Search Results: Titles starting with T from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Kaapstad: Nasionale Pers, 1931 Vierde Vermeerderde Druk). 8vo; original red cloth; pp. (xii) + 612. Cloth sunned and fraying on spine; backstrip becoming detached; browning throughout. Name of previous owner on front pastedown. Nienaber I p 285. Writers discussed include Jan F.E. Cilliers, Totius, C. Louis Leipoldt, D.F. Malherbe, H.H. Joubert, C.J. Langenhoven, Eugene Marais, A.G. Visser, A.D. Keet, Th. Wassenaar, H.A. Fagan, F. van den Heever, J.RL. van Bruggen and C.M. van der Heever. .

(Harare: Quest Publishing, 1987) 0908306040. 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; endpaper maps; pp. xv + (i) + 431, incl. index; liberally illustrated with line drawings and full-colour plates. Dustwrapper rubbed, creased and torn, with archival tape repair to reverse side of upper panel; scuff to upper cover; some tape marks to pastedowns; trace of spotting to final blank . Dustwrapper notwithstanding, very good condition. The essential reference work on this landlocked southern African country. "The objective was to produce a book which would be an invaluable source of information in the home, in the office, in libraries and in schools in Zimbabwe, as well as in libraries throughout the world. ... In deciding which Zimbabwean personalities merited inclusion we were faced with a difficult task. Broadly, the biographical entries in this encyclopedia are of people who have made an impact internationally in a particular field of endeavour, be it sport, science, art or any… Read More

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1951). 4to; brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 152, incl. index; colour frontis; several plates. Dustwrapper torn, edgeworn, sunned and rubbed; endpapers and edges very slightly browned. Very good condition, in a fair dustwrapper. "The conspicuous, monumental form of Table Mountain is a great landmark of the southern oceans and one of the scenic wonders of the world. It gives sanctuary to the most diverse and interesting flora known to man. It is a mountaineer's paradise. CONTENTS. Part 1. Table Mountain and old Cape Town, the early development of Cape Town and the historical associations with 66 reproductions of old paintings, drawings and photographs and one colour plate. Part 2. The geology of Table Mountain with 1 drawing and 5 plates. Part 3. The flora of Table Mountain with 47 photographs and 4 colour plates. Part 4. The mountaineer's playground: Historical… Read More

(Cape Town: Struik, 1991) 1868251810. 240 x 210 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 176, incl. index; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs and detailed trail maps. Fine condition. "From gentle rambles to more arduous hikes, in shaded forest or open fynbos, or along unspoilt beaches, here is a wide selection of walks of varying length and difficulty for all levels of experience. Table Mountain Walks is essential reading for those who treasure unforgettable days hiking in the beauty of natural surroundings." .

(Cape Town: Western Cape Branch of the Wildlife Society of Southern Africa, 1987) 0947058168. 208 x 208 mm; side-stitched laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 44; map; line drawings; full-colour photographs; some reproductions of historic illustrations. Fine condition. "All nature enthusiasts, both those who already know and love this mountain wilderness and those who are encountering its beauty for the first time, will find much to fascinate and delight them, as Glen Moll explores Table Mountain's unique ecology and history. Table Mountain is a natural focus for tourists but is surrounded by the pressures of a city environment. In publishing this book, it is the special concern of the Wildlife Society that care and conservation skills will be needed to preserve the fragile fynbos and delicate natural balance of this ecological masterpiece." .

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1951). 4to; brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; printed dustwrapper with pictorial onlay, housed in removable protector; pp. 152, incl. index; colour frontis; several plates. Dustwrapper worn and quite foxed; lacking front free endpaper; earlier owner's bookplate to half-title recto; a little scattered foxing. Good condition. "The conspicuous, monumental form of Table Mountain is a great landmark of the southern oceans and one of the scenic wonders of the world. It gives sanctuary to the most diverse and interesting flora known to man. It is a mountaineer's paradise. CONTENTS. Part 1. Table Mountain and old Cape Town, the early development of Cape Town and the historical associations with 66 reproductions of old paintings, drawings and photographs and one colour plate. Part 2. The geology of Table Mountain with 1 drawing and 5 plates. Part 3. The flora of Table Mountain with 47 photographs and 4… Read More

(Johannesburg: Penguin, 2012) 9780143530442. 4to; pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. viii + 143; full-page illustrations. Merest trace of curl to edges of dustwrapper. Near-fine condition. "All my life I have been 'taken captive by birds'. Their doings are the thread that runs through childhood, the link to people and to place. Their appearance and their presence can at once recall a name, a scent, a morning full of song and exploration; an evening sorrow, a childhood fear. For, somehow, it is the birds that saw it all: those unobtrusive harbingers whose boundaries are defined by other laws than ours but whose ancient lore remains a cipher to remembrance for me." .

(Cape Town, Longmans Southern Africa, 1968). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed, pictorial endpapers, pp. (ix) + 260, a few plates, including colour. Owner's name on the half-title page, edges slightly foxed. .

(Johannesburg: Longmans, 1968). 8vo; original pale pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (x) + 260; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape repair to reverse of spine at head; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "He believed firmly that the territory which he travelled contained mineral wealth of incalculable value. He was among the early diamond seekers in Kimberley, and also located deposits of copper and iron near Pretoria. With the assistance of his younger brother, Fred Struben, he found the Confidence gold reef, and subsequent geological evaluation and prospecting by the two brothers resulted in the discovery of the vast goldfields which have contributed so enormously to the healthy well-being of modern industrial South Africa." .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1968). 4to; original pale grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 110; full-page line drawings. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; endpapers, outer leaves, edges and reverse of dustwrapper rather foxed, some spotting elsewhere; bottom edge slightly rippled. Fair to good. 'The following tales, most of them suitable for a higher age group than those of the "Fireside" series, are faithful representations of the age-old Folk Tales of the Bantu of Africa. Among the Bantu complex, tales are for the ears of all who care to listen, old and very young alike. Nothing is modified for the ears of tender years. For this reason, many of the tales of antiquity collected by the author have been excluded from her previous books, because of the Young People having claimed the "Fireside" series for their own. Too good to be lost to memory, a selection of these tales has now been combined with other milder ones to form this, the author's final book.' .

(Johannesburg: Ad Donker, 2004) 0868522295. With a foreword by Z Pallo Jordan, and introduction and commentaries by Harold Scheub. 220 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 262. Fine condition. "The spirit of Xhosa society was enshrined in an oral tradition through which, from generation to generation, the community transmitted its customs, values, and norms. The poet and the storyteller stood at the centre of this tradition, as the community's chroniclers, entertainers, and collective conscience. Xhosa novelist and critic A C Jordan was an enthusiastic observer of the customs and history of his people, particularly of the oral narrative performances he witnessed first as a child, and later during his many journeys throughout South Africa. Now, when traditional storytellers, and the oral tradition itself, have almost been lost to us, Jordan's vivid written translations and versions of some of the best-loved Xhosa folks tales, with their heroes and monsters, children lost and… Read More

(Cape Town: J. C. Juta, 1912). 195 x 131 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial card wrappers; pp. 32. Wrappers a little sunned, with some fishmothing, especially to lower cover; staples somewhat rusted; booklet pulled. Good. A fictional depiction of tribal life in the Soutpansberg. Uncommon. .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1981) 0869782088. 4to; dark brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 95 + (i); appealing illustrations by Joyce Ordbrown. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. 'This collection of African tales and legends, have as their background the remote regions of Zululand, Botswana and the Lowveld, where the African children are in close contact with birds, plants and animals. The aloe, the sugar-cane, the water-lily and the tick bird are so much a part of the African way of life that they take on human characteristics, and this way influence the lives of "the naughty picannin" or the "brave warrior", as in the case of the Aloe, that protects a whole tribe from its enemies.' .

(Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, n.d. [ca 1850]). 12mo; half calf with marbled boards; spine ornately gilt, with lettering-pieces to second and third compartments; marbled edges and endpapers; 'Tales' individually paginated. Cover rubbed and worn; lower joint starting at head; hinges tender; 'WITHDRAWN' stamp to flyleaf; foxed throughout. Good working copy. Contents of Volume V as follows: Adventures in Texas, abridged from the German of Sealsfield, by Frederick Hardman (1843); How we got Possession of the Tuileries, by Professor Aytoun (1848); Captain Paton's Lament, by J. G. Lockhart (1819); The Village Doctor, by Countess D'Arbouville (1849); A Singular Letter from Southern Africa, by 'the Ettrick Shepherd' (1829). Contents of Volume VI as follows: My Friend the Dutchman, by Frederick Hardman (1847); My College Friends - No. II: Horace Leicester (1845); The Emerald Studs, by Professor Aytoun (1847); My College Friends - No. III: W. Wellington Hurst… Read More

(Cape Town: J. C. Juta, 1912). 195 x 131 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial card wrappers; pp. 32. Wrappers a little sunned, with trace of spotting; staples somewhat rusted; booklet pulled, and archival tape strengthening to lower hinge. Good. A fictional depiction of tribal life in the Soutpansberg. Uncommon. .

(Cape Town, T.V. Bulpin, 1975). Illustrated by Cedric Hunter; large 8vo; pictorial boards rather rubbed and bumped; binding slightly slack; endpaper plans of Table Bay Docks; pp. (viii) + 230; line drawings in text; plates of colour and two-tone paintings. Fair to good condition. "There are many berths in Table Bay docks. For each of these berths a harbour pilot will have a store of experiences, some interesting, some exciting and some funny. In the pages which follow I have set down a number of my own, commencing in the newer parts of the harbour and working back along the wharves to the place where ships first lay here in shelter. To me, the fascination of this port lies in its ability to lure my mind back through the corridors of Time, so it has seemed natural to tell my tales in this sort of sequence." .

(Cape Town: Historical Media, 2008) 9780620421089. 4to; pictorial boards; pp. 160, incl. index; maps, photographs and artwork, including some in full colour. Earlier owner's name on front free endpaper. Fine condition. "In less than five hundred years more than two thousand ships have been consigned to a watery grave on the South African coast and the numbers of souls lost untallied. Table Bay itself is littered with about four hundred wrecks, seventy of which are buried under the reclaimed land of Cape Town's foreshore. Tales of Shipwrecks at the Cape of Storms records the intriguing stories of a few of these wrecks." .

(London: James Brodie [1928]). The Brodie Books, Number Forty-Four. 180 x 122 mm; saddle-stitched red card wrappers; pp. 63; some illustrations. Wrappers a bit tanned and worn, with archival tape repairs to reverse of spine fold; corners curled; some foxing. Fair to good. Uncommon little primer on the subject, with some outstanding anecdotes from the key figures of the Heroic Age. Publication date suggested by OCLC. "The anecdotes of Polar Exploration have been chosen mainly to show the terrible, yet wonderful, conditions under which the intrepid voyagers into this grim unknown had to labour." .

(no place: Arrowvet Publishers, 2007) 9780204001966. 248 x 172 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (iv) + 204; photographs and line drawings. Slight bump to bottom fore-corner. Very good condition. "Join Dr Roy on his adventures in the African bush where you will meet Jabu the elephant, Munwane, the rhino, or travel to Cape Town to meet Gulliver the Border Collie and Choe the Bulldog." .

(London: The Carey Kingsgate Press, 1949). First edition. 8vo; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 96, incl. index; plates; text figures. Dustwrapper very slightly creased and partially sunned; cloth a little mottled; a little foxing. Very good condition. Uncommon. "It is the object of this account of the drum languages of Africa to present the findings of ... investigators together with my own experience of drum talking in the Stanleyville area of the Belgian Congo - an area not referred to by other workers. Thus I hope to make it clear that there is no doubt about the possibility of 'talking' on the drum, that messages are sent regularly in many parts of Africa and that there is no mystery whatever in the method used by many skilled Africans to pass on news to their neighbours." An important study of the traditional use of percussion instruments in conveying complex messages over considerable distances in various… Read More