Wierts, J.P.J.:MareMagnum
489 résultats
12 p. Large 4°. Contains: 1. Amsterdam (D. Keet) 2. Klaas Vakie (D. Keet) 3. Moeders skat (H.H. Joubert) 4. Waghondje (J.F.E. Celliers) 5. Verlange (A.D. Keet) 6. Slampamperliedje (C.L. Leipoldt). Title illustration of de "Tafelberg". Signed on title by the composer.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
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
190pp., 21cm., tekst in Zuid-Afrikaans, [Academisch proefschrift, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1950]
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 168pp. Throwing off any semblance of political correctness, this book takes an enlightened look at South Africa. Scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 96pp. Beautiful photographic images of South Africa's fabulous land, animals, peoples and culture.
Inscription from author on front end paper. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, label removal mark to rear and very minor bumping to lower corners. 366pp. A comprehensive treatment of all aspects of government and politics in South Africa, not merely concentrating on race relations and apartheid.
Revised edition. Good paperback. Water staining to inside covers. Rear endpaper removed. 5697. eng
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 98pp. An account of South Africa and the involvement of its troops in the Second World War. Well illustrated. Published to commemorate fifty years after its outbreak.
Previous owners' names/stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed/marked boards and corners. 244pp. Originally primarily designed as a promotional vehicle for trade in South Africa and South West Africa (Namibia) during the apartheid era, this gives a fascinating insight into social conditions at that time.
Previous owner's name to title pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly faded spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny piece missing from original oversized corner and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Originally published twenty years earlier and written by Govan Mbeki who had now spent twenty years in prison on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela, this books covers the revolt at the time of the establishment of the first bantustan in the Transkei in 1964.
1st edition. VG/VG (spine sunned). Inscription on the front endpaper. 9694. eng
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Tiny creases to front corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small stain (tea/foxing?) to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 220pp. A study of how South African cinema represents national identities, particularly with regard to race, establishing inter-relationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africa's history.
pp. 249 + Illustrations. Trained as a doctor, this brave woman served with her husband as a missionary, primarily in French Equatorial Africa.
Inscribed by the Author on the title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards, a trace of foxing to page edges and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with small tear to upper front edge and slight rubbing to corners. 232pp. A biographical account of the author's time with the S.A.W.A.S (the South African Auxiliary Services) in South Africa and in Italy. Their function was to provide help for visiting troops. The author was a close friend of General Smuts. Illustrated. Extremely scarce in the UK.
22 p. Or. cover. Text in South-African.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, small bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight fading to spine and traces of storage. 600pp. Novel set in South Africa's Cape country between 1938 and 1968.
Brugge, Wiek Op, 1942, 46pp., gebroch., goede staat, C10707
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
Inscription on half-title page. No other marks. Light creasing to corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 112pp. Guide to Cape Town just as the apartheid era was ending.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous plates, and endpaper maps, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Hosken, p.48.
Book on mint unread condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 283pp. Autobiography of journalist and writer Anthony Sampson. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
