency for ten years. Although much of the work is devoted to the early pioneers, Holden thoughtfully describes the establishment of government and discusses the question of the Orange River Sovereignty. Mendelssohn I, p724.…

In Three Parts. I. Their History. II. Their Manners and Customs. III. The Means Needful for their Preservation and Improvement. First edition. Frontispiece, folding map & 11 plates. 8vo. xii, 516pp. London, Published for the Author, Due to the pace of change in South Africa this work needed constant and substantial revision before publication, a process which would take 12 years, but ensured the accuracy of the work - to which even Theal attests. It is now regarded as one of the benchmark narratives of South Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. Mendelssohn I, p725; Theal, p141.…