Search Results: Titles starting with W from Fables Bookshop

Pictura Africana Series. Donker. Johannesburg 1976 stated 1st edition.. Bookplate to front pastedown. G+ condition (some insect attrition to edges) in matching dustwrapper (no chips, tears, or loss). Good general appearance with unmarked contents.. Green cloth boards. 136pp illustrated b/w photos. 4to 0.8kg. Over 100 photographs tell of when Johannesburg's most upmarket suburb was a rural area. Author was born and raised on one of the original farms forming Sandton.

Stewart. Cape Town (1946).. A very smart clean copy with only minor faults. No inscriptions, no dustwrapper, VG condition.. Red cloth boards. 246pp 8vo Among other accomplishments John Brent Mills (1921-2009) was South Africa's ambassador to Italy and the Vatican. This autobiographical writing is set during the second World War, commencing at the fall Tobruk and recording further experiences in Italy where he became a prisoner of war, and eventually an escapee. Further information to be found on a web site devoted to him. Hard to find item as most of his writings were printed only in small or strictly limited runs. An excellent account, detailed and well-written.

Purnell. Johannesburg nd.. Ex library. eps foxed els contents unmarked. minor insect depredations to edges. overall G-VG in dustwrapper (light wear, no chips, tears, or loss).. Mango cloth boards. 146pp. Illustrated col.b/w photos. drawings. 4to. 0.75kg. A practical guide to the environment of South Africa suitablefor all ages.

Victor Gollancz. London 1972. 1st edition.. Bookplate to front pastedown. Eps and edges foxed else contents excellent. Overall a VG+ copy in VG Gollancz yellow dustwrapper (vertical rub on spine but no chips, tears, or loss).. Red cloth boards. 208pp 8vo.

Deep South 2017.. Mint condition.. 106pp paperback. Authors seventh collection of poems extends and deepens his earlier themes of love and human relationships, the exposing of false and cliched perspectives in our socio-political life, and our relationships as South Africans to land and landscape.

Duckworth. London 1926 1-volume reprint.. Slight insect attrition to boards. rear board has crinkle in cloth, bottom corners bumped. Gilt on title still bright. eps and edges fox, minor foxing here and there. Overall a Good clean and sound copy. no dustwrapper.. Green cloth boards. 607pp. b/w frontis drawing. fold-out map at rear. 8vo.

Ashanti Publishing, Gibraltar 1989.. No inscription. some shelfwear, G-VG in dustwrapper (light wear only, no major tears or loss).. Green cloth boards. 394pp illustrated b/w photos maps. 8vo. 0.9kg. The author, born in Bulawayo, gives a unique insight into the life of a black infantry company in the traumatic last 5 years of the long insurgency war in Rhodesia. Enriched by contributions from the records of the Selous Scouts supplied by Lt-Col Ron Reid-Daly as well as a review of the use of Fire Force, a deadly combination of helicopters, paratroops and infantry.

Ashanti. Gibraltar 1991.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Boards fading, a very clean VG copy. No dustwrapper.. Plum cloth boards.403pp illustrated 8vo. 0.9kg. The unofficial story of the Cuban - South African clash in Angola. A full analysis of the war that includes the political side within the accounts of the men in the battle, which culminated in the New York Accords of 22 December 1988 - and which may be said to have opened up democracy, however flawed, for 100 million people in five Southern African countries. Well illustrated.

Government of Southern Rhodesia. 1947.. Bookplate ffep, spine fading, o/w a very sound item in VG condition. no dustwrapper.. Silver dec navy cloth boards. xiv + 353pp. illustrated photos, maps, etc. large8vo. One volume of the two volume set of the official war histories of Rhodesia.

Government of Southern Rhodesia 1947 & 1950.. No inscriptions. boards are still a nice bright dark blue (many copies are dulled) edges & eps lightly foxed else an attractive VG+ set. no dustwrappers.. Silver dec. blue cloth boards. 673pp together. illustrated photos, drawings, maps, 8vo. 2.2kg. The original complete two-volume official history of Rhodesia's involvement in World War II. Roll of Honour.

Government of Southern Rhodesia. 1947.. Large gift inscription f.pastedown, boards faded, o/w a very sound item in G-VG condition. no dustwrapper.. Silver dec navy cloth boards. xiv + 353pp. illustrated photos, drawings, fold out maps, plans, etc. 8vo. One volume of the two volume set of the official war histories of Rhodesia.

Ashanti. 1990 stated 1st edition.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Spine fading, a clean sound G-VG copy. No dustwrapper.. Plum cloth boards. 366pp illustrated 8vo. 0.7kg. Covers the 1987-1988 operations, in support of UNITA, in Angola that frustrated FAPLA and their Cuban & Russian advisers, ensuring that the future of the region would not be dominated by them. Includes original book review from The Star March 12th 1990.

Purnell. Cape Town 1971 1st edition.. Ownership signature to front pastedown. a little dusty & tanned hence G-VG condition, no dustwrapper.. Blue cloth boards. xii + 538pp. illustrated photos etc. large 8vo. 1.2kg. The third volume of the official South African Official War Histories. A record of the achievement of some 66000 South African volunteers serving at one time in the Middle East during the crucial years of 1941-42.

1992.. No inscriptions. a VG copy.. Printed wraps. 36pp saddle stapled booklet with 4 colour plates. Catalogue for the exhibition held at the South African Museum Of Military History in June 1992 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the battle of El Alamein. Includes colour plates of work by G.K. Long, F. Krige, A.N. Lewis, & A.G. Taylor. Includes a brief biography of each as well of the other artists represented at the exhibition - P. Bawcombe and S. Koenig. English and Afrikaans texts.

Volume 1 in the South Africans At War series. Ashanti. Rivonia 1990 stated 1st edition.. No inscription. minor shelf wear & spine lean. VG+ in VG dustwrapper (tanned inside, slight wear at head of spine, no chips, loss or tears). a bright attractive clean copy.. Blue cloth boards. 301pp illustrated b/w photos, maps. 8vo. 0.7kg. Well-known military author had covered this war for SAPA from the first skirmishes to the last battle at Amba Alagi taking 100 days to advance 1700 miles.

Galago. Alberton 2001 1st edition.. A Fine copy in matching dustwrapper.. Dark green cloth boards. 600pp illustrated colour & b/w photos. 8vo. Covers Mike Hoare's abortive Seychelles coup attempt; behind-the-scenes cooperation of the SADF with Inkatha & the Witdoekies; and right-wing organisations such as Eugene Terre'Blanche's AWB and General Constand Viljoen's Afrikaner Volksfront. Much of the book relies on oral testimony, and it is the second volume of author's "South Africa Secret Warfare" trilogy, with THE SILENT WAR and THE COVERT WAR being the matching volumes.

Lupus Music 1969. . No inscriptions, Good condition. no dustwrapper.. Printed boards. 63pp 8vo. 0.2kg. "In 1969, Bolan published his first and only book of poetry entitled The Warlock of Love. Although some critics dismissed it as self-indulgence, it was full of Bolan's florid prose and wordplay, selling 40,000 copies and in 1969–70 became one of Britain's best-selling books of poetry". (Wikipedia).

University Of The West Indies Press. Jamaica 2001. 1st edition thus.. Neat ownership inscription ffep. VG condition.. 527pp large format paperback. 0.9kg. With annotations and contributions by Bridget Brereton, Rhonda Cobham, Mary Rimmer and Lise Winer. rOf all the islands in the Caribbean, Trinidad has experienced the most varied ethnocultural and linguistic history. Its relatively brief period of plantation slavery and extent of racial mixing have generated a wide range of literary responses. Previous examinations of Trinidad's literary roots have largely dismissed works written prior to 1920. The first work in the series is Warner Arundell, the Adventures of a Creole, originally published in 1838. This was the first novel set at least partly in Trinidad and possibly the first Caribbean novel in English. This extremely well written novel provides a good read as it chronicles the adventures of Warner Arundell, a white Creole of British descent, born in Grenada and brought up in Antigua and… Read More

Books of Africa 1970.. No inscription. foxed here and there throughout. edges spotted. overall thus G-VG in Good dustwrapper (worn, spotted, no major chips, loss, or tears).. Maroon dec. buckram boards. 181pp illustrated small 4to. A history of the Matabele people, their leaders, their weapons, costumes, way of life. Includes list of regiments, estimates of regimental strength and gazetteer of regimental towns and sites.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1966 1st edition.. Small bookplate but no inscriptions, 4 square corners, a VG+ copy, no dustwrapper.. Half brown cloth boards with gilt on red spine. 655pp illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. 1.2kg. An account of the Zulu nation's challenge to colonisation and its last-stand resistance to stem the tide of European invasion.