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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
816pp., 21cm., gebroch., Doctoraal proefschrift (Universiteit van Amsterdam), tekst in het Zuid-Afrikaans, gebroch., stempeltje op verso titelblad, tekst helder, gewicht: 1.2kg., C110157
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.
[40] pp. met illustraties + 9 platen buiten tekst, 30cm., ingebonden in halflinnen band met titel in goudopdruk op rug, originele omslag mee ingebonden, gedrukt bij J.-E. Buschmann, exemplaar uit de verzameling van Lode Monteyne (met zijn ingekleefd ex-libris), goede staat, [uit het voorwoord: "De opbrengst - van de tentoonstelling - zal aangewend worden om het lijden te helpen verzachten der ongelukkige slachtoffers van den oorlog en om het leven van de duizende vrouwen en kinderen, in de folterkampen in Zuid-Afrika opgesloten, eenigszins dragelijk te maken". Werkten o.a. mee aan dit project: Jan Blockx, Pol De Mont, Frans Hens, Eug. Joors, Ch. mertens, Lodewijk Mortelmans, I. Opsomer, Max Rooses, E. Van Offel, Pietr Verhaert, etc.], B92622
Paris Ernest Leroux 1895, In-12 relié demi percaline à coins brique, plats et gardes de papier marbré, couverture conservée, xxiii + 292 pages. Contient également un chapitre sur les proverbes BASSOUTOS et une bibliographie. Bon état. Rare.
xxi + 168 + 66pp., 31cm., original cover, few foxing on edges, good condition, W94740
xc + 210pp., 31cm., original softcover (small repair at upper corner of spine), good condition, W94739
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
244 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: India's extreme landscapes; Scottish Treasures; Euro-Japanese Cuisine; Durban, South Africa; Vintage India; India's favourite contemporary things; Traditional architecture; Volcanoes of Western Maharashtra; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Librairie d'Education Nationale. 1900. In-4 Carré. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage. Couv. défraîchie. Dos fané. Quelques rousseurs. 322 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en page de titre. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Tranche dorée. Plats très défraîchis et tachés. Mouillures au dos des plats et en pages de garde. Coll. Picard. Bibliothèque de l'histoire des peuples. Héros Boers: Prétorius, Kruger, Steijn, Joubert, Cronjé, Botha, Ollivier, Dewet, Villebois-Mareuil, etc. Histoire des Boers jusqu'en 1900, Première guerre du Transvaal (1881), Le Raid de Jameson (1895). La Guerre anglo-boer de 1899-1900.
Félix Juven. Non daté. In-8 Carré. Relié. Très bon état. Couv. fraîche. Dos impeccable. Intérieur frais. 556 pages. Photo en noir et blanc (portrait) en frontispice. Carte en noir et blanc sur planche dépliable en fin d'ouvrage. Pièce de titre marron sur le dos. Auteur, titre, fleuron et filets dorés sur le dos. 1er plat de l'ouvrage broché conservé. La 2e Guerre de Boers. Je rejoins mon commando comme simple Burgher. Nicholsons Nek. Le siège de Ladysmith. Je suis nommé général combattant. Paardenberg...
283 p. 8vo. 23 cm. Original blue cloth biding, lettered in gold, with a decorative Greek key border in black. Slightly worn at head and tail. The author was a newspaperman and the editor of the Salt L ake City Tribune. His style is a curious blend of the journalistic with the romantic. The scenes move easily between the Comstock Lode, England, and the mines of South Africa. The Comstock Lode was the group of celebrated silver and gold mines near Virginia City, Nevada. Between 1859-1870 it yielded well over 300 million tons of valuable ore. The profits made from the Lode accounted for much of the economic growth of the West in the late 19th century. Wright, American Fiction III (1876-1900), 2206. "The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man" -- Samuel Johnson (1749). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W148
186 + xxxvii pp., with 41 bl/w illustrations, 29cm., Doctoral Dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie im Fachbereich Geographie der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität zu Frankfurt am Main), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, C112297
Complet en 2 tomes: 515 + pp.avec 64 illustrations (dont des photos), 23cm., dans la série "Bibliothèque scientifique", br.orig., cachet sur page de titre, C79129
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, covers lightly age-marked, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and markings on front free endpaper. This copy was presented by the Imperial Studies Committee of the Royal Empire Society. Imperial Studies No. 3. Includes an extended bibliography. Extremely scarce.
