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(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1992) 0798130695. 210 x 136 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. (viii) + 293, incl. index. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Gerrit Olivier se N.P. van Wyk Louw: Literatuur, filosofie, politiek is die eerste sistematiese ontleding in Afrikaans van Van Wyk Louw se kritiese prosa. Olivier bring Van Wyk Louw se idees oor letterkunde en die literêre studie in verband met filosofiese en politieke veronderstellings. Hierbenewens ontleed hy Van Wyk Louw se politieke denke en sy beskouings oor die geestelike aristokraat en die intellektueel." .

(Natal Education Department, 1975). 240 x 180 mm; original wraps; pp. (iv) + 116; numerous photographs. Inner wraps a little browned; few small creases. Very good condition. Chiefly Afrikaans text. "This special issue of N.E.O.N. magazine commemorates the century 1875-1975, during which Afrikaans became a living language in South Africa. The articles contained in it deal more particularly with the growth of Afrikaans in Natal itself. The writers, many of them authorities on Afrikaans language and literature, have brought forward much valuable information. They have also not overlooked the contribution of distinguished journalists, editors, pioneers of radio, educationalists, drama producers, and others in the field of Afrikaans life and culture. ... I venture to predict that in the years to come students of Afrikaans will find N.E.O.N. 18 a useful compendium of significant facts concerning the language." - Preface. .

(Kaapstad, Nasionale Pers, 1937). Voorwoord deur Vooros. 180 x 120 mm; saddle-stitched wraps; pp. 88. Very good condition. Plays for young 'Voortrekkers'. Afrikaans text. .

(Stellenbosch, Christen-studentevereenigingsmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika, 1950). 8vo; original grey cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 192; map; monochrome photographic illustrations in text. From the collection of Natal historian John Wright, and signed by him on front free endpaper. Dustwrapper rather foxed and edgeworn; endpapers somewhat foxed. Good condition; dustwrapper fair. Afrikaans text. "Zoeloeland - die land van Dingaan - waar voortrekkerbloed verspil is - waar die slag van Bloedrivier plaasgevind het - daar word vandag weerwraak geneem teen die magte van die duisternis - nie deur geweld nie maar deur aan daardie voortydse vyande die Kruis-Evangelie te verkondig." .

(Cape Town: Botanical Society of South Africa, 1988, revised edition) 0620121149. 210 x 146 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 215; map; full-colour photographs; line drawings; leaf keys. Very slightly rubbed; trace of foxing. Good condition. The essential field guide to the floristic treasures of South Africa's celebrated Namaqualand region. 'The first edition of Guide 1 covered both Namaqualand and Clanwilliam, a large expanse of country with an equally huge flora from which only the most prominent species could be selected. In fact, both regions are so rich and interesting botanically that ideally they each require separate guides. The new revised edition of Guide 1 therefore deals exclusively with Namaqualand. Many more species have been added and we feel confident that it will prove an even more useful field companion than the first edition.' .

(Johannesburg: The Geological Society of South Africa, 1983) 0620066415. Special Publication No. 10 of The Geological Society of South Africa. 4to; original dark green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper complex; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 198; photographs; graphs; diagrams; maps and tables, incl. some folding; end-pocket with two large, folding coloured maps. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed and edgeworn; light to moderate foxing throughout. Very good condition. "The purpose of the present volume is to document the results of a multidisciplinary investigation of parts (i.e. Namaqualand and Upington geotraverses) of the Namaqua mobile belt. The general aim of the Geodynamics Programme in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex was to decipher the history and interactions of tectonic, metamorphic and magmatic processes in this mobile belt. ... The two geological maps (in colour), which accompany this volume, are a compilation of the work of many full and part-time workers." .

(Cape Town: Botanical Society of South Africa, 2005, 3rd revised edition) 0874999309. 8vo; limp. plasticised boards; endpaper maps; pp. 215; map; full-colour photographs; line drawings; leaf keys. Near-fine condition. "Annelise Le Roux has now put together this new edition of the Namaqualand Guide taking into account the latest taxonomic developments and added a further 232 species, many of them succulents from places like the Richtersveld and Knersvlakte. ... Advantage has been taken of latest techniques in the printing industry to, not only produce superb colour images but also modify page layouts so as to allow greater attention to the different species diagnostic features where appropriate. ... This latest expanded edition of the Namaqualand Guide is commended not only to first time buyers but also owners of earlier editions of the guide." .

(Cape Town: University of Cape Town Libraries, 1970). 232 x 165 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. (iv) + iv + 26. Wrappers ever so slightly sunned. Very good condition. "The following bibliography lists books and periodical material on the Namib desert. Periodicals have not been covered completely as only indexes to later South African periodicals exist. However, periodical articles, especially 1900 - 1915, have been included despite the lack of indexes." .

([Windhoek]: Gamsberg, 1986) 0868482854. Cover title reads: "Namib Flora: Swakopmund to the Giant Welwitschia via Goanikontes". 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 126, incl. index; evocative artwork in colour and monochrome. Light foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. A lovely little book detailing the unique desert flora and landscapes from Swakopmund to the giant Welwitschia via Goanikontes. "This book about plants is different as it is aimed at making your trip more interesting. ... The position of each illustration is indicated for easy recognition of the plants along the way. Mileage is taken from the turn off to the Namib Desert Park from the main Swakopmund Usakos road about 5 km outside Swakopmund. The ideal time to travel this route is in the early morning. The colours of the desert landscape are at the best before the heat of the day." .

(Kempton Park: Janus Publishing, 1982) 062005915X. 8vo; original brown rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (ii) + 154; plates; plates; excellent technical drawings of locomotives and rolling stock, plus maps of the railway lines. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn. Very good condition. "This detailed account of the birth of narrow gauge railways in South West Africa, their struggle against geography and the tribulations of War, and in some cases their supplanting by lines of a wider gauge, is the result of some twenty years of research by the joint authors. Much of what is told survives in written form nowhere else, for documentation of the narrow gauge in Africa, unlike Britain, has never been strong. Probably the world will never see again a situation where the narrow gauge train was the only means of movement, for carrying water, for a funeral, for a weekend picnic, for the Government's officers to do their business. These lines which spread through the deep gorges… Read More

(London: C. Hurst & Co, 1978) 0903983842. 8vo; original dark green boards; dustwrapper; pp. x + 258 (including index); maps. Very good condition in slightly rubbed and edgeworn dustwrapper, a little brown spotting. Study of Ovamboland at a time when it was the focus of international political activity. .

(London, George Allen, 1912). Authorised Translation from the Norwegian by E. M. Cope. Original red cloth, upper board slightly buckled, stained, and worn, pp. xvi + 316, frontispiece portrait, plates. Owner's name on the front free endpaper, some foxing. Fair. Preface: 'Napoleon's son was not only King of Rome; from 23rd June to 3rd July 1815 he was Emperor of France. He was Prince of Parma and Duke of Reichstadt; he was also called "Le Fils de l'Homme," and "L' Aiglon." The story of the young French eagle who, mentally and bodily, came to grief in the Imperial castle of Vienna, has been touched up in many ways, for, as he was rarely seen but from a distance, it was easy to be mistaken in him, libellous reports were spread, and his actions misrepresented enough, to make him an object of hatred. I have tried to show him as he was with his friend, a pure and gifted youth, who promised to become a worthy son of a great father.' .

(Cape Town: Jane Cowan, no date) 0620062282. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper. 8vo; original pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 214. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed and edgeworn; light browning throughout. Very good condition. "This is a story of a diabolical murder, cunningly conceived and expertly evolved. ... " .

(Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954). Volume 35 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original pale grey cloth, with black lettering to spine, and publisher's device in black to upper board; pp. (viii) + 197 + (vii); plates; folding map. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola." .

(London: The Folio Society, 1977). 8vo; original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; tinted top edge; papered slipcase; endpaper map; pp. 359; colour plates. Slipcase a little rubbed; trace of spotting to backstrip and fore-edge. Very good condition. Being passages from the Narrative written by Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N., together with extracts from his logs, reports and letters; additional material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Philip King and letters from Second Lieutenant Bartholomew Sulivan. Selected and edited by David Stanbury. "The voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during which Charles Darwin was a passenger formed the central part of a series of three expeditions mounted by the Admiralty to survey and chart the South American coastline. This process started in 1826 and continued until 1837. … One of [the 170 major surveying expeditions sent out by Sir Francis Beaufort of the Hydrographic Department], in the autumn of 1831, was commanded by… Read More

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1969). 8vo; original charcoal boards; dustwrapper; pp. 180, incl. index. Dustwrapper a little rubbed. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. The first in a projected series of three books on the significance of nationalism in history. "Nasionalisme is een van die belangrikste ideologieë en motiverende kragte van die afgelope honderd jaar. As sodanig is dit nie beperk tot sekere groepe en sekere gedeeltes van die aarde nie, maar nasionalisme word by alle rasse en op alle vastelande aangetref. 'n Begrip van die oorsake, wese en ontplooiing hiervan is noodsaaklik. Slegs só kan 'n groot gedeelte van die geskiedenis begryp word. ... In hierdie boekdeel ... word 'n besonder insiggewende definisie en vergelykende studie van nasionalisme aangebied." .

(special issue of NEON, May 1974). Oblong quarto, pictorial card wraps, pp. (ii) + 66, numerous illustrations, captions in English and in Afrikaans. Commemorates 150 years since the landing of the 'European settlers at the Bay of Natal in May, 1824'. .

(Durban: Natal Sharks Board, 1989) 062009673X. 210 x 148 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 57; illustrations; map. Very good condition. This booklet covers not only the biology and identification of sharks and rays of the KwaZulu-Natal coast, but also other marine creatures, such as dolphins, whales, turtles, gannets, gulls, terns, petrels, cormorants and albatrosses. .

(Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1997) 0869824538. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. xvi + 900 (including index); map. Slightest bump to top fore-corner of lower board. Very good condition. "Violence increased in KwaZulu/Natal from the early 1980s, though its roots lie further back in time. It attained a new intensity in the townships surrounding Durban in 1985 and in the Midlands region, around Pietermaritzburg, from 1987. In the 1990s, it spread to other areas - along the south coast and its hinterland, to the north of the Tugela River and into the heartland of what was then the KwaZulu homeland. It assumed the ferocity of an undeclared civil war - an 'unofficial war' …" .

(London: L. Reeve & Co., 1876). 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. (xii) + 336 + 16; 2 chromolithograph illustrations, incl. frontis.; 4 hand-coloured lithographs of Natal plants; 8 original mounted photographs; 2 maps, incl. folding. Corners a little turned; occasional fox spot. A very nice copy. (Mendelssohn I, p. 195; Hosken, p. 27) A clear window on all features of the wild colony in the years immediately preceding the Anglo-Zulu War. "The contents comprise chapters on the geographical position and character of the country, its geological formation, climate, wild animal life, indigenous vegetable productions, early history, British colonisation and rule, and social progress and prospects. There is an account of the rise and growth of the Zulu power; and the descriptions of the flora and fauna, together with the beautiful coloured lithographs of Natal flowers and shrubs, taken from the author's original paintings, show him to have been a competent naturalist and… Read More