Africana

16 Stories by South African Writers


A Bekkersdal Marathon

A clean inviting copy.

A Bosman Treasury

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

A Cask of Jerepigo: Sketches and Essays

Firm clean copy. Newspaper review of 1958 pasted onto back fep. DW has minimal wear to top and bottom edges.

A Century of South African Short Stories

Corners bumped.

A Comparative Study in Shona Phonetics

Neat clean copy. All maps and tables intact. Base of spine folded; top front edge of cover bumped. Back and front feps slightly discoloured; front endpapers cracked at hinge.

A Decent Fellow Doesn’t Work

Dust jacket in excellent condition. Very good firm copy

A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (South African Words and Their origins)

A near fine copy in a price clipped dust jacket.

A Flag for the Matabele: a Story of Empire-Building in Africa

Ex-library copy with stamps on front endpapers only. Page 89 repaired with adhesive tape. Boards marked and edge worn with chipping at top and bottom of spine.

A Handbook of the Swahili Language

Eighth edition revised and enlarged by A C Madam. Pencil scribbles on front and back endpapers. Front fep missing. General wear to boards and bumped corners. Spine replaced with green tape. Oriiginal spine (piece at top missing) loose in book.

A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom

Compiled for the Bechuanaland Protectorate Administration. Published for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures.Folded map clean and whole. Ex library copy: front endpapers stamped, also title page and some other pages (vii, 117, 213, 257). Mark to spine from shelf mark. Otherwise a clean sturdy copy.

A History of Sport in Southern Rhodesia

With shelf wear to top and bottom of spine and corners bumped. Previous owners name on fep and on paste down fep. Binding slightly shaken.

A Naturalist Remembers

Binding is good with clear and neat text, with and a dated (1964) ink inscription on fep.

A Peak to Climb, The Story of South African Mountaineering

Slight foxing to front end papers. Jacket cover is shelf worn and torn in places. Includes three maps in good condition. This edition is limited to 1200 numbered copies. The first 75 copies are leather bound deluxe. This is No: 956.

A Taste of South-Easter

Dust jacket has some wear and slight creasing .Previous owners inscription to endpaper. Good firm copy.