Levyns J E P (9 results)

First edition. 173p, photos. A fine hardcover book in very good jacket. Scarce privately printed memoirs of a South African infantrymen who served in the Ninth Division and later with the 102 Night Bombing Squadron of the RFC.

(Subject: World War I - Western Front) The author served in the South African Scottish in the South African Brigade, the Ninth Division, in France in WWI. Invalided out he joined the RAF and served with 102 Night Bombing Squadron at the front. He recounts the difficulty night-pilots had in finding the target and not hitting their own people in open warfare. He was among the first to see the use of parachutes when he witnessed the crew of a wounded Gotha bailing out. He also witnessed the barrage that broke the Hindenburg Line and opened the way for the advance to the Rhine. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Vantage Press) (ISBN: 0533060214) (Pagination: xviii + 173pp, 9 illustrations) (Condition: vg in rubbed dw) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. the jacket is edge worn and shelf rubbed. creasing. internally clean and tightly bound. No.612 of 750. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1984 fine 1st edition unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s)The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound. Signed by Levyns. No. 188 of 750. one other gift inscription. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair - Shelf Bumped. First Edition. Limited edition No. 155 of 750 copies signed by the author. Dr Levyns's contribution to the knowledge of the distinctive flora of the south-western Cape Province is well known to botanists throughout the world. In 1968 her recollections of the early days of the Botany Department of the University of Cape Town were privately published by the University for a few subscribers in a small book entitled A Botanist's Memories. It was dedicated to a colleague, Mrs Enid du Plessis, who recognized the historical value of her reminiscences and urged her to record them. It was only after her death in 1975 that it was discovered Dr Levyns had recorded events covering a wider field of her long life, and it was realized that, with a minimum of editing, these memories could be amalgamated with her earlier publication to produce a book of much more general interest - Insnar'd with Flow'rs is the result. The book has an interesting account of Sea Point in the Nineties and Dr Levyns's education both at school and at the South African College. Her experiences as a research student at the Cambridge University School of Botany just before and after the outbreak of the First World War, at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, and finally as a supervisor in an inefficiently managed government munitions factory are of particular importance at this distance of time. Dr Levyns's account of the growth of the University of Cape Town's Botany Department is significant in the history of the University, now nearing its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary, and is frequently enlivened by her gentle sense of humour - she was on the Department's staff, or closely associated with it, for fifty-four years. Also included are stories of her botanical travels in many parts of southern Africa and a description of her last long botanical journey across Australia. Her memoirs end with a short chapter on her strange psychic powers. She was a uniquely gifted woman. -------------------------------------- 207 pages including map, photographs and index ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½" Wide - 8½" Tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited. 207 pages (complete). Numbered 2 of a limited edition of 750 copies. An amiable copy. Calf leather spine, green cloth covered boards. The spine is smart, healthy. The boards have light scuffing and wear. They are placid. The contents are pleasingly comfortable. They are gently flushed with age-related foxing. Nonetheless, the pages are firm, hale, energetic, clean, clear, confident, sound. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…