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Fusslein. Johannesburg nd. c.1909. No.1036. Unused. Very minor markings from storage in four-corner-slit postcard album else all in very good condition.. Photographic view postcard.

Struik 1991.. No inscriptions. Fine in particulaly glossy unmarked and dustwrapper. minor faults indicating ownership only (lower corners of boards bumped, light wear showing at head and tail of spine on dustwrapper).. Printed boards. square large 4to. Author's third photographic book derived from travels in some of South Africa's more remote places.

Double Storey. Cape Town 2002.. No inscriptions. A Fine copy in matching dustwrapper.. Maroon cloth boards. 132pp illustrated colour & b/w photos. large square 4to. Authors personal selection of photographs from over 30 years of journeying throughout Southern Africa. Includes selection of black and white photos published for the first time.

Supernova. Venezia 1994. Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies only. no isbn apparent.. Wraps a bit creased, gift inscription, ff tanned, a Good clean copy.. 220pp softcover. 8vo. Warm gift inscription from author to "Sandra". This work investigates South African historical novels as foundational narratives that mediate between history and story in order to conjure up the myth of the modern nation. By exploring the rhetoric of plot patterns and the semantics of recurrent motifs, the book discusses the ways in which texts produce a literary discourse about the past which aims at forming or consolidating a national consciousness. Author was a researcher in the Department of English and German Languages and Literatures at the University of Padova.

The Government Printer. Pretoria 1957.. A G-VG copy, minor edge wear, sound and attractive, no inscriptions, contents excellent, all maps present and as new.. Vynide covered boards. xx + 799pp. illustrated fold-out maps, drawings, photos, tables, many fold-out plans. etc. 8vo. 1.7kg. One volume only of the three. A compendium of information applicable to the farmer in South Africa.

The Government Printer. Pretoria 1957.. VG condition, no dustwrapper.. Brown simulated leather cloth boards. 880pp large 8vo 1.6kg

The Government Printer. Pretoria 1957.. A VG set. All 3 volumes are sound and attractive, no inscriptions, contents excellent, all maps present and as new.. Vynide covered boards. Volume I. xx + 799pp. Volume II. vi + 880pp. Volume III. vi + 777pp. illustrated fold-out maps, drawings, photos, tables, many fold-out plans. etc. 8vo. 4.9kg. A three-volume compendium of information on anything and everything applicable to the farmer in South Africa. Volume 1. Agriculture And Related Services. Volume 2. Agronomy And Horticulture. Volume 3. Stock Farming And Pastures.

Pretoria 1957.. Nice sound clean copies. minor wear only, front joint has worn through in places on Vol.1 only, Vols. 2 & 3 not affected, generally VG condition.. Gilt on brown vynide. Volume I. 799pp. Volume II. 880pp. Volume III. 777pp. illustrated maps, drawings, photos, tables, many foldout plans. etc. 8vo. . A three-volume compendium of information on anything and everything applicable to farming in South Africa. Vol.1 Agriculture & Related Services. Vol.2 Agronomy & Agriculture. Vol.3 Stock Farming & Pastures.

The Government Printer. Pretoria 1957.. Front board shaken else a clean attractive VG copy, no dustwrapper.. Brown simulated leather cloth boards. 799pp large 8vo 1.7kg.

The Government Printer. Pretoria 1957.. A G-VG copy, minor edge wear, sound and attractive, no inscriptions, contents excellent, all maps present and as new.. Vynide covered boards. vi + 777pp. illustrated fold-out maps, drawings, photos, tables, many fold-out plans. etc. 8vo. 1.5kg. One volume only of the three. A compendium of information applicable to the farmer in South Africa.

Los Angeles nd.. A VG+ copy, unmarked, nice square corners, no chips, tears, or folds.. 31pp stapled softcover. illustrated 4to. A selection of drawings by Tom of Finland of sailors. Several never published before. An uncommon item.

Los Angeles 1984.. A VG+ copy, unmarked, nice square corners, no chips, tears, or folds.. 42pp stapled softcover. illustrated 4to. A selection of drawings by Tom of Finland divided into sections - Finlandia, the Swimming hole, beach buddies, loggers, sailors, prison life, sunbathers in the park, forbidden pleasures, sauna, bikers and ranchers. An uncommon item.

Ravan Press 1990. issn 02587211. No inscriptions. VG+ condition.. 96pp softcover. Contributors include: Peter Esterhuysen, M. Cassiem D'Arcy, Karren Visser, Deena Padayachee, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Gray (Richard Rive, A Memoir), and others. Essays & poetry.

CUP. Cambridge 2nd edition 1972.. No inscriptions. VG condition.. Printed wraps. 343pp illustrated maps. 8vo. Starts by describing the precolonial history of Africa in the first three-quarters of the 19thC, followed by partition and colonial rule, finally looking at the roads taken to independence and developments thereafter. This edition covers up to 1971.

CUP. Cambridge 2nd school edition 1974 reprint.. Ownership inscription ffep else a clean sound copy.. Printed wraps. 343pp illustrated maps. 8vo. Starts by describing the precolonial history of Africa in the first three-quarters of the 19thC, followed by partition and colonial rule, finally looking at the roads taken to independence and developments thereafter. This edition covers up to 1971. The 'School Edition' retains the same text as other edition, but was printed more economically to reduce costs.

Oxford University Press 1971 from corrected sheets of the first edition (1963).. Bookplate to front pastedown. 4 square corners, top edge dusty, VG condition, no dustwrapper. a nice copy.. Gilt on navy cloth boards. 500pp 8vo. The first volume of a 3-volume history. a standard work. Essays include: S.J.K. Baker, The East African Environment. Sonia Cole, The Stone Age Of East Africa. G.W.B. Huntingford, The Peopling Of The Interior Of East Africa By Its Modern Inhabitants. Gervase Mathew, The East African Coast Until The Coming Of The Portuguese. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, The Coast 1498-1840. Roland Oliver, Discernable Developments In The Interior c.1500-1840. Sir John Gray, Zanzibar And The Coastal Belt 1840-84. Alison Smith, The Southern Section Of The Interior 1840-84. D.A. Low, The Northern Interior 1840-84. John Flint, The Wider Background To Partition And Colonial Occupation. Marie De Kiewiet Hemphill, The British Sphere 1884-94. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, The German Sphere 1884-98.

Headline. London 1992.. Ownership inscription. a VG+ copy in VG d/w (rubbed, wear around head of spine, no major chips, tears, or loss).. Black cloth boards. 271pp illustrated b/w. 8vo.

Unie-Volkspers. Cape Town 1943.. Boards shaken, worn at head & tail of spine. folding map excellent. overall a reading copy.. Printed paper-covered boards. 192pp illustrated. Tipped in is folded pamphlet "Vyfjaarlikse Kranslegging by die Gazaland Voortrekker Monument Op Melsetter".

Collins. London 1986.. Owners inscription and stamp "inspection copy" ffep hence an unread VG copy in dustwrapper (spine faded, no loss or tears).. Black cloth boards 251pp illustrated 8vo. Contains the following articles: J.H. Hexter, The Apology. Roger Lockyer, An English Valido? Buckingham And James I. Roy Strong, The Marriage Of Henry Prince Of Wales. A.L. Rowse, Bishop Thornborough: A Clerical Careerist. Oliver Millar, Strafford And Van Dyk. Richard Ollard, A Wedding At St Margaret's. Christopher Hill, The Word 'Revolution' In Seventeenth Century England. Rovert Van der Weyer, Nicholas Ferrar And Little Giddin: A Reappraisal. Pamela Tudor-Craig, Charles I And Little Gidding. Ivan Roots, The Debate On 'The Other House' In Richard Cromwell's Parliament. Maurice Ashley, John Wildman And The Post Office. Austin Woolrych, The Date Of The Digression In Milton's 'History Of Britain'. Jacqueline Hope-Wallace, The Principal Writings Of C.V. Wedgewood.

Edition Olms. Zurich 2000.. All corners square, no inscriptions, spine is not creased, Fine condition.. 223pp softcover 4to. 1.0kg. Featuring colour and black and white photographs by some of the great photographers of the 20thC, 'Homme' is a unique celebration of the male body.