My Friend Adventure
by Uys, C. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1960). 8vo; original red boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 216; plates. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; earlier owner's bookplate, with penned notation on front pastedown; trace of spotting. Good to very good condition. "'Ben die taaiste' - Ben the tough one - was the author's nickname when he was a schoolboy at Paarl and his toughness has stood him in good stead in the course of a long and adventurous life. He tried his hand at everything; a backstage messenger in the old Opera House in Cape Town, recruiting native labour, transport rider for the Germans in their war against the Hereros, diamond digger, Rhodesian pioneer - all these he fitted into his life before he reached 25 years. He served in the first World War and subsequently made a name for himself as a daring and enterprising contractor, building bridges and dams in many parts of Southern Africa. Later on in life he ventured his capital in a saw mill in the Tzitzikamma Forest, where he spent many happy years with his family. South Africa and Rhodesia owe much to men like Ben Uys, who helped to build and develop the land, and his straightforward, highly readable tale of an exciting era in our history will be of interest to all those who enjoy an entertaining book dealing with our recent past." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5977
- Title
- My Friend Adventure
- Author
- Uys, C. B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1960)
- Keywords
- Herero War. South West Africa. Outeniqua. Tsitsikamma. Rhodesia Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...