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(Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1994) 1571570586. 8vo; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 300, incl. index; plates; line drawings in text. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel and narrow adjacent band of upper panel; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. (Czech: Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999, p. 50) "Cacek's adventures hunting alone in Zimbabwe and Botswana for elephant, buffalo, leopard, and a variety of plains game. In addition, Jerry Weaver relates hunting buffalo and gazelle in the Sudan; Charles Craver contributes a chapter on hunting dwarf buffalo in Liberia; T.N. Alexakos writes of a buffalo and waterbuck hunt in Benin; and Reinald von Meurers hunting in Cameroon." - Kenneth Czech .

(La Jolla, The Green Tiger Press, 1986). Small 4to; laminated pictorial boards; very slightly bumped at lower extremities; pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, top edge of which a little creased; pp. 128, including index. Numerous colour plates and lines drawings. Very good condition. "The Teenie Weenies Book includes a biography of the artist/writer, an essay on the fascination of tiny people in general, a sketch of Teenie Weenie customs and culture, a survey of Donahey's 56-year newspaper career, summaries of all his books, and a glance at his advertising art. Profusely illustrated with over 50 colour plates and dozens of line drawings, this volume gathers together a vast array of Donahey's extraordinary art from a variety of sources. The book includes pictures from his personal archives, some never previously published. Visually dazzling and fully documented, The Teenie Weenies Book is a treasure trove of nostalgia." .

(Cape Town: Purnell, 1969). 4to; original blue cloth, with gilt secretarybird icon to upper cover and gilt lettering to spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248 + (viii); full-colour plates; line drawings and colour illustrations in text. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; trace of foxing. Very good condition. "This is a book about the watching and drawing of birds in action. The artist and author, Simon Calburn, works only from life and this book is essentially a record in pictures and words of his contact with the world of birds. Over one hundred of the species found in Southern Africa are illustrated, and there are birds from all the principal types of habitat." .

(New York, Columbia University Press, 1969). Dustwrapper, partly and slightly stained, black cloth, pp. xi + 257 + (1), tables. 'In the fast-growing populations of the developing tropics, rural areas are no longer able to absorb the vast increases in their populations. In Ghana the result is striking-over a quarter of the population now lives in the towns. This book sets out to examine the kinds of people migrating to the towns, the effect of their migration on the rural areas they leave and the urban areas they adopt, their methods of travel and of solvig the problems of accommodation and work, their degree of satisfaction with town life, the numbers returning to the village, and their reasons for doing so. It thus discusses whether and when a truly urban population is created. Those specialising in any branch of the social sciences, and also the layman with an interest in the way tropical African countries are developing, will welcome information to be found here.' .

(New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968). Twayne's World Authors Series, number 40. 8vo; original red rexine, lettered in silver gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. 160, incl. index. Library ink stamp to copyright page; library ink stamps and label scars to rear endpaper; slight impression to lower board. Good. "Since his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, appeared in 1948, Alan Paton has been accepted as one of the foremost interpreters of South African life and society through the medium of literature. Prior to 1948 he had gained a fine professional reputation for his creative approach to problems of penal reform; and in more recent years he has felt compelled to enter public life as an active leader of the Liberal Party to promote the spirit of non-racial democracy in South Africa. The principal aim of this book has been to describe and evaluate Alan Paton's literary achievement in fiction, drama, biography, and poetry. But I have also sought, where possible, to… Read More

(Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006) 1868729036. 230 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xxii + 330, incl. index. As new. "Politics in South Africa is alive and vibrant, although the media often fail to reflect this. Anatomy of South Africa brings that political world to life. It presents a vivid, up-to-date picture of how power operates in the new South Africa and who really makes the decisions around here. It is people who make politics, and this book is about personalities as well as the institutions they belong to. Richard Calland takes the reader along the corridors of power - from the presidency and the cabinet to the judges and the media, via the labyrinth of the ANC-led alliance - mixing vivid anecdote with solid research. The result is an accessible yet authoritative account of who runs South Africa, and how. The title is borrowed from Anthony Sampson's influential work about who ran Britain, Anatomy of Britain. Like Sampson before him, Calland has a fly-on-the-wall,… Read More

(London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1912). 8vo; sensitively re-bound in charcoal Wicotex Brillianta bookcloth, lettered in gilt on spine; new, toned endpapers; pp. xxii + 214 + (ii), publisher's catalogue; 16 plates (3 of which are new facsimiles); folding map. Moderate foxing throughout. Uncommon account of the early days of the Transkei. "A very remarkable record of a remarkable work in South Africa. Bishop Key, as his biographer (a well-known Cowley Father) shows, was a man of saintly character and heroic devotion to his Master's cause; the story of his life is one which cannot fail to move even those who do not follow closely the work of the Church for the Empire." - The publisher's description. "A man of great determination, but of a kindly, sympathetic, and understanding nature, Key showed himself to be a good administrator and a dedicated missionary. His fluency in the Xhosa tongue enabled him to make extensive translations from the Book of common prayer,… Read More

(Cape Town: Struik, 1970). Africana Collectanea Series Vol XXXV. No 342 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Facsimile reprint of the Springdale Mission Press edition. 8vo; original black rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 448; frontis. portrait; etchings. Dustwrapper a bit tanned and edgeworn; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "This book contains much unique information formerly unknown, even to the many missionaries who worked at that time amongst the Zulus. Mendelssohn says: 'The tribal and household nature of the worship is clearly marked. It is scarcely too much to say that no savage race has ever had its mental, moral and religious conditions displayed to the scientific student with anything approaching the minute accuracy which characterises this work. ... The whole range of savage life, both in the body and out, passes before us. Every… Read More

(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987) 0869752782. A People's History of South Africa: Volume Two. 297 x 208 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 263; numerous illustrations. Very slightly sunned, adjacent to spine; trace of curl to corners of wrappers; occasional faint fox spot. Very good condition. "Working Life … is about 'the world that made the workers' on the Rand - industry after the mining revolution, the working conditions of those in wage labour, living conditions in the townships. The book also tells of 'the world the workers made' - lifestyles and occupations, political life and working-class struggles, art forms and entertainments." .

(Cape Town: Buren Publishers, [1968]). 8vo; original pale blue boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. (xii) + 209. Dustwrapper a little tanned and edgeworn; trace of foxing to edges; gift inscription dated December 1968 to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "No one who enjoys watching an original writer at work will fail to delight in this collection of essays ... from the pen of G. H. Calpin, one-time editor of the Natal Witness and author of the best-seller There are no South Africans. In them one of South Africa's foremost political writers, radio commentator and public speaker, takes a penetrating though kindly look at our country's passing parade, nudging the reader to windows from which he has never looked before." .

(London: Phaidon Press, 1999) 0714838292. 4to (290 x 250 mm); wrappers, with laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 160; liberally illustrated with examples of the artist's work. Light crease to top edge of dustwrapper's lower panel; spine panel slightly sunned. Very good condition. "William Kentridge's drawing-based works, encompassing animated films, theatre and opera productions, present a uniquely evocative, emblematic view of the state of South Africa today ... American curator and critic Dan Cameron surveys Kentridge's work within the context of politicized art practice while analysing the formal innovations of his animation techniques. European art critic and curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev discusses with the artist the political and philosophical dimensions of his relationship to drawing. Booker Prize-winning South African novelist J.M. Coetzee focuses on the artist's animated film History of the Main Complaint (1996), as a pivotal point in the development of… Read More

(Cape Town: Brommaert Press, 1997) 0958415919. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 64; illustrated with examples of period artwork, largely in colour. Some spotting to edges. Near fine condition. A selection of literary quotations and fine art, celebrating the role of mothers. Facing the contents page is a space (unused) in which to fill out 'A Message for Mother'. .

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2005) 0624041999. 214 x 137 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 238, incl. index; plates. Near fine condition. "I hope that every person who reads this book will feel encouraged to make a contribution to the campaign to provide the means and resources to end the epidemic." - Nelson Mandela, in his Foreword. .

(Johannesburg, Southern, 3rd impression, 1988). Quarto, pictorial dustwrapper, pp. 320, numerous illustrations. 'In this volume, for the first time, 24 of South Africa's most distinguished historians have teamed their expertise to tell the story of South Africa.' .

(London, Cassell and Company, 1974). 4to; laminated pictorial dustwrapper a little edgeworn; original green cloth; endpapers slightly foxed; pp. 256, including index; numerous black-and-white and colour plates. Very good condition. "Antarctica - 51/2 million square miles of windswept ice - is the most desolate, yet in some ways the most beautiful area on earth. Its exploration has been a unique challenge: a contest between nature at her most awe-inspiring and man at his most inquisitive." .

(no place: Westview Press, 2002) 0813339391. 8vo; original pale grey papered boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xxv + (i) + 251, incl. index. Near-fine condition. 'First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry--institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel--have allowed it to happen.' .

(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press / Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1985) 0869804235. With an Introduction and Notes by Colin Gardner and Michael Chapman. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. x + 26 + (ii) + 64, (ii) + 68, (ii) + 60 + (x), [27-84], incl. index; some monochrome illustrations. Dustwrapper somewhat rubbed, and a little edgeworn; some spotting to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "The literary journal Voorslag was produced in mid-1926, near Durban, by the then youthful Roy Campbell, William Plomer and Laurens van der Post, all of whom were subsequently to establish themselves among South Africa's most prominent writers. Disagreements between Campbell and the sponsors of Voorslag soon led to the resignation of the young authors; but not before the first three issues, under their editorship, had provoked immediate controversy in artistic and journalistic circles. ... As… Read More

(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1981) 0949937924. 8vo; original salmon-coloured boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 123. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn, foxed to reverse side; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers. Good to very good condition. "Roy Campbell was born in Durban in 1901 and educated at Durban High School. In 1919 he left for Europe where, as poet, bullfighter, translator and war-correspondent he had, like Hemingway, the distinction of becoming a legend in his own time. ... Campbell achieved instant fame when The Flaming Terrapin was published in 1924 and is still recognised as one of the great poets of the twentieth century. He died in 1957 in a motor accident in Portugal, where he had settled with his family after the Second World War. This selection of his poetry is the most comprehensive ever published in South Africa." .

(London, Frederick Warne, 1938). Illustrations by Laurence Dunn; 8vo; original red pictorial cloth a little worn; spine very slightly cocked; no dustwrapper; past owner's name-stamp on front free endpaper and dedication page; scattered mild foxing; pp. 287; illustrated with plates, a map, and a plan of a mystery ship. Good condition. An account of the conflict between German U-boats and British Mystery Ships in the First World War, prepared for a young readership. .

(Stanford: Contemporary Arts Publishers, 1999) 062024495X. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (x) + 77 + (ix), (iv) + 170 + (xxxxii), (iv) + 154 + (xxii); reproductions of the artists' works, largely in full colour; advertisements for galleries. Bumps to corners and bottom edge of lower board; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Due to the financial constraints generally felt by most members of the art world, Volume III is smaller than the previous two volumes. Binding them together gives the collector a good idea of what is happening in South African art today, from the most well known artists to those who exhibit with less frequency. It is an overall collection of work, which I hope will be enjoyed by all those who are interested in art." .