Skeleton Coast By Amy Schoeman
Skeleton Coast (Near-Fine Collectible Copy)
The Authoritative and Captivating Pictorial Survey Mapping the Geology, History, and Haunting Desert Beauty of Northwestern Namibia
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Skeleton Coast
- Author: Amy Schoeman
- Publisher: Southern Book Publishers Ltd, Johannesburg
- Publication Date: 1996
- ISBN-10: 1868125939
- Edition Details: Second Edition, First Impression. An expansive, highly sought-after photographic masterwork dedicated to the protected park wilderness.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth-bound hardcover.
- Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 148 pages intricately detailed with 97 vivid color photographs, 13 regional line drawings, and 2 customized maps.
- Language: English.
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Used – Near Fine (NF)
- Exterior / Boards: The hardboards are in spectacular, mint condition with perfectly square, flat corners. The outer cloth covers show some minor, completely authentic shelf-rubbed friction along the very bottom baseline, entirely consistent with careful display. The spine remains completely undamaged, firm, and structurally intact.
- Interior: Outstanding. The internal pages are crisp, bright white, and fully intact. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Completely free of owner signatures, highlighting, or thumb creases.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus to Near Fine (VG+/NF)
- Report: The original pictorial dust jacket has been beautifully preserved, showing only some very limited, minor signs of light storage wear. It is now fully protected and sealed behind a clear cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1996, Skeleton Coast documents an area once feared and shunned by seafarers because of its treacherous waters, shifting sandbars, and bone-bleaching desert wastes. Author and photographer Amy Schoeman covers all aspects of this mysterious coast's intrigue: its complex geology, elusive mineral wealth that attracted early prospectors, and the unique adaptations of desert plants and animals living in a land without water. The text also balances historical accounts of the countless ships and planes lost on this shore with humanity's battle against a hostile environment, using magnificent photographs that capture the desert and coastline in all its moods.
Author Profile: Amy Schoeman
Amy Schoeman is an acclaimed South African-born photographer, journalist, and environmental author who made Namibia her home and lifelong artistic passion. Her long-term documentation of the Namib desert wilderness—deeply tied to the legacy of her late husband Louw Schoeman, a pioneering conservationist and original custodian of the park—has made her work the global benchmark text for regional geographic research.
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