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xiii + 490pp., 22cm., text in South-African, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit van Stellenbosch), publisher's hardcover in blue cloth wth gilt lettering on spine, stamp at verso of title page, handwritten ex-libris on first blanco endpaper, text is clean and bright, good condition, C112298
Small name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty top of page edges and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing to rear and corners and small tear to upper rear edge. 120pp. A lovely book with fifty full page coloured drawings of varieties of pelargoniums (geraniums). The descriptions of each include histories, taxonomy, distribution (described and map based) and shapes of the flower parts plus vernacular names, glossary and bibliography.
Inscribed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Probably unread. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 282pp. A detailed study of how land reform policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa have been produced and contested.
Signed by Author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to some corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to some corners. 128pp. The story commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Open-Air Theatre at Maynardville in Wynberg, Cape Town, and in particular the concerted effort of theatre enthusiasts and professional theatre practitioners to maintain the annual Shakespeare season so successfuly. Extremely scarce.
Inscribed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Probably unread. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 118pp. Biography of the South African dramatist and writer whose work highlighted the pain and suffering of the poor and disinherited in his country's terrible past.
816pp., 21cm., gebroch., Doctoraal proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), tekst in het Zuid-Afrikaans, gebroch., stempeltje op verso titelblad, tekst helder, gewicht: 1.2kg., C110157
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top and bottom of page edges and no bumping to corners. 288pp. The history of apartheid in South Africa.
Marc Barbou, Limoges. Non daté. In-4 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Mouillures. 272 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait). Dos et 2e plat manquants. Illustré de gravures en noir et blanc hors texte. Orné de bandeaux noirs en tête de chapitres. 1er plat très défraîchi. Cahiers détachés. Pages non coupées. A relier. Ouvrage de la fin du XIXe siècle. Au Parlement Boër. Les Boërs avant la guerre. Ambitions anglaises. Les deux années. Autour de Ladysmith. A Colenso, A Spion-Kopje. Kimberley, la ville des diamants. Un héros: Kronje...
ISBN : 2902804067. Pélissier, Orgeval. 1984. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 393 pages pour le tome I et tome II paginé de 407 à 883. Illustrés de quelques cartes en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque en pages de titre. Rare. Collection 'Ibero-Africana'. Publié avec le concours du CNRS. Tome II: La Conquête (suite).
Inscription from the author on front end paper. No other marks to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 425pp. This study traces debate about environmental degradation in successive eras of South African history and offers a reinterpretation of South Africa's economic development, and of aspects of the Cape colonial and South African states.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to some corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped with very minor marks and small tears to upper and lower edges (longest two cm) and slightly sunned spine. Unpaginated. pp. An artist and a poet combined have reworked the drama of Shaka, mythical forger of the Zulu people in the rare and stunning medium of woodcuts with forty three full page mainly coloured plates with facing poetry plus notes.
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 28 monochrome plates on 22 and folding coloured map; original regimental cloth in blue and red, title and regiment badge blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled else very good, bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED OCTOBER 1914 ON HALF-TITLE. The author and the recipient served together in the Birmingham National Reserve and Recruiting Office. Includes three coloured plates of uniforms and two of medals. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.54; White, p.218.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON TITLE. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the RMS Pretoria Castle preparing to sail from Cape Town with the assistance of the coal-buring steam tug Danie Hugo in 1963; Photo inside front cover of RMS Brighton (F106); Full-page photo of P & O's cruising vessel Arcadia anchored at Kotor, Yugoslavia; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Big Ships; European Commentary; Under Sail; Her Final Bow - HMS 'Ark Royal' photofeature; P & O SS 'Arcadia' - part 1 - a review of her career; The Last of 'the Vessels' - part 2 of a review of the decline of coastal sailing craft trading in British waters; Guide to the Ships of the Royal Corps of Transport and the Royal Air Force; Reader to Reader; South African Harbour Tugs - a report on the tug fleet of the South African Railways & Harbour Administration - a famous fleet which includes what is now probably the largest number of tugs actively still in steam; Ship Sales; Casualties; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS 'Plover' in 1946 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., with a tinted frontispiece, facsimile title, 11 plates (7 tinted), a folding map, two pedigrees (one folding and one double-page) and 2 tables (one folding and one full-page), small neat signature on front free endpaper; decorative cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES. High quality facsimile of the scarce original edition of 1866.
4to, 26.2cm. Pp. 116,[2], 6 wood-engraved figs. in text, 1 fold. lithogr. map of itinerary with geographical and topographical details (scale 1:300,000, meas. 33.5x76cm, + margins, with longitudinal section in lower part , notes & refs. Modern boards lined with green vergé paper, uncut, orig. printed front cover mounted. Paper of text very slightly browned due to quality, otherwise a good broad-margined copy. - "Separat-Abruck aus L. Friederichschen's zweitem Jahresbericht der geographischen Gesllschaft in Hamburg."- Very rare. The author discovered alluvial gold near Lydenburg in February 1873.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographs and endpaper maps; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
iii + 397pp., with handwritten dedication by author, 34cm., publisher's hardcover, text in South-African, good condition, weight: 2.5kg., rare, unpublished doctoral dissertation (University of Pretoria, 1958), C99872
15 + lxxi + 681pp. + large folding map, original 1917-edition, 25cm., cart. cover with some spots, spine in green cloth with gilt lettering, text and interior in very good condition, C99387
Small corner missing on front board. ; A detailed and profusely illustrated description of the country. Wraps with blindstamped title and shield. Rare; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 306 pages
Features: The Algerian Rebellion; The Abortive Invasion of Cuba; The Empress of Canada; The Education of Commonwealth Youth - Hilton College, South Africa; Lovely colour advertisement for the Humber Super Snipe; Colour Advertisement for State Express 555 Cigarettes; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
8vo., with additional coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured frontispiece, coloured engraved and printed titles, coloured plates and folding map coloured in outline; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 9. High-quality facsimile reissue of the original Richardson fourth edition of 1844. VERY SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
Over one inch thick. Some of the many topics include: Beirut Hostages; American Protectionism; Sting; Closing the Levesque Era; Air India Flight 182 is blown up; Peter Loughheed's Legacy; Office Politics; Jenilee Harrison; Judy Chicago; Paul Desmarais (?) stalks Southam Inc.; Forty Years after Hiroshima; Nagasaki then and now; Fighting the fires of Summer; Boris Becker wins Wimbledon; Tina Turner; Reagan's surgery; Tears are not enough - starvation in Africa - Live Aid; Prairie Drought; Moves to buy Gulf Canada; South Africa Under Seige - the world debates sanctions; Bryan Adams - Superstar; Rock Hudson and AIDS; Toyota announces plans for Canadian plant; Debating Star Wars; Whale Watching; New Terror of AIDS; Paul Reichmann and his brothers buy Gulf Canada; Recovery in Tibet; The Race to Dominate the Arctic - the Polar Sea in Canada's north; Pierre Marc Johnson; Maple Leaf coins gain in popularity vs. the Krugerrand; Apartheid inferno in South Africa; Two-day Major League Baseball Strike; The Crisis of Canada's Water; Mulroney's first visit to B.C.; Year of the Dragon - Movie by Michael Cimino; The Takeover Frenzy; Botha's defiant stand; Cover photo of The Boss - Bruce Springsteen; Mulroney Cabinet Shuffle; War in Afghanistan; Pressure on Canada's wheat industry; Hard days for Canada's Navy; Special Report on Mulroney's Second Year; Pia Zadora; South Africa - a nation on the brink; Beer Battle; Quebec's garish crime press; Free Trade - climax to a historic debate; Swedes prepare to elect a new government; Canada's rapidly vanishing wilderness; Agnes of God - film; Joshua - Canada's costliest movie; Travels of Joseph Savimbi in Angola; Collapse of the Canadian Commercial Bank; Marcel Masse; Cover Photo - The Blue Jays race to the World Series; Mexico's week of death; The Tainted Tuna Scandal; TV Shows; Fishing Treasures of the Bow River. Light wear. Firmly bound. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, 4 illustrations and maps in the text, and folding map, preliminaries lightly foxed; original khaki cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lattered in gilt and black, gilt top, red endpapers, uncut, joints mildly rubbed, some mild age-soiling else a very good, bright, clean copy. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry served as 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from April 1900 to June 1901. They were commanded variously by Hunter, Hutton, Clements and Cunningham. In December 1900 the 20th was attacked at Nooitgedacht where the British sustained heavy casualties and the Fifes were reduced to half strength. The remnants joined Cunningham's force to the end of January 1901 and were then attached to Col. Benson's column in south western Transvaal. In April 1901 the Fifes regrouped at full strength at Bloemfontein, joining Col. Pilcher's column in Orange River Colony and returning home in May 1901.The work includes a nominal roll and campaign history. VERY SCARCE. Hackett, p.190 (see also p.ix for coloured plate of cover and lengthy assessment); White, .p.176.
Features: Sacrificing Freud - The psychiatric priesthood - itself torn between Catholics and Protestants - hastens the nightmare of a society run by doctors; Is Ronald Reagan a Peach-Pit Conservative or Closet Moderate? - The struggle in New Hampshire tests his belief that he's the natural heir to the G.O.P. nomination - with photos of Reagan in his youth; Kids With Kids - more and more white, middle-class, teen-age girls are having babies out of wedlock - and keeping them; The Moneyweight Champion - The investments of Morgan Guaranty Trust, largest institution of them all, account for huge chunks of stock trading volume - is their market influence benign?; Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Most Magic Flute; A Professional Guide to Watching Tennis - by Arthur Ashe (then the world's top-ranked tennis player); Multi-page informational ad entitled "Why So Many Invest in South Africa"; Two-page color-photo tourism ad for South Africa; Fashion photos of aprons; Maximal Minima - photos of the design of the tiny NYC co-op of Peter Benchley and his wife; Photos of Marilyn Neerman's high-rise, midtown studio design; Lobster recipes; Hats - article by Raymond A. Sokolov. 88 pages. . Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Wonderful photo fashion ads, some in color. Faint school stamp on front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
