{"product_id":"discovering-southern-africa-bulpin-1992","title":"Discovering Southern Africa by T.V. Bulpin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscovering Southern Africa (Fifth Edition Illustrated Southern Africa Guide)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eT.V. Bulpin's Opinionated Classic Travel Guide to the Territories of Southern Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Discovering Southern Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e T.V. Bulpin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inge du Plessis ; Felicia Stoch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Discovering Southern Africa Productions c.c., Muizenberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1992\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780958313018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0958313016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fifth Edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's pictorial hardcover with the cover design printed directly on cloth-textured boards; dark spine with cream lettering and publisher's logo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large, thick octavo-size volume, 1083 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pictorial boards are solid and presentable, with a canyon photograph to the front and a camper van on a cliff edge to the back. There is light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners, and the top of the spine is slightly worn. A small scuff or crease marks the back board near the lower left, and a small mark sits at the foot of the spine near the publisher's logo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The title page and copyright page are clean. No inscriptions, stamps or bookplates are present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in the early 1970s, Discovering Southern Africa is T.V. Bulpin's comprehensive guide to the territories of Southern Africa. This is the Fifth Edition, published at Muizenberg in 1992 by Discovering Southern Africa Productions, and it runs to 1083 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulpin writes with the voice of a well-informed and opinionated travelling companion, combining practical road-travel guidance with the history of the regions he describes. The back cover presents it as a lasting companion for travellers exploring the region, and it has been used by tour guides as a reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA useful working reference and a good addition to a Southern African travel or Africana shelf. Most of Bulpin's books are now out of print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: T.V. Bulpin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Victor Bulpin (1918–1999) was a South African writer who produced 29 books and over 2,000 booklets, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine features and travel videos. He wrote on South African travel and history as well as on African big-game hunters. He entered the cinema business as a technician at sixteen and later enlisted with the South African Air Force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe later founded his own publishing company. His other notable works include Islands in a Forgotten Sea, The Ivory Trail, Natal and the Zulu Country, The Hunter is Death, Storm over the Transvaal and The Golden Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT.V. 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