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Tapson, Winifred : Timber and Tides : the Story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

Juta & Co, 1961

signed, dated and warmly inscribed by the author. there is also one other previous owner's signature. included with the book is a small newspaper article from 1982 reporting Winifred Tapson's death and funeral. the jacket is very poor. it is torn and marked and has been tape reinforced. the book has a little light foxing and age related markings. the binding is excellent.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Poor

First Edition.
Signed

Tapson, Winifred : Timber and Tides. The story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

Juta & Co, 1973

ISBN 0702104558

Signed by Author(s)signed by Tapson on the title page. no other inscriptions and the binding is excellent. the jacket is bright and attractive. it is complete with a couple of tiny nicks. the edges are knocked and there are a few creases. it presents very well indeed in cellophane. Winifred Tapson passed away in 2014.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

4th Edition.
signed

Tapson, Winifred : Timber and Tides: the story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

General Litho Ltd., Johannesburg, 1963

192 pages (complete). Signed by Winifred Tapson on the title page (dated: 12:2:64). A restful, contented copy. The dustjacket has a clear plastic protective cover that is very lightly worn. The dustjacket itself is worn, scuffed and torn. It is secure and sure. The boards are tanned and marked from storage and handling. They are sound. The frontispage has a previous owner inscription. It has a newspaper death notice for Winifred Tapson affixed to it. The frontis and end pages are foxed. The pages are clean, clear, genial, assured and generous. fk. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

2nd Edition.
Signed

Tapson, Winifred : Timber and Tides : the Story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

Juta, 1973

jacket is shelf rubbed and chipped. gift inscription. light foxing and marks. signed by author. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

Signed

TAPSON, WINIFRED: : TIMBER AND TIDES: THE STORY OF KNYSNA AND PLETTENBERG BAY

SOUTH AFRICA.WYNBERG,CAPE.JUTA & COMPNAY LIMITED,1973.

ISBN 0702104558.

South Africa,8vo HB+dw/dj,4th edn. [Originally and first published Nov.,1961, revised+enlarged Oct.,1963,a 3rd edn Sept.,1967 and this the 4th edn Oct., 1973.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but dw/dj price-Clipped.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated card dw/dj with, monochrome lower 1/3rds,front+rear,of dw/dj illustrated dw/dj with also a b/w oval vignette to front,black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned but still clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's brown,black+white design illustrated boards with black+brown lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate brown+white regional map ( KNYSNA Harbour and district - c.1820) illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xivpp+1-199pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,contents list/table,with illus list/table to reverse, acknowledgements,a prologue included in 13 chapters and an epilogue,24 b/w photographs+double b/w photographic illustrated frntis - both sides,b/w line illus by Leng Dixon for chapters 1-13 and by John McDough for chapter 14,a b/w plan/map of Knysna,books+documents consulted,appendix with 2 contributions (family graves of 2 families),an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w photographic frntis,title page,a dedication,with Knysna map/plan to reverse,and to rear of book a 4-page gate-fold genealogical family tree of George Rex. For its size,Knysna is probably the best-known place in South Africa.It is known,however vaguely,as a town built upon the shores of a lagoon of breathtaking beauty; as the home of stinkwood furniture,and as the place where an Englishman named George Rex,allegedly the son of King George III and the Quaker, Hannah Lightfoot,settled at the beginning of the 19thC. But there is much more to Knysna than even this,a whole treasury of fact about the men and women of its past which the author has so painstakingly unearthed and which she presents with a nice sense of humour.Plettenberg Bay,now the playground of tourists,was the precursor of Knysna as a port for shipping much-needed timber from the forests of Cape Town. Primarily this is a book about the ships that plied to and from Knysna,and the men who sailed them. In none of the chapters is this fascinating book,whether on forestry,or the long-forgotten Millwood goldfields,or the elephant hunts,or the ancestry of George Rex,does the author fail to bring to light new evidence which transforms her subject. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template, altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

South Africa,8vo HB+dw/dj,4th edn.
Not SIGNED.

TAPSON, Winifred : Timber and Tides. The Story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

General Litho, 1967

a fine copy in a near fine/vg++ d.w., short closed tear rear panel.

First Edition

TAPSON, Winifred : Timber and Tides, the Story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

Juta & Co, 1973

A fine copy in a near fine sl. spinefaded d.w.

4th Edition

TAPSON, Winifred : Timber and Tides. The story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

General Litho, Johannesburg, 1963

Near fine in the original pictorial boards. INSCRIBED "With love from the Author Winifred Tapson"

Enlarged and Revised Edition

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