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Midgley, Thelma [and J. F. Midgley] : Familia Starke. The Stud-book 1972, with Pedigrees or Genealogical Tables

(Cape Town: the author, 1972)

J. F. Midgley's own copy, and signed to this effect on the front free endpaper. Inscription to title page reads: "This edition is limited to 350 copies." Small 4to; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. 124; monochrome photographs; errata slip. Dustwrapper very slightly creased and edgeworn, with some tape marks; some foxing and tape marks to endpapers; a little spotting; penned marginalia by one of the co-authors; press notice about the book to half-title, with offset to front free endpaper verso. Very good condition. Story of the Starke family in South Africa, from its roots in East Anglia to the time of the book's publication. "Much has been written on the genealogy of Afrikaans families and of families founded by 1820 Settlers, but there are other families of English origin which have contributed a great deal to life in South Africa and which merit attention. It is good to note, therefore, the attention given to the Starkes in Familia Starke by Jack Midgley of Kommetjie and his wife Thelma, who was born a Starke. And, considering the contribution the family has made to cattle breeding in the Western Cape in the past century, Familia Starke has an appropriately humorous sub-title - The Stud Book 1972 with Pedigrees or Genealogical Tables." - From a press notice at the time of the book's publication.

Midgley, Thelma [and J. F. Midgley] : Familia Starke. The Stud-book 1972, with Pedigrees or Genealogical Tables

(Cape Town: the author, 1972)

Signed presentation copy. Inscription to title page reads: "To Joan and Derek Allderman. This edition is limited to 350 copies. With the author's compliments. (Signed)." Small 4to; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. 124; monochrome photographs; errata slip. Edges of dustwrapper's lower panel very slightly crumpled; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; some foxing to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges. Very good condition. Story of the Starke family in South Africa, from its roots in East Anglia to the time of the book's publication. "Much has been written on the genealogy of Afrikaans families and of families founded by 1820 Settlers, but there are other families of English origin which have contributed a great deal to life in South Africa and which merit attention. It is good to note, therefore, the attention given to the Starkes in Familia Starke by Jack Midgley of Kommetjie and his wife Thelma, who was born a Starke. And, considering the contribution the family has made to cattle breeding in the Western Cape in the past century, Familia Starke has an appropriately humorous sub-title - The Stud Book 1972 with Pedigrees or Genealogical Tables." - From a press notice at the time of the book's publication.

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