Struben Roy (15 results)

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 260 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white plates. 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 moderate sunning and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

Condition: Good. 1968. First Published. 260 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over white and brown cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. jacket is rubbed, chipped and creased. edge wear on boards. ex-library copy with stamps, stickers, scarring and marks. front end page has been removed. thorough foxing and marks. sound binding. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

8vo; original pale pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (x) + 260; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape repair to reverse of spine at head; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "He believed firmly that the territory which he travelled contained mineral wealth of incalculable value. He was among the early diamond seekers in Kimberley, and also located deposits of copper and iron near Pretoria. With the assistance of his younger brother, Fred Struben, he found the Confidence gold reef, and subsequent geological evaluation and prospecting by the two brothers resulted in the discovery of the vast goldfields which have contributed so enormously to the healthy well-being of modern industrial South Africa.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj.

260pp. 8vo. Original cloth in chipped dustwrapper. Name on ffe. Black and white map. Light foxing to edges, otherwise a very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is shelf worn with creasing and marks along the edges. The boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. Ex-libris plate on the back of the front end page. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. r*02/05/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Marked and worn. A reading copy. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket is edgeworn and a bit marked.the front paste-down is scarred. library stamp marks.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Yellow boards. The story of a discarded naval officer, sailing for a living amongst the coral reefs of the South Seas and seeking gold in New Guinea.257 pages.

2nd imp. orig. cloth Very Good octavo 259pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Story of a discarded Naval Officer, sailing for a living among the Coral reefs of the South Seas & seeking Gold in New Guinea'.

Cloth. Dust Jacket Included. Second Impression. Cloth. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in a very good jacket with end and handling wear PP 259, Map Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. 258 pages. Size: 6" X 9".

2nd imp. dust jacket Near Fine octavo 259pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Story of a discarded Naval Officer, sailing for a living among the Coral reefs of the South Seas & seeking Gold in New Guinea'.

2nd imp. dust jacket Near Fine octavo 259pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Story of a discarded Naval Officer, sailing for a living among the Coral reefs of the South Seas & seeking Gold in New Guinea'.