Day of the Buffalo
by Marais, G. F
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620054824
- ISBN 13
- 9780620054829
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Strand: the author, 1981) 0620054824. Cover title reads "Day of the Buffalo: The Laingsburg Flood". Large 8vo; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 99; photographs; diagrams. An account of South Africa's greatest natural disaster, the flooding of the Karoo town of Laingsburg in 1981, with much on the individuals who lost their lives and those who were at the forefront of rescue attempts. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12583
- Title
- Day of the Buffalo
- Author
- Marais, G. F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0620054824
- ISBN 13
- 9780620054829
- Publisher
- (Strand: the author, 1981) 0620054824
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Weather. Meteorology. Floods. Natural disasters. Karoo Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...