Buy this book on-line De Jong, Frank (compiler) : Cape Town and its Surroundings(Cape Town: South African Library, 1983) 0869680439 ISBN 0869680439
182 x 120 mm; card wrappers; pp. (xiv) + 31 + (6). Very good condition. Facsimile reprint of the 1894 edition published by J.W. Blinkhorn & Co. From Introduction: "This booklet was originally published in 1894 with the aim of providing 'a handbook to the objects of interest in and about the City'. In that year Cape Town had about 52 000 inhabitants. A short description is given of the city's history, main streets, commercial firms, public institutions and tourist attractions, while advertisements of various local shops and other businesses enhance the interest of the publication. The copy from which this facsimile reprint was produced is housed in the SA Library and the only one listed in the S.A. Bibliography to 1925." 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 Jong, Frank (compiler) : Cape Town and its Surroundings. 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 used books, out-of-print books, livres illustrées, atlases and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |