Struben Charles (9 results)

Condition: Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 190 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

8vo; original blue leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. 190, incl. index; frontis. portrait; plates. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper; endpapers slightly foxed. Very good condition. Charles Frederick William Struben (1877-1958) was the son of Harry Struben. He was educated at the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, at Clifton College, Bristol, and at University College Oxford, where he studied law, captained the university rugby team and was president of the athletics club. Returning to South Africa, he practiced law, was elected to the Cape House of Assembly as the member for Wynberg. During the First World War, he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the Mediterranean, and received an O.B.E. Following the war and his return to South Africa, he left the legal profession for commerce, remaining active in political affairs. Before publication in book form, his memoirs appeared in a mimeographed version in 1953.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Ex-library book.Minor markings.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The boards are rubbed.Some foxing and tanning.no iscriptions.Well bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book has no inscriptions. Very faint foxing on the title page. Boards are a little rubbed. Binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Fresh covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Sound binding. Clean pages and slightly darkened end-papers. Contains black and white frontis and black and white plates. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60119013018. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. undated. edge wear and chipping on boards. foxing and marks. 77 pages. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 76 pages (complete). Boards worn, scarring, a bit chipped, sunned, marked. Tanning, foxing, markings. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Tanning.Tightly bound.Very good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.