Bokaap Faces and Facades : A Record of the Passing Scene in Cape Town’s Malay Quarter With a Brief Account of Its Architecture and the Muslim Inhabitants – Lesley Townsend

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Bokaap Faces and Facades : A Record of the Passing Scene in Cape Town’s Malay Quarter With a Brief Account of Its Architecture and the Muslim Inhabitants – Lesley Townsend

Hardcover, ISBN 9780869781487
Publisher: Howard B Timmins, 1977 first edition.

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some limited signs of wear and tear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

Bokaap ... Faces and Facades by Lesley and Stephen Townsend explores, through photographs and archival material, the architecture, history and peoples of this area. The history and story of Cape Town's Malay Quarter, Bokaap, which has the largest concentration of pre-1840 architecture in S Africa, and the project to restore and conserve it. Lesley Townsend's b/w photographs vividly evoke this fascinating area and its range of historic buildings. Other illustrations are drawings and archive maps and photographs.


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