Afrikaans from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1934). Volume 1, number 1. 250 x 185 mm; original decorative wrappers; pp. 49 + viii: advertisements, plates (including portrait of Jan Celliers by Maggie Laubser and after works by Boonzaier and Frans Oerder). Owner's name on the first page. Yapp edges very slightly frittered. Very good condition. Includes a brief article in English on Roy… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1982) 0624016838. 8vo; pictorial boards; pp. (viii) + 101. Regular, light browning; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Wie graag wil sien wat met Afrikaans bereik kan word, moet Duiwel-in-die-Bos van Chris Barnard lees; wie belang het by die Afrikaanse letterkunde, en in die besonder by die kortverhaal, dúrf die bundel nie misloop nie. Dit… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1991) 0624030121. Eighth, improved edition. 8vo; laminated boards; pp. (vi) + 393, incl. index. Light browning; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Standard work on Afrikaans spelling and orthography, in greatly revised, eighth edition form. .

(Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2017) 9781485308195. Number 284 of an edition limited to 300 copies. 4to; original red boards, with pictorial onlay to upper board; lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover; pp. 47 + (i). Fine condition. Afrikaans text. Karel Schoeman's staggering scholarly and creative output stretched to 130 books of which he was either author or editor. The… Ler mais sobre este item

(Roodepoort: CUM-Boeke, 1981) 0869841963. Number 199 of an edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. 4to; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 101; liberally illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Dustwrapper a bit edgeworn, and very slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Publication produced in Van Bruggen's… Ler mais sobre este item

(Stellenbosch: Pro Ecclesia-Drukkery, [ca 1952]). 4to; original pebbled burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. (x) + 404; frontis. portrait. Edges of boards ever so slightly rubbed; ownership hand-stamp to front pastedown; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die Ilias van Homerus is die oudste letterkundige… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Southern, 1994) 1868124789. 8vo; laminated boards, and matching laminated dustwrapper; endpaper guide; xxxiv + 863. Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Groot Tesourus van Afrikaans gee met sy nagenoeg 150 000 inskrywings 'n beeld van die Afrikaanse woordeskat in al sy verskeidenheid en kompleksiteit. Vir diegene met 'n liefde vir Afrikaans… Ler mais sobre este item

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1968). 8to; original green printed boards; pp. (xviii) + 171. Extremities a bit rubbed; foxing to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges. Good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die onderhawige werk, die Patriot-woordeboek, was die vervulling van art. XI van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners se werkprogram. Die Patriotmanne, en veral die leier, ds. S. J. du Toit,… Ler mais sobre este item

(Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1994). Second edition. 212 x 137 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. (vi) + 330. Earlier owner's name signed on first page. Near-fine condition. "This edition has been thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged. What has been added is a large number of expressions that have come into everyday, general use in recent decades. The main source has been… Ler mais sobre este item

(no place: privately published, no date). Modern reprint of the Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy edition of 1952. 206 x 151 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 176; portrait. Earlier owner's name signed on first page. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Gedurende ons kinderjare het ons Moeder dikwels vir ons vertel van die ondervindings en gebeurtenisse uit haar lewe. Ons het lank aangehou dat sy… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1988) 1868060454. 8vo; printed boards; pp. 88. Boards rubbed; a little foxing. Good condition. "Oplaas, 'n omvattende spyskaart- en kombuis-woordeboek wat die geheime van kookkuns- en kosterme van A tot Z onthul! Die eenvoudige verduidelikings en definisies, saamgestel deur Elizabeth Crompton-Lomax en Steve Hunter, is selfs vir die mees gekonfyte kok en restaurant-besoeker 'n nuttige gids… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: NASOU, 1994) 0625014782. Large 8vo; laminated boards; pp. (xviii) + 790. Very slightly sunned on spine; small penned mark on front free endpaper; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "Daar was oor die jare heen 'n baie diepgevoelde behoefte by medici sowel as leke aan 'n woordeboek met Afrikaanse geneeskundeterme. Aan hierdie taak het prof. A.… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Southern, 1994) 1868124789. 8vo; laminated boards, and matching laminated dustwrapper; endpaper guide; xxxiv + 863. Spine panel sunned; edges foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere; gift inscriptions to verso of front free endpaper. Very good condition. "Groot Tesourus van Afrikaans gee met sy nagenoeg 150 000 inskrywings 'n beeld van die Afrikaanse woordeskat in al sy verskeidenheid en kompleksiteit. Vir… Ler mais sobre este item

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1995) 0627020127. 244 x 173 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. (viii) + 476. Sunned on spine; light crease to lower cover; edges foxed. Good to very good condition. "Hierdie knewel van 'n boek is 'n onontbeerlike hulpmiddel vir blokraaisel-verslaafdes (wat hunker na die groot prys), teensinnige opstelskrywers (skoliere en studente), gladde-pen joernaliste (op soek na die… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Publisitas, foreword 1954). 4to; original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 311, incl. index; numerous portrait photographs in text. Boards slightly bumped and rubbed; upper joint chafed; earlier owner's hand-stamp to front free endpaper, with penned accession date 13-1-1955, his hand-stamp also at the end of the volume. Very good condition. Afrikaans text.… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2002) 0624040828. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 692, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn; a little shelf-rubbed; light bump to bottom fore-corner of lower board; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Waarom kan Uys Krige die goue seun van die… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1963). Loosely inserted typescript card with the message "Met die beste groete en wense van Die skrywer". 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 198; plate. Dustwrapper edgeworn, partially sunned and a bit foxed; endpapers, outermost leaves and edges a somewhat foxed. Good. Afrikaans text. Holmer Johanssen was the pseudonym of… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Unie-Volkspers, 1938). Author's presentation inscription to his brother on front free endpaper. 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. 218. Spine slightly cocked and partially tanned; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 159) Holmer Johanssen was the pseudonym of Johan… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1929). Author's signed presentation inscription, dated December 1929, to front free endpaper. 8vo; pale cloth, lettered black to spine and upper cover; pp. (vi) + iv + 196 + (i); some plates. Backstrip darkened, and fractured along much of joints; cloth lightly soiled; occasional fox spot. Good. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 231) An analysis of… Ler mais sobre este item

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1947). 12mo; original cream papered boards; dustwrapper; pp. 38 + (i). Dustwrapper a little edgeworn and partially tanned; neat gift inscription from year of publication to front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. First edition of this slim collection of war poetry by an influential Afrikaans poet. 'Oorlogsgedigte (1942), met wysigings… Ler mais sobre este item