Search Results: Titles starting with S from Fables Bookshop

Self. 1994.. G+ condition.. 30pp stapled softcover. illustrated colour photographs. A4 format. A visual guide for the identification of South African acacias through life-size colour photographs in tabular form. Easy to use with illustrations of leaves, thorns, seed pods, flowers.

SA Masterpiece and Business Day. Craighall 2003-2004. No inscriptions, Fine condition in VG+ dustwrapper (rubbed, no chips, tears, or loss).. Printed boards, 150pp. colour illustrations. large square 4to. A prestigious and comprehensive guide to South African antiques and collectables which is beautifully illustrated.

Chris van Rensburg. Johannesburg 1989.. Bookplate on half-title page, four square corners. a Fine unread copy in matching protected dustwrapper.. Blue cloth boards. 220pp illustrated colour & b/w 4to 1.6kg. More than 750 photographs detail the SAAF involvement in war from the second world war, through the Korean war, and during the border wars., Includes three additional items:, 'Aircraft At War 100', exhibition catalogue December 2003., Sunday Time 30-10-2005 cutting. Roger Makings examines the furore over unprepared pupil pilots in the cockpits of SA's fighter planes., 'Preserve Our Aviation Heritage' folded bilingual fund-raiser poster for SAAF museum with message from R.F. Botha.

Chris van Rensburg. Johannesburg 1989. 1st editon.. Pages damp-crinkled. G-VG in matching dustwrapper (shows damp marking internally only, no chips, loss, or tears). Still an attractive looking copy.. Blue cloth boards. 220pp illustrated colour & b/w 4to 1.6kg. More than 750 photographs detail the SAAF involvement in war from the second world war, through the Korean war, and during the border wars..

Howard Timmins, Cape Town, for Hodder & Stoughton 1950.. No inscription, 4 square corners. Rear board shows some storage marking, front and spine exceptionally clean. Conservatively VG condition, folding maps and photographs excellent save for one map displaying tanning and frailty at a fold. No dustwrapper. Includes original publisher's bookmark. An excellent tight, clean, and sound copy with excellent shelf and table appearance.. Gilt on tan buckram boards. 749pp illustrated colour & b/w plates, maps. small 4to. 240mm x 190mm x 65mm. 2.0kg. "This work is a continuation of the 'History Of The Transvaal Scottish 1902-1932' written by H.C. Juta". It records service in Somaliland, Abyssinia, and North Africa. Usual extensive appendices for a regimental history.

Halton & Co. London/New York 1949 2nd edition.. No inscriptions. insect damage to surface of spine and worn to head thereof. eps tanned, tissue guard to frontis shows loss, else contents very clean, overall G+ condition.. Gilt dec blue cloth boards. 81pp + 120 plates 4to. Includes list of museums in Europe & America containing ship models.

Self. Grahamstown 2011.. Mint unread copy.. Printed blue wraps. 70pp. Introspective memories of a father.

Hodder & Stoughton Yellow Jacket. London 19th imp. 1950.. No inscription. G clean copy in dustwrapper (spine faded to white, some stains lower spine, repaired chipped tail of spine, no loss or tears. no. '3' written on spine). scan on request.. Brown cloth boards. 288pp 8vo. Third book in the Saint series.

Footprint Press. 2016 2nd edition.. A Mint copy.. 132pp illustrated large format softcover. Outline biographies of: Samuel Daniell, William Burchell, Thomas Pringle, Andrew Geddes Bain, William Cock, William Cornwallis Harris, Dr William Guybon Atherstone, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Thomas Bain, James Chapman, Frederick York St Leger, & AlbertVictor Lindbergh, as well as sundry Barbers, Atherstones, Bowkers, and other notable ancestors of the author.

nd.. Printed for file system with holes ready-punched else VG condition.. Matt, folded 210w x 148h. Colour images front and rear, 4 b/w images inside. Model card. Images credited to Jan Mostert, Gary Haselau, & Walter Ferrier.

Self published. Port Elizabeth nd. 1990s?. No inscriptions. spine tanning slightly else a Fine unread copy.. Printed wraps. 148pp illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. Samuel Workman came to South Africa at the end of 1898. He had been ordained for foreign mission work by the Presbyterian Church of Ireland. He first was minister on a trial basis to a group in Cambridge near East london which was subsequently accepted into the Presbyterian Church of South Africa. Later he was the first minister of the Presbyterian Church in Oudtshoorn. Family tree and more recent family history.

Macmillan. London 1971 1st edition.. Eps and edges lightly foxed o/w VG in Good only bright dustwrapper (chipped and frayed).. Green cloth boards. 621pp. illustrated 8vo.

Lovedale Press. Alice 1999.. No inscriptions. A Fine copy.. 67pp paperback. Some of the poems have previously appeared in New Coin, New Contrast, and other publications.

Martial 2016. 1st edition.. New Mint copy.. 242pp paperback. "A murderous cocktail of sex, greed, and post-modern South African racial psychosis" (Riaan Malan). Unique among modern novels this sees the protagonist enter into Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown, and purchase a book! Magical realism in action!

Martial 2016 stated 1st edition.. New Mint copy.. 242pp paperback. Inscribed "Best Regards" by Author. "A murderous cocktail of sex, greed, and post-modern South African racial psychosis" (Riaan Malan). Unique among modern novels this sees the protagonist enter into Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown, and purchase a book! Magical realism in action!

Martial 2016. 1st edition.. New Mint copy.. 242pp paperback. "A murderous cocktail of sex, greed, and post-modern South African racial psychosis" (Riaan Malan). Unique among modern novels this sees the protagonist enter into Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown, and purchase a book! Magical realism in action!

Sasol 1996.. Bookplate to ffep, else a VG-Fine unmarked copy.. Approx 280mm x 280mm white p/b. 57pp.

Hutchinson. London 1969.. No inscrip. a Mint copy in d/w (Fine) and with original presentation box (light wear only).. Green cloth boards

#204. Phenomenon Factory, Philadelphia 1992.. A bit marked on rear only thus VG+ condition. Unused.. Folded b/w greeting card 175mm x 125mm. Photographer's image to front, blank inside.

Penguin. Johannesburg 2011.. No inscriptions, probably unread, a near Fine copy. (CD verified playable full length).. 245pp paperback 8vo. CD attached inside front wrap. Includes the original CD showing a rescue mission. Author established the Chimpanzee Eden in South Africa's lowveld region. Travelling through Africa he brings traumatised primates back to Chimp Eden. An account of recent missions requiring diplomacy, dedication, and courage.