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The Letters of T.E. Lawrence – Garnett, David (ed.)
Contains 16 plate illustrations and 4 maps. First Edition. Condition: very good – slight foxing to front plate. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Jonathan Cape Date Published: 1938 Publication Place: London First Edition: Yes Condition: very good – slight foxing to front plate. Binding: Hardcover binding. Dimensions: 8vo. 899 pg.
The Art of Maurice Sendak – Lanes, Selma G.
A biography of the American illustrator for children exploring his life and work. Includes 261 illustrations, including 94 plates in full colour, 3 folding plates, and pop-ups. First Edition. Condition: very good – excellent condition with minimal wear. Jacket condition: very good – slight bumping to edges. Hardcover binding. Publisher: The Bodley head Date Published:…
650 Cookery Recipes – Duckitt, Hildagonda J (arranged by Mary Kuttel)
Recipes taken from “Hilda’s ‘Where is it’ of Recipes,” and “Hilda’s ‘Diary of a Cape Householder’”. First Edition. Condition: very good – slight wear to spine. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Maskew Miller Limited Date Published: 1951 Publication Place: Cape Town First Edition: Yes Condition: very good – slight wear to spine. Binding: Hardcover binding. Dimensions: 8vo….
The Best of Bitterkomix. Vol 1. – Botes, Conrad & Kannemeyer, Anton
First English edition translated by Theuns Laubscher. Featuring two new stories. Second Impression. Condition: very good – very slight age toning. Softcover binding. Publisher: Bitterkomix Pulp Date Published: 2001 Publication Place: Stellenbosch Condition: very good – very slight age toning. Binding: Softcover binding.
Die Foster Bende. Bitterkomix – Hattingh, Ryk & Botes, Conrad
Text: Afrikaans/English. Graphic novel portraying the exploits of the Foster Gang and the death of General de la Ray. First Edition. Condition: very good. Softcover binding. Publisher: Hond – Bitterkomix Pulp Date Published: 2000 Publication Place: Stellenbosch, Western Cape First Edition: Yes Condition: very good. Binding: Softcover binding. Dimensions: 8vo.
Bitterkomix number 5. – Kannemeyer, Anton and Botes, Conrad
The fifth issue of this satyrical South African comic. First Edition. Condition: very good – almost no wear damage. Softcover binding. Date Published: 1995 Publication Place: Stellenbosch Condition: very good – almost no wear damage. Binding: Softcover binding. Dimensions: 4to. 39 pg.
The History of the Port and Settlement of Walvis Bay 1878-1978 – Wilken, J.J.J. and Fox, G.J.
Published on the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of the town after European settlement. Illustrated throughout. Signed by the authors. First Edition. Condition: very good -slight scattered foxing. Jacket condition: very good – slight edge wear. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Perskor Date Published: 1978 Publication Place: Johannesburg First Edition: Yes Signed: Yes Condition: very…
Harbours of Memory – Green, Lawrence G
Unexpected and fascinating tales from the harbours of South Africa and beyond. First Edition. Condition: very good – very slight wear to spine edges. Jacket condition: very good – slight edge wear. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Howard Timmins Date Published: 1969 Publication Place: Cape Town First Edition: Yes Condition: very good – very slight wear to…
Thunder on the Blaauwberg – Green, Lawrence
Interesting and strange personalities. John William Dunne who rode along Blaawberg beach long ago. Solomon Rabinowitz known as “King of the Richtersveld” who loved the solitude; Alexander Scotland the business man who was ‘planted’ in the Kaiser’s army in German South West Africa long before 1914 and who became Britain’s master spy in both world…
Jan Christian Smuts – Smuts, J C
An interim biography of a great statesman and a father written by his son. With 23 pages of halftone illustrations and 5 maps. South African Edition. Condition: very good – slight bumping to board edges. Jacket condition: very good – some wear damage to spine. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd Date Published: 1952…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Rowling, J.K.
The third book in the Harry Potter children’s series about a young British wizard and his adventures. UK Deluxe Edition Second Printing. Condition: very good – slight slight sunning to front board. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Bloomsbury Date Published: 1999 Publication Place: London Condition: very good – slight slight sunning to front board. Binding: Hardcover. Dimensions:…
Battles of The Boer War – Pemberton, W Baring
This is a selection of discrete battle pieces, not a connected history of the war. Numerous photographs, drawings, maps and portraits. Reprint. Condition: very good – slight foxing. Jacket condition: fair – cofee ring stain to front wrap, and missing patches. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Severn House Publishers Date Published: 1975 Publication Place: London Condition: very…
Khaki Crusaders – With the South African Artillery in Egypt and Palestine – Cooper, F.H.
A personal account and collection of sketches detailing the experiences of the South African Artillery during the Egypt and Palestine campaigns of World War I. Contains photographic plates and a fold out photo. Book has an ink stamp on the front paste-down end paper alongside a written ink signature of the prior owner. There is…
Scarlet into Khaki – Lieutenant-Colonel Moncrieff Grierson, James
Scarlet into Khaki – The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War The Army’s role, organization, equipment, tactics, training, and administration. Revised Edition. Condition: very good – very slight bumping edges. Jacket condition: very good – slight rips to edges. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Greenhill Books Date Published: 1988 Publication Place: London Condition: very…
The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa – Hockly, Harold Edward
Chronicling the arrival of the Settlers of 1820 on the shores of Southern Africa; their location on the Eastern Frontier of the old Cape Colony as a buffer against the increasing migration of the local tribes westwards into the Colony; their early pioneering efforts to establish themselves in the face of seemingly insurmountable hardships and…
aké the years of childhood – Soyinka, Wole
Memoir of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka’s childhood before and during WWII in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké. Includes a book plate from the prior owners on the printer’s imprint page. Includes written message in ink from the prior owners on the free end paper. First edition. Condition: very good – slight sunning…
The Works of Shakespeare (6 volumes) – Shakespeare, William
The Works of Shakespeare – Revised from the Best Authorities with a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Brian W. Procter (Barry Cornwall) also Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by Distinguished Writers (6 volumes) Bound in bright decorative cloth with gilt titles to front boards and spines. Page edges stained green. Complete…
Sesame no.1 – Abrahams, Lionel (ed.)
Sesame is a literary magazine from Renoster Books that came after The Purple Renoster magazines ended. First edition. Condition: good – foxing to front cover and slight age toning, and previous owner’s name in ink on front cover. Softcover binding. Publisher: Renoster Books Date Published: 1982 Publication Place: Johannesburg Condition: good – foxing to front…
The Purple Renoster no.11 – Abrahams, Lionel & Bezwoda, Eva (ed.)
Johannesburg Literary Magazine South African literary magazine containing poems, short stories, and essays by notable South African writers. Front cover illustrated by Nils Burwitz. First edition. Condition: very good – a touch of age toning. Softcover binding. Publisher: Renoster Books Date Published: 1972 Publication Place: Johannesburg Condition: very good – a touch of age toning…
Indaba, My Children – Mutwa, Credo Vusamazulu
Credo Mutwa tells the story of African tribal life, recounting fascinating fables and legends handed down from one generation of witch-doctors to another. Includes newspaper clipping in the half-title page. First edition. Condition: very good – slight sunning to spine and edges. Jacket condition: fair – few missing patches. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Blue Crane Books…
A Sport of Nature – Gordimer, Nadine
A novel about a white woman named Hillela who personal tragedy becomes the catalyst for her political development. First edition. Condition: very good – an unusually good copy. Jacket condition: very good – almost no wear. Hardcover binding. Publisher: David Philip Date Published: 1987 Publication Place: Cape Town Condition: very good – an unusually good…
Unto Dust – Bosman, Herman Charles
From the flap: ” Tales of wars and love, faiths and superstitions, prejudices and insights of the back-veld Afrikaner are told by a simple old Boer who is really the embodiment of sly ambiguity.” Second edition Condition: very good – slight foxing page edges and cloth spine. Jacket condition: very good – slight wear to…
Memories, Realities and Dreams. Aspects of the South African Jewish Experience – Shain, Milton and Mendelsohn, Richard (Eds)
A collection of perspectives on South African Jewry, its origins and the roles it has played in South African society. First edition. Condition: very good – slight wear to edges. Softcover binding. Publisher: Jonathan Ball Date Published: 2000 Publication Place: Johannesburg Condition: very good – slight wear to edges. Binding: Softcover Dimensions: 8vo. 235 pg.
Stories from the Odyssey – Gallyon, R N (trans.)
A classical retelling of Homer’s ancient Greek epic. First edition. Condition: very good – slight age toning to front cover. Jacket condition: very good – age toning to front and back cover. Hardcover binding. Publisher: evans Brother Limited Date Published: 1951 Publication Place: London Condition: very good – slight age toning to front cover. Binding:…
A Concodance to the Poems of W.B. Yeats – Parrish, Stephen Maxfield (ed.)
The body of this book consists of an index of all significant words in Yeats, each word listed in the line or lines in which it occurs. Third print Condition: good – paint splatter to front cover. Hardcover binding. Publisher: Cornell University Press Date Published: 1973 Publication Place: London Condition: good – paint splatter to…
Mantis Poets – Roy Macnab & Douglas Reid Skinner – Cope, Jack (ed.)
Collection of Mantis edition South African Poets. First Edition Condition: very good – slight foxing to page edges. Jacket condition: very good – sunning to spine. Softcover binding. Publisher: David Philip Date Published: 1981 Publication Place: Cape Town Condition: very good – slight foxing to page edges Binding: Softcover Jacket Condition: very good – sunning…
To Every Birth its Blood – Serote, Mongane
An exploration of the uprising and turmoil of 1970s Apartheid South Africa. Mongane Serote’s debut novel. First Edition Condition: very good. Publisher: Ravan Press Date Published: 1981 Publication Place: Johannesburg First Edition: Yes Condition: very good Dimensions: 8vo. 370pg
The Writing of Wole Soyinka – Jones, Eldred Durosimi (ed.)
Includes sections on Wole Soyinka’s autobiographical work Ake, some of his plays, some collections of poetry and of two of his novels. Third Edition Condition: good: slight insect damage to the edges of the front wrap. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books Date Published: 1988 Publication Place: London Condition: good: slight insect damage to the edges of…
Weep Not, Child – Thiong’o, Ngugi Wa
Weep Not, Child is the 1964 debut novel by Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o. The novel follows a young Kenyan boy named Njoroge who dreams of getting an education while his family and community face the violence and land theft of British colonial rule during the 1950s Mau Mau Uprising. Reprint Condition: good: leading edge…
The River Between – Thiong’o, Ngugi Wa
The River Between is a 1965 novel by Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o. It tells the story of the separation of two neighboring villages of Kenya caused by differences in faith. Set in the early 20th century. Reprint Condition: very good. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books Date Published: 1979 Publication Place: London Condition: very good Dimensions:…