Recent Arrivals from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(London: Oldbourne Press, 1956). 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt tree device to upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. 192; plates. Sunned on spine; top fore-corners of boards turned; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; scattered, light foxing. Good condition. Recollections from the author's work as a pioneer of reforestation in all parts of the… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1965). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 124, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper rubbed, edgeworn, and foxed; tape marks to reverse of dustwrapper and rear endpaper; endpapers partially browned; ex-library copy, with slight pocket and label scar, accession code and… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Juta & Co., 1981) 0702111929. Signed presentation inscription from one of the editors to inside of upper cover. 246 x 161 mm; printed wrappers; pp. viii + 211 + (ii); tables. Crease to bottom fore-corner of upper cover; wrappers very slightly rubbed; regular, light browning; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "Are Natal and KwaZulu separate entities? Can they… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: National Gallery of South Africa, 1955). 225 x 181 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 14; plates. Very good condition. Uncommon catalogue of the work of this significant South African artist. Introductory material includes an essay by Cecil Higgs. John Marsden Dronsfield was largely self-taught, although he did study for a time at the Manchester Art School. In 1939… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: The University of the Witwatersrand Press, 1935). 248 x 155 mm; original thin card wrappers; pp. 291 - 417. Wrappers a little browned. "In 1933 an Inter-University Committee for African Studies was appointed to report on published and unpublished material on archaeology. The ultimate form of the report is the outcome of an earlier independent 'Commentary… Read more about this item

(Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, May 2002) 02852422. 208 x 145 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers, pp. (viii) + 219. Trace of spotting. Very good condition. Some articles in English; others in Afrikaans. This number devoted to the South African (Anglo-Boer) War. Includes: A. Wessels, 'An assessment of the British military strategy during the Anglo-Boer War up to "black week",… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1953). 8vo; original red boards; dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 151. Spine a bit sunned; top fore-corner of upper board bumped; earlier owner's ink stamp to front free endpaper; endpapers foxed, some spotting elsewhere; dustwrapper a little edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel. Good. "This book is not just another detailed description of… Read more about this item

(Windhoek: S.W.A. Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, 1974) 094999507x. 238 x 174 mm; card wrappers with dustwrapper; pp. 87; maps; graphs. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. German text. Observations of Palearctic migratory birds in their Namibian winter quarters. Walvis Bay/Swakopmund on the Namibian coast is one of the prime spots for shorebirds in southern Africa. .

(Amsterdam & Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1910). 12mo; printed blue cloth over limp boards; pp. (viii) + 144; 3 folding maps. Cover ever so slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 17 [1st edition]; SABIB 1, p. 41) Uncommon textbook on the geography of the newly established Union of South Africa. "Sedert de eerste verschijning… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1979). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in white on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 315, incl. index. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, with tape repair to reverse of top edge of upper panel; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "From the modern ballad 'Ag Pleez Deddy' to a rhyme from the Kimberley Diamond Fields, from the… Read more about this item

(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 192 including index; frontispiece portrait, black-and-white plates. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn and rubbed, with archival tape repairs to reverse; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; a little foxing. Good to very good condition. "This is an unpretentious account of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1965). 8vo; original khaki cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 142, incl. index; colour plates. Cloth rubbed; a little foxing. Good. The beginner "who wants, initially in any case, simply an identification for the birds he sees ... requires a simple book, easy to work with, only dealing with the… Read more about this item

(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1966). Tall 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper plans; pp. (xiv) + 194, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn, foxed to reverse side; some light foxing. Good condition. "This book tells the story of the growth of the University, of its staff, of its students, of its role in… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Published by the Morija Printing Works & sold by the Constantia Booksellers, 1945). 252 x 162 mm; original wrappers; pp. (vi) + 78 + (1), few headpieces after old engravings. Wrappers sun-darkened and somewhat soiled, frayed at the spine. Good externally; very good internally. Edition limited to five hundred copies. Printed in Basutoland, this is a product of… Read more about this item

(London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900). Crown 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. 157, adverts; map. Small wormhole in upper joint; endpapers browned; sporadic foxing. Good condition. (Hess & Coger, Bibliography of Primary Sources for Nineteenth Century Tropical Africa, 5367) An interesting firsthand account of the progress of the West Indian Mission in Sierra Leone and… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: David Philip, 1994) 0864862504. 245 x 168 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 360, incl. index; distribution maps and full-colour plates; some line drawings. Near-fine condition. "Exuberant in colour and bursting with life, Two Oceans captures the diversity of southern Africa's rich marine heritage. This unrivalled field guide meets the needs of scientists, students and beachcombers… Read more about this item

(Paris: F. Juven, [1900]). Author's signed presentation inscription in pencil to first blank. 203 x 140 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 316; plates; some illustrations in text. Wrappers somewhat soiled and worn, with earlier owner's serviceable paper repair to spine; cheap paper pages rather browned, with scattered foxing. Fair to good. (Boshoff: French Publications on South Africa, 83) Original… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, [1916]). Dedicated to General Louis Botha and General J. C. Smuts. 183 x 123 mm; saddle-stitched printed card wrappers; pp. 16. Wrappers partially tanned; some foxing. Good to very good condition. (SABIB 1, p. 299) Uncommon. Patriotic poems focused on South African involvement in World War 1, including the Western Front and German South West Africa… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: The Goodman Gallery & Alliance Française, 2004). Introductory material by Ashraf Jamal. 200 x 200 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 48; lavishly illustrated. Near-fine condition. A collaborator with Walter Battiss on the Fook Island project, Norman Catherine is one of South Africa's foremost contemporary artists. .

(Johannesburg: the author, preface dated 1946). 4to; original blue cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 313; black-and-white plates. Boards bumped at corners, cloth rather sunned and worn at head and tail of spine. Very good internally. .