Search Results: Titles starting with C from Fables Bookshop

Oxford University Press. Ibadan 1972.. 146pp softcover illustrated drawings, photographs, maps, tables. 0.4kg. A text book useful as a reference for agricultural officers and others working in the cocoa-producing areas of West Africa. Also useful for those students studying in this subject area. Includes a 5pp reprint from World Crops, 1976, 'Cocoa Pests, Diseases, And Weeds' by G.A.R. Wood of Cadbury Ltd.

Published For Private Circulation. Publication Department, Bournville 1955.. No inscriptions. top corners bumped, a VG+ copy. . Printed green cloth boards. roneoed foolscap 68pp + 3pp + 12pp original glossy photographic prints (32 scenes) and maps. 1.0kg. "... (In Conjunction With J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd) In That Colony 1900-1954 (With A Note On Rowntree-Fry-Cadbury Activities In Nigeria)". This is a historical survey of the Company's operations in the Gold Coast Colony with information on both the company's operations, its staff, and the raw product. Various appendices and supplements. The photographs show staff, accommodation and offices, transport by train and lorry, and manual operations by local staff. Quotes production figures and has list of Cadbury Fry staff with long service.

Hodder & Stoughton. London 1936 1st edition.. Ex-library (stamps, label. rear joint split 70% but neatly repaired, hence a reading copy only.. Black cloth boards. 411pp illustrated maps. 8vo.

Robert Hale. London 1978 1st edition.. Gift inscription to front pastedown. edges spotted, VG in dustwrapper (price clipped, no chips, loss, or tears). An attractive copy.. 208pp illustrated maps, plates. 8vo 0.5kg.

David Philip. Cape Town 1972 1st edition.. No inscriptions. boards slightly bowed hence near VG condition in G++ dustwrapper (spine faded, wear at head of spine, no major loss or tears). a nice clean copy. Orange cloth boards. 101pp illustrated 4to. Nicely illustrated by Author. A personal view of the rural Xhosa and Zulu speaking people living between the Drakensberg mountains and the sea in the Eastern Cape and Zululand.

David Philip. Cape Town 1972 1st edition.. No inscription. a VG copy in lesser dustwrapper (wear to edges, head & tail of spine, but no major loss or tears).. Ochre cloth boards. 101pp illustrated small 4to. Charmingly illustrated by Author this is a personal view of the remote Eastern Cape and its Xhosa, Zulu, Pondo, Thembu, & Bhaca inhabitants. Drawings and sketches seen with the mind's eye to remind travellers of the groups of women with swinging ochre skirts and a thousand other fleeting impressions as they rush past. Excellent accompanying text.

Permanent Publishing. Cape Town nd.. No inscriptions. a few small tears to rear wrap else in VG condition.. Printed wraps. 139pp 8vo. A scholarly analysis of problems from first principles.

New York Graphic Society / Little Brown. 1985. 6th printing.. No inscriptions. A VG-Fine copy, only top edge dusty, in VG+ dustwrapper (light wear only, no chips, tears, or loss).. Black cloth boards. 203pp illustrated square 4to.

William Heinemann. London 1913. 'New and Cheaper Edition'. (complete & abridged, same number of pages as original edition).. Bookplates to front pastedown. externally quite worn and not impressive, dulled, bumped at corners &c. contents unmarked. a clean sound copy.. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 231pp illustrated 4to. 1.3kg. Excellent photographs considering the difficulties and low level technology available over 100 years ago. These were taken at a time when Africa was relatively unspoiled. The author's route took him from Mombasa past Nairobi to Lakes Naivasha & Nakuro, with a diversion to Fort Hall and beyond to Meru. Interesting advice on equipping and preparing a similar expedition. The photographic kit comprised a huge reflex camera, plates were developed in camp. Subject matter includes scenery and local inhabitants, but is mostly of wildlife.

Constable. Boksburg 1926.. No inscriptions, eps browned else VG in spotted G+ dustwrapper (soiled but no chips, tears, or loss).. Blue cloth boards 58pp illustrated b/w drawings. 12mo. Verse and prose story for young people with children, Brownies, and Fairies. Charmingly illustrated by Author.

Khol 2011.. All four corners bumped else a Fine unread copy.. Printed glossy boards. 335pp A4. 1.2kg. Canon James Arthur Calata was one of the authors of the Freedom Charter, participating in the Kliptown launch of this which then resulted in the arrest of himself and 156 leaders of the ANC, all being charged with treason.

Khol 2011.. All four corners bumped else a Fine unread copy.. Printed glossy boards. 335pp A4. 1.2kg. Calata was one of the authors of the Freedom Charter, participating in the Kliptown launch of this which resulted in him and 156 leaders of the ANC being charged with treason.

Khol 2011.. A Fine unread copy. Printed glossy boards. 335pp A4. 1.2kg. Canon James Arthur Calata was one of the authors of the Freedom Charter, participating in the Kliptown launch of this which then resulted in the arrest of himself and 156 leaders of the ANC, all being charged with treason.

Stellenbosch Museum 1970.. Bookplate ffep. VG-F (contents Fine) in protected VG d/w (no loss, chips, lightly rubbed & faded on spine only). Red cloth boards, 79pp, 4to, illustrated b&w photos, drawings. The definitive work of styles prevalent in chairs made at the Cape of Good Hope from 1652 to the middle of the nineteenth century. llustrates 81 different designs and has nearly 100 photos. Sets out clearly the different characteristics of each style and describes its further development.

Stellenbosch Museum. 2nd impression 1982.. Bookplate also ownership stamp labelled over on half title, o/w a Fine unread copy in protected dustwrapper.. Brown cloth boards 160pp illustrated color & b/w 4to. Illustrated with 180+ photographs this is a detailed review of the subject and includes a listing of all known copper-smiths that worked in the Cape by name and with biographical details.

A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1971 1st edition.. No inscription. A sound clean copy, G++ in Poor dustwrapper (in two halves). Contents excellent.. Chocolate cloth boards, 286pp illustrated b/w. 4to 1.4kg. The Cape Country style developed in the rural areas of the Cape away from imported styles that flourished in the main centres. With this in mind the authors systematically searched the Cape platteland for may years, resulting in the definition of this style with details of its construction and materials along with the almost 1000 photographs reproduced herein.

Jonathan Ball. Johannesburg 1992 1st edition.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. a VG+ unread copy in dustwrapper (showing slight fading around spine, no chips, tears, or loss). Excellent shelf and table appearance.. Cream cloth boards. 165pp 4to. 1.0kg. A journal of life at Fairview Farm in the Outeniqua spanning the period from June 1988 until June 1990, with text illuminated by Author's watercolours of flora and fauna. Author's third rural journal.

Jonathan Ball. Johannesburg 1992 1st edition.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. a VG+ unread copy in dustwrapper (showing slight fading around spine, no chips, tears, or loss). Excellent shelf and table appearance.. Cream cloth boards. 165pp 4to. 1.0kg. A journal of life at Fairview Farm in the Outeniqua spanning the period from June 1988 until June 1990, with text illuminated by Author's watercolours of flora and fauna. Author's third rural journal.

Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No.29 Cape Town 1999 (for 1998).. No inscriptions. a VG+ copy in dustwrapper.. Gilt on chocolate cloth boards. tipped-in frontis of Lady Anne Barnard. 368pp 8vo. 0.8kg. The Cape Diaries are the private records on which Lady Anne based her Journals. Consequently they express Lady Anne's uncensored views on a wide variety of topics, social and political. The diaries are not only illuminating but also vastly entertaining because of her brilliant command of language and the pleasure she took in the act of writing itself. They greatly enlarge our historical awareness of the transition in her day from the aristocratic, hierarchical world of the 18thC to the fast-emerging bourgeois culture of the 19thC.

Stellenbosch Museum 1985.. No inscriptions, no foxing. a little shelfwear else VG condition in dustwrapper (lightly rubbed, foldins tanned at top edge, no chips, loss, or tears).. Green cloth boards. 120pp illustrated 4to. A fascinating look at this aspect of Cape vernacular architecture. Illustrated with 130 b/w photos / line drawings.