Buy this book on-line De Beer, Mona : The Lion Mountain and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape PeninsulaA.A. Balkema, 1987 ISBN 0869611518
176 pages (complete). Inscribed by Mona de Beer on the frontispage (dated: 14/10/87 ; signed: 'Mona'). A mild-mannered copy of this fascinating book of the early days of this most beautiful stretch of African coastline. Current residents of Bakoven and Camp's Bay will regard wistfully some of the photographs showing vast stretches of space! The dustjacket has wear, light sunning about the edges. There are some scuff marks and handling marks. The boards are simple, neat. The contents are genial, devoted, diligent, clean and clear. fk. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of De Beer, Mona : The Lion Mountain and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. de Beer, Mona : The Lion Mountain, and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula(Cape Town: A A Balkema, 1987) 0869611518 ISBN 0869611518
4to; cream boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 176, incl. index; liberally illustrated in monochrome with period artwork and photographs. Ex-library copy. Lower panel of slightly foxed dustwrapper partially pasted to lower board; reference code label to tail of spine panel; label scars and hand-stamps to front endpaper; occasional fox spot. Fair to good. "At Bantry Bay and Clifton, the houses and apartments cling precariously to the cliff-side, almost as they do on the Riviera or in Hong Kong. It is hard to find a building plot as big as a pocket handkerchief, and if you do it is likely to be well-nigh perpendicular. Sky-high property prices prove the immense popularity of the coastal stretch from Bantry Bay to Camps Bay and Bakoven. Yet for centuries, these sought after, fought-for beauty spots were the least developed part of Cape Town's surroundings. Van Riebeeck and his successors were interested in vegetables, not vistas; and they made their homes in the loamy soils of the Liesbeeck valley. The majestic rocks and delicate fynbos along the Atlantic coastline were left undisturbed. Mona de Beer has told here the tale of how this gradually changed and of how, slowly and at a much later period, the Atlantic suburbs were opened up." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of de Beer, Mona : The Lion Mountain, and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres illustrées, out-of-print books, livres anciens and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |